History is moving, and it will tend toward hope, or tend toward tragedy. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
People who are suffering have to visualize ways out of tragedy to actually get out of it. — Fred D'Aguiar Copy Share Image
“The tragic hero usurps the function of the gods and attempts to remake the world.” — Helen Gardner Copy Share Image
What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his? — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
In Greek tragedy, they fall from great heights. In noir, they fall from the curb. — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“The greatest tragedy with a sceptic is that he cannot consign himself to truth, however he may see it.” — Raheel Farooq Copy Share Image
If there is any human tragedy, there is only one, and it occurs when we forget who we are and remain silent… — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
My life has been full of external tragedies and if they have not left any visible effect on me, I owe it… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I think whenever any kind of hardship or tragedy comes along, it usually pulls a family closer together or, at least, hopefully. — Justin Hartley Copy Share Image
The tragedy is that, as modern viewers, we've completely lost touch with what it physically takes to wage a war. — Dario Robleto Copy Share Image
City government can and must help San Franciscans prepare for emergencies in order to avoid tragedy where possible and minimize loss of… — Gavin Newsom Copy Share Image
“I had hoped that the rest of the world would stand still while I got myself together again, but Chaos and Tragedy… — Julie Metz Copy Share Image
Music is part of human life and partakes of the human tragedy. There is much more music in the world than is… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
It is often tragic to see how blatantly a man bungles his own life and the lives of others yet remains totally… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Everyday, day & night, we hear the lies that September 11th is the worst tragedy, worst accident, and worst crime to ever… — Malik Zulu Shabazz Copy Share Image
“It is restful, tragedy, because one knows that there is no more lousy hope left. You know you’re caught, caught at last… — Jean Anouilh Copy Share Image
Luck or tragedy, some people get runs. Then of course there are those who divide it even, good and bad, but we… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“OEDIPUS: O, O, O, they will all come, all come out clearly! Light of the sun, let me look upon you no… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
The lurking tragedy: The chances are that an accident will some day happen to you at a friend's dinner table ... As… — Mary Elizabeth Clark Copy Share Image
He smiled, and suddenly she knew that his words were true. Everything would be all right. Maybe not today and maybe not… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
Comedy is deemed inferior to tragedy primarily because of the social prevalence of narcissistic pathology. In other words people who are too… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Twenty years ago the Oklahoma City bombing seared the concept of terrorism on American soil into our national consciousness and proved that… — Jim Bridenstine Copy Share Image
After the tragedy of 9/11 we were on our way to becoming a fledgling Matriotic society until our leaders jumped on the… — Cindy Sheehan Copy Share Image
Every reiteration of the idea that _nothing matters_ debases the human spirit. Every reiteration of the idea that there is no drama… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
“Having had occasion in the past to observe Communist statesmen, I saw with surprise that they were often extremely critical of the… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
The tragedy in his life already existed. To love an atmospheric spirit. That was the real sorrow. Hopelessness itself. Nowhere on the… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
I think the novel is essentially a comic form (tragedy is for the theatre), not meaning by that full of jokes, but… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
“{ On the death of Hale's esteemed friend and fellow scientist, Luther Burbank . Burbank was much beloved by the population unil… — Wilbur Hale Copy Share Image
One of the great tragedies of life, it seems to me, is when a person classifies himself as someone who has no… — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
Human beings do not like to look squarely into the face of tragedy. Gloom is unpopular. — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
The greatest tragedy of human existence is the illusion of separateness. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“There are no tragedies in life, only violent coup d’etats on the state of irrational optimism” — Dean Cavanagh Copy Share Image
The closer we come to the Greek tragedy that is Brexit, the more horrifying it is to behold. — Gina Miller Copy Share Image
