Quotes by Tragedy One of the tragedies of the Bush administration is that we went back to business as usual, make a deal with the Democrats, lets all be friends in Washington philosophy. Pete du Pont usualtragedyphilosophy Tragedy delights by affording a shadow of the pleasure which exists in pain. Percy Bysshe Shelley shadowpaintragedy To live with the conscious knowledge of the shadow of uncertainty, with the knowledge that disaster or tragedy could strike at any time; to be afraid and to know and acknowledge your fear, and still to live creatively and with unstinting love: that is to live with grace. Peter Abrahams tragedygraceinspiring We've concocted a system where local trips take an auto. That's our biggest tragedy. Streetcars, such as those used in Portland's Pearl District, and elevated people movers, like those in downtown Miami, are moving people from rail stations to their final destinations. But a new concept, PRT, may help revolutionize urban transportation, providing a cost-effective way to get people from train stations to where they need to go. Peter Calthorpe tragedypeoplemoving If there is any possible consolation in the tragedy of losing someone we love very much, it's the necessary hope that perhaps it was for the best. Paulo Coelho consolationlosing-someonetragedy There is no tragedy, only the unavoidable. Everything has its reason for being: you only need to distinguish what is temporary from what is lasting. Paulo Coelho tragedyreasonneeds My bones are tired from all the tragedy in me. Peter Krause bonestiredtragedy There's no straight line between closing the mental institutions and filling the prisons but there is some sort of relationship. And it's hard to tell how much mental illness among prisoners came in with them and how much is because of prison. I just imagine the real tragedy is there's probably a huge number of people who went in a little bit f - ked up and left completely insane because it's just a horrible treatment. Peter Moskos tragedyrealpeople Sören Kierkegaard has another answer: human existence is possible as existence not in despair, as existence not in tragedy; it is possible as existence in faith... Faith is the belief that in God the impossible is possible, that in Him time and eternity are one, that both life and death are meaningful. Peter Drucker life-and-deathtragedymeaningful In 1976 I discovered Ebola - now I fear an unimaginable tragedy. Peter Piot unimaginableebolatragedy Tragedy, for me, is not a conflict between right and wrong, but between two different kinds of right. Peter Shaffer differenttragedytwo When I step back from any moment of crisis that I've ever had, I'm always struck by how humor and tragedy can kind of live in the same moment, holding hands together. How life can go from the ridiculous to the sublime to the tragic all in one breath. Peter Vack holding-handssublimetragedy The tragedy of a species becoming unfit for life by over-evolving one ability is not confined to humankind. Thus it is thought, for instance, that certain deer in paleontological times succumbed as they acquired overly-heavy horns. The mutations must be considered blind, they work, are thrown forth, without any contact of interest with their environment. In depressive states, the mind may be seen in the image of such an antler, in all its fantastic splendour pinning its bearer to the ground. Peter Wessel Zapffe mutationtragedymind For me, a desert island is no tragedy, neither is a deserted planet. Peter Wessel Zapffe deserttragedyislands It really seems to me that in the midst of great tragedy, there is always the horrible possibility that something terribly funny will happen. Philip K. Dick midstpossibilitytragedy Look at Mann's reading habits, his explicit comments on Nietzsche, and his copy of Birth of Tragedy, and it starts to seem doubtful that this work of Nietzsche's played much role in the gestation of the novella. Philip Kitcher rolestragedyreading Mann is widely recognized as a master of irony and ambiguity, yet it's remarkable how quickly people foreclose options he carefully leaves open. Lots of readers - including eminent critics - jump to conclusions: that Nietzsche's Birth of Tragedy is a central background text, that Aschenbach is an inferior writer, that he's never been attracted by pubescent male beauty before, that he dies of cholera. Philip Kitcher malestragedypeople What a tragic realm this is, he reflected. Those down here are prisoners, and the ultimate tragedy is that they don't know it; they think they are free because they have never been free, and do not understand what it means. Philip K. Dick tragedymeanthinking The tragedy of the man not set up for tragedy ? that is every man?s tragedy. Philip Roth unhappinesstragedymen Faith in God offers no insurance against tragedy. Philip Yancey tragedyfaith-in-godsuffering«3637383940414243444546»
