To me there is no more tragic sight than the average missionary. …We have given so much, yet not the one thing… — Amy Carmichael Copy Share Image
Nothing seems so tragic to one who is old as the death of one who is young and this alone proves that… — Zoe Akins Copy Share Image
I had a really good time in New Orleans, although I had some very tragic times in Baton Rouge. Some guys beat… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
An individual has not begun to live until he can rise above the narrow horizons of his particular individualistic concerns to the… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“If we were to understand how important it is to say something and say it well, maybe we wouldn’t write a single… — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
The death of one man is tragic, but the death of thousands is statistic — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
The vast silence of Buddha overtakes and overrules the oncoming roar of tragic life that fills alleys and avenues; it blocks the… — Denise Levertov Copy Share Image
Rage is caused by a conviction, almost comic in its optimistic origins (however tragic in its effects), that a given frustration has… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
It's tragic how few people ever 'possess their souls' before they die. 'Nothing is more rare in any man', says Emerson, 'than… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
A very beautiful honey blonde, Sharon Tate, looked into the eyes of the man who the evidence shows just four and a… — Vincent Bugliosi Copy Share Image
Contrary to what some folks would have us believe, it is not tragic, even if undesirable, for a person to leave a… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Thus, if there exists a law which sanctions slavery or monopoly, oppression or robbery, in any form whatever, it must not even… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
Yes, yes: Taking out Saddam Hussein means war, and war is bad for children and other living things. I went to grade… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
Tragic experience indicates that the most sacred obligations are utterly disregarded when their observance means losing the war. — Kirby Page Copy Share Image
Well, I'll tell you, one of things I'm proud of is for someone from Southern California, who didn't grow up around coal… — Hilda Solis Copy Share Image
“My heart is torn in tiny pieces scattered throughout the years. I exist in several places because you carry those pieces with… — Moryah DeMott Copy Share Image
I could be dead or something even more tragic could have happened, but by God's grace I am still alive. I was… — Christian Hosoi Copy Share Image
The world really changed after 9/11, not just in the tragic way, but in every way. So it took me a couple… — Albert Brooks Copy Share Image
I've seen some glaciers in the world which have been, which are just turquoise blue blue glaciers up in the Arctic. It's… — Lewis Pugh Copy Share Image
[I]t is tragic that the forces for destruction that we unleashed are stronger than man's present ability to control them. — Leslie Groves Copy Share Image
The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
I made strength from everything that had happened to me, so that in the end even the final tragedy could not defeat… — Rudolfo Anaya Copy Share Image
The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
All good writers across the board, if they're dealing with real tragedy, they will give you comedy in it. And if they're… — Chukwudi Iwuji Copy Share Image