Quotes by Tragedy The greatest tragedy that can befall a poet is to be praised by being misunderstood. Pattiann Rogers misunderstoodpoettragedy The loss of innocent life is a tragedy for anyone involved in it, but the numbers are really very low. Paul Bremer tragedylossnumbers My mother had no end of tragedy in her life. She would make herself get up and take a deep breath and go out and do laundry. Hang up sheets. Patti Smith laundrytragedymother In tragedy, it's hard to find a good resolution; it's not black and white: it's a big fog of gray. Paul Dano fogblack-and-whitetragedy It is sometimes said that the tragedy of an artist's life is that he cannot realise his ideal. But the true tragedy that dogs the steps of most artists is that they realise their ideal too absolutely. For, when the ideal is realised, it is robbed of its wonder and its mystery, and becomes simply a new starting-point for an ideal that is other than itself. Oscar Wilde tragedyartistdog When your first marriage goes into tragedy, you become very battle-scarred... I even thought of suicide. Luckily, I had known some happy marriages. Paul Engle battletragedysuicide The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor. Paul Getty tragedyrealart I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy. Oscar Wilde delightfulborestragedy For life is terribly deficient in form. Its catastrophes happen in the wrong way and to the wrong people. There is a grotesque horror about its comedies, and its tragedies seem to culminate in farce. Oscar Wilde farcetragedypeople I wanted to do a political film that is as nonpartisan as can be, because I wanted to do a story that was American. I wanted to tell an American tragedy. Paul Haggis politicaltragedystories Death brings release & removal from all evil, every tragedy & all difficulty. Death is not an enemy. Paul P. Enns tragedyevilenemy Man and nature belong together in their created glory – in their tragedy and in their salvation. Paul Tillich tragedytogethermen The tragedy is that there is so much more incentive - money - to destroy the ecology than there is to preserve it. Paul Watson ecologyincentivestragedy A movie is painting, it's photography, it's literature - because you have to have the screenplay - it's music. Put a different soundtrack to a comedy and it's a tragedy. Paula Patton differentphotographytragedy Great art is not a matter of presenting one side or another, but presenting a picture so full of the contradictions, tragedies, [and] insights of the period that the impact is at once disturbing and satisfying. Pauli Murray impacttragedyart However good we are, however correctly we seek to lead our lives, tragedies do occur. We can blame others, look for justification, imagine how our lives would have been different without them. But none of that matters: they have happened, and that is that. From this point on, it is necessary that we review our own lives, overcome fear, and begin the process of reconstruction. Paulo Coelho differenttragedyovercoming All men come to resemble their fathers. That isn't a tragedy. But you need a hell of a sense of humor to handle it. P.B. Kerr tragedymenfather There are some great roles mostly in Shakespeare's tragedies which no one can play at full strength from beginning to end. One simply hopes that one can hit the peaks as often as one has the strength. Peggy Ashcroft strengthtragedyplay Make whatever decision you wish but never forget one thing: all of you are much better than you believed. Take advantage of the chance that tragedy has given you; not everyone is capable of doing so Paulo Coelho tragedydecisionwish In a household tragedy, you are very much aware of being alone. It is something that is possible to grasp, and that is why it hurts so much. Because you are alone. I know a little about this. Per Petterson tragedyhurtlittles«3536373839404142434445»
