Quotes by Tragedy A tragedy, when a mature mind and a romantic heart are in the same body. Nizar Qabbani tragedymindheart Our shouting is louder than our actions, Our swords are taller than us, This is our tragedy. In short We wear the cape of civilisation But our souls live in the stone age Nizar Qabbani capestragedysoul Some things in life are out of your control. You can make it a party or a tragedy. Nora Roberts things-in-lifepartytragedy My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have the potential to be comic stories the next. Nora Ephron momtragedymother The sense of tragedy is that the world is not a pleasant little nest made for our protection, but a vast and largely hostile environment, in which we can achieve great things only by defying the gods; and that this defiance inevitably brings its own punishment. Norbert Wiener punishmenttragedyworld Somethings in life are out of your control. you can make it a party or a tragedy. Or, you could refuse to take the next step. You could refuse to take what you wanted most because you're afraid some day you might lose it. Nora Roberts next-stepspartytragedy Death is not the greatest tragedy in life. The greatest tragedy is what dies inside us while we live. We need not fear death. We need fear only that we may exist without having sensed something of the possibilities that lie within human existence. Norman Cousins tragedylyingneeds She raised her eyes to his. They had both come from misery, she thought, and survived it. They had been drawn together through violence and tragedy, and had overcome it. They walked different paths and had found a mutual route. Some things last, she thought. Some ordinary things. Like love. Nora Roberts like-loveeyetragedy As a nation we've been faced with so many tragedies since the beginning of this Millennium and I believe we have even more reason to pray. Many people don't feel capable in that area and I wanted to create music that helped them find the words that could bring peace. Oleta Adams tragedybelievepeople Happy Endings are an illusion. Real life is filled with brief moments of fleeting happiness, but ultimately every life is a tragedy that ends in death and grief. Oliver Gaspirtz grieftragedyreal My protest against digital has been me saying, "What's going to happen to film?" The result is that Kodak is out of business. That's a national tragedy. We've got to keep making film. Oliver Stone digitalfilmtragedy The mark of a good marriage is partnership and continuing to feel inspired by your spouse. I had that with Tao. But the end is not necessarily the tragedy. Staying in a relationship that is no longer working is the tragedy. Living unhappily - that's the tragedy. Olivia Wilde taoinspiredtragedy I trained in Shakespeare, and that's all comedy, even when it's tragedy. Olivia Thirlby comedytragedy Capitalism is based on the principle that everything has to be privately owned; it can't be held in common. There is even a dogma, which is today called, the "tragedy of the commons" which holds that if things are held in common they are going to be destroyed. If they're privatized, like you give them to Bechtel or Monsanto or ExxonMobil, then they'll be preserved because that's the capitalist's religion. Noam Chomsky tragedyprinciplesgiving President Barack Obama, to his credit, has given - issued personal pardons in deserving cases. But he should go far beyond. He should proceed to what is in fact an urgent necessity: to grant a general pardon to 11 million people who are living and working here, productive citizens in all but name, threatened with deportation by the incoming Donald Trump administration. This would be a horrible humanitarian tragedy, a moral outrage. Noam Chomsky tragedypresidentpeople Death is only a tragedy when life's purpose was left unfulfilled. Orrin Woodward lefttragedypurpose It is a modern tragedy that despair has so many spokesmen, and hope so few. Oscar Hammerstein II moderndespairtragedy These are a few of my favorite things. Oscar Hammerstein II annoyingfavorites-thingstragedy Humans invent an imaginary lover and put that mask over the face of the body in their bed. That is the tragedy of language my friend. Those who know each other only through symbolic representations are forced to imagine each other. And because their imagination is imperfect, they are often wrong. Orson Scott Card bedtragedyimagination It is perfectly possible to get what you think you want and be miserable. It's possible too, to never get it but deeply enjoy the process of trying. In this world, there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. Oscar Wilde tragedytwothinking«3334353637383940414243»
