I'm intrigued by the classic Greek tragedies, as well as by the idea of the Greek chorus. — Joseph Boyden Copy Share Image
Whether our life has been a triumph or tragedy can only be judged at its very end. — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
“The tragedy of contemporary philosophy is that it has been castrated.” — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
And then I did what I had never done in his presence, much less in his arms. I cried. — Erich Segal Copy Share Image
“After a brief moment of splendour, the whole enterprise too a sad turn.” — Bruno Schulz Copy Share Image
Commonplace people dislike tragedy because they dare not suffer and cannot exult. — John Masefield Copy Share Image
There has been much tragedy in my life; at least half of it actually happened.-- Mark Twain — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“She laid in the rubble of the vengeant storm that passed by. They found nothing on her breathing body, except the stains… — Priyansha Vashi Copy Share Image
Sometimes I am asked if I know 'the response to Auschwitz; I answer that not only do I not know it, but… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died - an entire town destroyed — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The tragedy of bold, forthright, industrious people is that they act so continuously without much thinking, that it becomes dry and empty. — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
What I'm interested in is happiness with a full awareness of the tragedy of life, the potential tragedy that lurks around every… — Wolfgang Tillmans Copy Share Image
If tragedy is an experience of hyperinvolvement, comedy is an experience of underinvolvement, of detachment. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“The true tragedy in most people’s lives is that they are far better than they imagine themselves to be and, as a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
...she merely wished to find a way out of the maze. She knew that she had become a burden to him: she… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“We are rational creatures, Professor Jove explained; hope is irrational. We thus set ourselves up for one dispiriting fall after the next.… — Shalom Auslander Copy Share Image
On Twitter, when someone would die, I would write a joke. Or if there's a tragedy, I would write a joke and… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
The Greek tragedies and comedies are like a roadmap to all the ways in which trying to live this rich, full life… — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
The tragedy of America is that it entered all the wars with a consensus in favor of them, but within a defined… — Henry Kissinger Copy Share Image
With the gift of the Holy Ghost comes the ability to develop a powerfully sensitive capacity to make the right choices. Cultivate… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
We've got to temper anything we say with that. On the other hand, you've got to be serious about what you do.… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of… — Amelia Barr Copy Share Image
We are not meant to stay wounded. We are supposed to move through our tragedies and challenges and to help each other… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
“Nobody should have to die like these people had. I didn't know each of their circumstances, but I had a good guess.… — Rose Wynters Copy Share Image
Nature herself has not provided the most graceful end for her creatures. What becomes of all these birds that people the air… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Unless and until it can be proven that an unborn child is not a human being, can we justify assuming without proof… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We [with Shindzo Abe] should understand that the results of that terrible tragedy of the 20th century, namely World War II, are… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
“As a rule, we don't like to feel to sad or lonely or depressed. So why do we like music (or books… — Brandon W. Forbes Copy Share Image
Comedy and tragedy are so mixed up in life, Gilbert. The only thing that haunts me is that tale of the two… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
It was fun figuring out the science of the world as much as we wanted to figure out, and then playing fast… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
“I should not act better than anybody, but sure as hell, NOBODY’S better than ME!” — Patricia D'Arcy Laughlin 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
One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image