Following the Second World War, we are a country of one ethnicity. After the moving of the borders, after the tragedy of… — Aleksander Kwasniewski Copy Share Image
A tragedy is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself . . .… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
September 11, 2001, was a terrible tragedy by any measure, but it was not a historical turning point. It did not herald… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
There's comedy in tragedy, and tragedy in comedy. There's always light and dark in most jobs. Whether it's framed as a comedy,… — Harry Treadaway Copy Share Image
“Talkatives complain, cry, shout, brag, and are more hysterical about their lives than something else; don’t be a part of that tragedy!… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
What I love most about nature is how indifferent it is to us humans and human suffering. While we are here with… — Valzhyna Mort Copy Share Image
I think that out of the tragedy that was Michael Brown's death, some very positive things could happen. That could happen, and… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
The Mexican people, you cannot explain this wealth, this history, this joy, the capacity to celebrate amid these tragedies that you have… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
When the doubters tell you it can't be done and all kind of tragedies will come your way, I say nonsense. If… — Vidal Sassoon Copy Share Image
The tragedy of all political action is that some problems have no solution; none of the alternatives are intellectually consistent or morally… — James Joll Copy Share Image
Tragedy, he precieved, belonged to the ancient time, to a time when there were still privacy, love, and friendship, and when the… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The Jews are among the aristocracy of every land; if a literature is called rich in the possession of a few classic… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
You can picture pretty easily if there were a paying passenger aboard a rocket that failed, like Challenger failed. Certainly it would… — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
But whatever you do, take neither yourselves nor your fellow-creatures too seriously. There is tragedy enough in our daily routine, but there… — William Osler Copy Share Image
I have an extremely difficult time wrapping my head around such a tragic event as the Elementary school massacre in Connecticut and… — Pamela Moore Copy Share Image
I think when tragedy occurs, it presents a choice. You can give in to the void: the emptiness that fills your heart,… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
In the occupation in Afghanistan, there are tragedies as well. It's not as bad as in Iraq because there are fewer American… — Yaroslav Trofimov Copy Share Image
“It may be that The Great Gatsby is as perfect, word for word, just in terms of English; but Ulysses is deeper,… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
The tragedy of too many people is that they cannot allow happiness just to be there; they cannot leave it alone. Their… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
The real tragedy is that we're all human beings, and human beings have a sense of dignity. Any domination by one human… — Yusuf Idris Copy Share Image
The tragedy of human life consists in our vain attempts to stretch the limits of things which can never become unlimited, to… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
I have learned that human existence is essentially tragic. It is only the love of God, disclosed and enacted in Christ, that… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I do not regard the Keynesian revolution as a great intellectual triumph. On the contrary, it was a tragedy because it came… — Joan Robinson Copy Share Image
Take then this Book, look into it, and show me when Jesus was not forgiving. Read this diving tragedy and tell me… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
I think that we should take the tragedy that happened in Newtown and have a full comprehensive dialogue about all issues, whether… — Ann Wagner Copy Share Image
All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different. What really matters is whether, after all… — Pat Nixon Copy Share Image
Actually, it was only part of myself I wanted to kill: the part that wanted to kill herself, that dragged me into… — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
Only with gun violence do we respond to repeated tragedies by saying that mourning is acceptable but discussing how to prevent more… — Ezra Klein Copy Share Image
We made the mistake of trusting the Chinese and then compounded it by allowing our men to go out to face them… — Amarinder Singh Copy Share Image
What having a Down's syndrome child isn't - and I feel very strongly about this - is a tragedy. All those pregnancy… — Sally Phillips Copy Share Image
I think all tragedies are best told with some humor. You have to relieve the darkness to let the reader get through… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
We are using the neurons, our identity, to constantly maintain our identity. Whether you are awake, asleep, or dreaming, this process is… — U.G. Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The best lesson which we get from the tragedy of Karbala is that Husain and his companions were rigid believers in God.… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The bells cease, and the power goes from me, and I descend again to the world of the living; and if in… — Henry Williamson Copy Share Image
This year marks 20 years since the Rwandan genocide -- the world's greatest humanitarian tragedy of the late 20th century. The international… — Park Geun-hye Copy Share Image
A lot of "successful" people are tragedies, because what they've accomplished aren't the things they wanted. Intentionally create the question "how" instead… — Rory Vaden Copy Share Image
“You are enjoying the gift of genius. When ordinary people are confronted with multiple tragedies, the pain scarcely increases. They simple can't… — Vernor Vinge Copy Share Image
Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
Death is not the greatest tragedy in life. The greatest tragedy is what dies inside us while we live. We need not… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
It's that weird need to make tragedy about us. When you look at 9/11, there's people who really died and family members… — Bobcat Goldthwait Copy Share Image
