All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Man's invention of God is nothing short of a full-blown tragedy.” — Abigail Landsbrook Copy Share Image
“Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die.” — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
We all face adversity and tragedy and need inspiration and motivation to Keep Rolling. — Steve Gleason Copy Share Image
“That's tragic, also unfortunate, and often illegal. More importantly, it's also unnecessary.” — Chad Eastham Copy Share Image
Receive what cheer you may. The night is long that never finds the day. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I feel like there should be a statute of limitations on scoring political points on the tragedy that was Hurricane Katrina. — Dana Perino Copy Share Image
The tragedy of man is that the happy moments of life behave like the birds of the forests: They appear and disappear… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
War is tragedy. The great war stories are tragedies. It's the failure of diplomacy. 'War and Peace,' 'A Farewell to Arms,' 'For… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
There are only three possible endings -aren't there? - to any story: revenge, tragedy or forgiveness. That's it. All stories end like… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“Everyone has tragedy in their life at one time or another, it’s how they deal with it that defines them.” — Andrew Peterson Copy Share Image
“Waiters and quitters have a little difference; quitters begin well but do not finish it; waiters do not begin it at all.… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
It is, indeed, one of the capital tragedies of youth-and youth is the time of real tragedy-that the young are thrown mainly… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Poetry, like jazz, is one of those dazzling diamonds of creative industry that help human beings make sense out of the comedies… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
This civil action is another case of a tragedy that has become all too familiar in the music industry: a business manager… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
“OEDIPUS: Upon the murderer I invoke this curse- whether he is one man and all unknown, or one of many- may he… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
The unfortunate thing, and the tragedy of this show [Revenge], is in exploring the theme of revenge. Absolutely everyone can find peace,… — Emily VanCamp Copy Share Image
Since time immemorial we've explored these ideas of tragedy, the things people do for love, the great weight that occurs when love… — Lisa Joy Copy Share Image
I think whenever you go through something of that nature, you get to see who's really on your side and who's really… — Donte Stallworth Copy Share Image
I have been asked whether I would agree that the tragedy of the scientist is that he is able to bring about… — Leo Szilard Copy Share Image
“Going through a tragedy leaves an impression on people’s souls. Once you’ve had a loss, you learn to deal with it and… — Lani Woodland Copy Share Image
It is sobering to recall that though the Japanese relocation program, carried through at such incalculable cost in misery and tragedy, was… — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
“No man, proclaimed Donne, is an Island, and he was wrong. If we were not islands, we would be lost, drowned in… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I fear that the impact of university censorship and university denial of due process will be to mis-educate a generation of students… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
She had that thing most people don't have - curiosity. She might not have always got the right answers, but she wanted… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Tragedy blows through your life like a tornado, uprooting everything, creating chaos. You wait for the dust to settle, and then you… — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
“As a species, tragedy dwells within us all. We push it to the back of our thoughts, but it is never so… — Logan Kain Copy Share Image
The worst thing is to feel that as a photographer I am benefiting from someone else's tragedy. This idea haunts me. It's… — James Nachtwey Copy Share Image
I felt I was drawing close to that age, that place in life, where you realize one day what you'd told yourself… — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
“darkness falls upon Humanity and faces become terrible things that wanted more than there was. all our days are marked with unexpected… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“I write about love all the time, what a tragedy those stories turn into.” — Turcois Ominek Copy Share Image
There has never been an American tragedy. There have only been great failures. — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
My tragedy is that all I want is a dog, and yet I have been cursed with cats all my life. — Michael Sheen Copy Share Image
Our shouting is louder than our actions. Our swords are taller than us. That is our tragedy. — Nizar Qabbani Copy Share Image
If we lacked imagination enough to foresee something better, life would indeed be a tragedy. — Laurence J. Peter Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, since the Sept. 11 tragedy, our business is not doing too well. — Hunter Tylo Copy Share Image
The greatest tragedy is to live out someone else's life thinking it was your own. — David Whyte Copy Share Image