Tragedy Quotes

The tragedy of Africa is that Africans are in the business of canonizing thieves and demonizing its saints.

The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.

It is a tragedy when the church saves money instead of saving souls. We MUST spend to save.

A tragedy, when a mature mind and a romantic heart are in the same body.

I have been through a lot and have suffered a great deal. But I have had lots of happy moments, as well. Every moment one lives is different from the other. The good, the bad, hardship, the joy, the tragedy, love, and happiness are all interwoven into one single, indescribable whole that is called life. You cannot separate the good from the bad. And perhaps there is no need to do so, either.

It is a tragedy that we live in a world where physical courage is so common, and moral courage is so rare.

We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.

Life inflicts the same setbacks and tragedies on the optimist as on the pessimist, but the optimist weathers them better.

The greatest tragedy of life is not unanswered prayer, buy unoffered prayer.

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.

The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without a purpose.

If you are only moved by color relationships, you are missing the point. I am interested in expressing the big emotions - tragedy, ecstasy, doom.

Christians can trust God to redeem even the greatest of tragedies and the most desperate of situations.

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.

We are using the neurons, our identity, to constantly maintain our identity. Whether you are awake, asleep, or dreaming, this process is carried on. But, it is wearing you out.That is why I say the tragedy that is facing mankind is not AIDS or cancer, but Alzthiemer's disease.

Being Irish,
he had an abiding sense of tragedy,
which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.

One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion.

You could wonder for hours what flowers mean, but for me, they're life itself, in all its happy brilliance. We couldn't do with out flowers. Flowers help you forget life's tragedies.

The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

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.

David Brinkley was an icon of modern broadcast journalism, a brilliant writer who could say in a few words what the country needed to hear during times of crisis, tragedy and triumph.

The fact that human conscience remains partially infantile throughout life is the core of human tragedy.

The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else.

There is a design and a purpose for each of our lives. Living unaware of that is sad, but dying unaware of it is a tragedy.

There's a thin, blurry line between humor and tragedy.

Life's greatest tragedy is not that it will someday end, but that most only live to follow directions and sometimes we end up totally lost.

It's my belief that history is a wheel. 'Inconstancy is my very essence,'? says the wheel. Rise up on my spokes if you like but don't complain when you're cast back down into the depths. Good times pass away, but then so do the bad. Mutability is our tragedy, but it's also our hope. The worst of times, like the best, are always passing away.

If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic.

Wouldn't it be a tragedy to get to the top of the ladder and find you placed it against the wrong wall?

Human life is a combination of tragedy and comedy. The shapes and designs that surround us are the music accompanying this tragedy and this comedy.

I have been asked whether I would agree that the tragedy of the scientist is that he is able to bring about great advances in our knowledge, which mankind may then proceed to use for purposes of destruction. My answer is that this is not the tragedy of the scientist; it is the tragedy of mankind.

Life is not easy. We all have problems-even tragedies-to deal with, and luck has nothing to do with it. Bad luck is only the superstitious excuse for those who don't have the wit to deal with the problems of life.

Had the Senate or House, or both, censured or somehow warned Richard Nixon, the tragedy of Watergate might have been prevented. Hopefully the Senate will not sit by while even more serious abuses unfold before it.

The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim.

The collapse of Enron and the subsequent collapse of Arthur Andersen were tremendous tragedies. But as I stated at the time of my indictment on July 8, 2004, failure does not equate to a crime.

Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million.

The tragedy of human history is decreasing happiness in the midst of increasing comforts.

The only real sadness, the only real failure, the only great tragedy in life, is not to become a saint.

Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is poverty. Ignorance is devastation. Ignorance is tragedy. And ignorance is illness. It all stems from ignorance.

The thing is to be happy, no matter what. Just try that. You can. It gets to be easier and easier. It's nothing to do with circumstances. You wouldn't believe how good it is. Accept everything and then tragedy disappears. Or tragedy lightens, anyway, you're just there, going along easy in the world.

It was a Greek tragedy. Nixon was fulfilling his own nature. Once it started it could not end otherwise.

I've come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it's a Greek tragedy.

You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.

For your benefit, learn from our tragedy. It is not a written law that the next victims must be Jews. It can also be other people.

It is a tragedy, I feel, that people of a different sexual type are caught in a world which shows so little understanding for homosexuals and is so crassly indifferent to the various gradations and variations of gender and their great significance in life.

A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease.

Our own death wish is our only real tragedy.

My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have the potential to be comic stories the next.