Nobody knows the tragedy of a small island divided against itself better than a Cypriot. — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
It's all right. Things as they once were will never be again, but it's all right. — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness. — Stephen Vizinczey Copy Share Image
“It's a shame there has to be a tragedy before the best in people will finally shine.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the things about grief - I wouldn't generalise, because everybody responds to tragedies in different ways - but I had… — David Toop Copy Share Image
I first read 'An American Tragedy' in college, and in my entire life I had never read anything so painful. — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
“Her occupation was the worst that anyone could think of. No guest in the park had to think of it because, unlike… — Pam Jones Copy Share Image
At some level, Trump is more radical than the NRA. In the wake of Orlando, he was calling on people to walk… — Chris Murphy Copy Share Image
Tragedy is something that happens to a lot of people - it's a tragedy if you react with handwringing. — Kylie Tennant Copy Share Image
“Our tragedy is their beauty. Our pain is their art. The beatific bereavement that is our life captured on a canvas for… — Solange nicole Copy Share Image
I find myself increasingly forced to think of my ethnic identity instead of the national identity I adopted as a boy in… — Max Boot Copy Share Image
There is no absolute knowledge. And those who claim it, whether they are scientists or dogmatists, open the door to tragedy. — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
Great art is not a matter of presenting one side or another, but presenting a picture so full of the contradictions, tragedies,… — Pauli Murray Copy Share Image
We dedicate ourselves to working with our neighbors, near and far, day in and day out, to building that peaceful society in… — Betty Williams Copy Share Image
When the world asks if there is any hope, we can say absolutely! No one is exempt from tragedy or disappointment- God… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
The institutions at the centre of capitalism are bigger than they've ever been, the pay is much greater, the ability of society… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
You can write anything you want to,--a six-act blank verse, symbolic tragedy or a vulgar short, short story. Just so that you… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
“It was a tragedy. A horrible tragedy. You can’t imagine the physical pain and despair I went through. I’m a better man… — Chris Knopf Copy Share Image
I think the true artist - musician, dancer, writer, actor - a true artist is able to sort of articulate pain and… — Black Thought Copy Share Image
A person's tragedy does not make up their entire life. A story carves deep grooves into our brains each time we tell… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Our human tragedy is that we are unable to comprehend our experience, it slips through our fingers, we can't hold on to… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Something very beautiful happens to people when their world has fallen apart: a humility, a nobility, a higher intelligence emerges at just… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Misfortune occurs or can occur to anyone, of any sort of character. The eudaimonic has more resources to avoid it (being in… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
Kim Kardashian is a kind of archetype. But she owns her beauty and is tremendously successful. There's no tragedy, there's no drug… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
The art of the writer, like that of the player, is attained by slow degrees. The power of distinguishing and discriminating comick… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The ways in which people are damaged are the ways in which they're strong. It's what makes people interesting - what they've… — Sarah Polley Copy Share Image
“I watched 60 Minutes...and they showed this woman, she's in every kind of..thing like that. 'This woman', they say, 'she lost her… — Doug Stanhope Copy Share Image
I think that everything looks a little scarier at night, when the sun goes down. And I know I kind of want… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
When people look at me outside, they think, 'She's so lucky,' but no one's exempt from tragedy. — Danielle Steel Copy Share Image
“Not having ice cream,” she proclaimed, “is the culmination of all disasters!” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Tragedy, no matter how sad, becomes boring to those not caught in its addictive caress. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Most of my life has been one tragedy after another, most of which hasn't happened. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Preparation through education is less costly than learning through tragedy. — Max Mayfield Copy Share Image
“When we squander the moments of our lives, Peter, we are spending the most valuable currency.” — Barbara Avon Copy Share Image