Nietzsche inveighs against every sort of historical optimism; but he energetically repudiates the ordinary pessimism, which is the result of degenerate or… — Georg Brandes Copy Share Image
“The most tragic thing for a person is to have a very limited capacity in the matters of dream!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
The tragic thing about learning from experience is I fear that one can only learn from one's own experience. Other people's -… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
BP found itself in a difficult situation after the tragic events in the Gulf of Mexico. We did everything we could to… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, as well as more recent attacks in Madrid, Spain, and London, England, showed in a… — Jo Bonner Copy Share Image
The temper of mind that sees tragedy in life has not for its opposite the temper that sees joy. The opposite pole… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
At the present moment in our culture this yearning for meaning and consciousness, this yearning to give and serve something higher than… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share Image
Each of us has... all the time there is. Those years, weeks, hours, are the sands in the glass running swiftly away.… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
That's the nature of being a parent, Sabine has discovered. You'll love your children far more than you ever loved your parents,… — Ursula Hegi Copy Share Image
I think that it's so powerful for me to go see someone like Bridget Everett at Joe's Pub and watch her weave… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
Yes, I have four children. Four children with whom I spend a good part of every day: bathing them, combing their hair,… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
The literary game is the abyss of human society itself: interactive, playful and tragic. We can't live alone. For me, Robinson [Crusoe]… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. This religious totalitarianism has… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I think it's been, you know, kind of like a tragic play to this point. But at this point, I think it's… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
There are two extremes to be avoided: one is the attitude of contempt toward education, the other is the tragic snobbery of… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
Tragic heroes always moan when the gods take an interest in them, but it's the people the gods ignore who get the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I believe Andy was meant to die because he was too good I'm almost happy it ended the way it did because… — Rachel Uchitel Copy Share Image
I remember the day Richard Nixon won in 1968. That was a time that seemed certain to bring about long awaited seismic… — Richard Schiff Copy Share Image
To be an artist it is not necessary to make a living from our creations. Nor is it necessary to have work… — Jan Phillips Copy Share Image
The utter failure came at the Crucifixion in the tragic words, 'My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?' If you… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
As long as there have been men and they have lived, they have all felt this tragic ambiguity of their condition, but… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Some of the funniest moments I've ever experienced have been in the midst of tragic situations in my life. — Sarah Polley Copy Share Image
Mother Firefly is the kind of character I've always wanted to play. She's larger than life, terribly tragic, and capable of a… — Leslie Easterbrook Copy Share Image
Don't underestimate the power of events that happened a long time ago. That is the tragic flaw of modern man. — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
Between "just desserts" and "tragic irony" we are given quite a lot of scope for our particular talent. Generally speaking, things have… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
