We are witnessing the beginning of one of the great tragedies of history. The United States, in a misguided effort to reduce… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
One can relish the varied idiocy of human action during a panic to the full, for, while it is a time of… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
One of the great tragedies of life is that men seldom bridge the gulf between practice and profession, between doing and saying. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It's a great tragedy when the Bible is interpreted by those who are not in love. — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
A life that is never willing to change is a great tragedy - a wasted life. Change is a necessary part of… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
This is one of the great tragedies of the Bush administration. The more successful they’ve been at intercepting and stopping bad guys,… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
If you don't win, it's not a great tragedy - the worst that happens is that you lose a game. — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
It is one of history's great tragedies that American conservatism, born in part in resistance to Soviet torture, should end by endorsing… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
It is always a great honour to mention a truth which has not become widespread yet. One of these truths is that… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
The great tragedy of Alzheimer's disease, and the reason why we dread it, is that it leaves us with no defence, not… — P. D. James Copy Share Image
It is a great tragedy when those who are afflicted with adversity or a source of hopelessness turn their backs on prayer.… — David S. Baxter Copy Share Image
Few of the great tragedies of history were created by the village idiot, and many by the village genius. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Great loves were almost always great tragedies. Perhaps it was because love was never truly great until the element of sacrifice entered… — Mary Roberts Rinehart Copy Share Image
To give space when what one most yearns for is closeness, that is both the great test and great tragedy of love. — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Risk is the inevitable product of liberty - and it's responsible not only for great tragedy, but also great triumph. — Tony Snow Copy Share Image
The great tragedy of life is not that people set their sights too high and fail to achieve their goals but that… — Michelangelo Copy Share Image
The great tragedy in the new feminist theory in America is the loss of a sense of public commitment.... Hungry women are… — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
I think it would be a great tragedy to devote medical resources and genetic technological breakthroughs to purposes that are not to… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
Syria has become the great tragedy of this century - a disgraceful humanitarian calamity with suffering and displacement unparalleled in recent history, — Antonio Guterres Copy Share Image
A great tragedy passes from crest to hollow of passion, rises and sinks again, as rhythmically as sea-waves. — Austin O'Malley Copy Share Image
I think classical music tuition is, well, was when I was a child, was an abomination. I think in some ways it… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
The great tragedy of the average man is that he goes to his grave with his music still in him. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
The great tragedy of atheists is that they walk through this world and have no one to thank. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
