The Socratic demonstration of the ultimate unity of tragic and comic drama is forever lost. But the proof is in the art… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
And I thought my loss was not, certainly, the end of the world, but to lessen the enthusiasm of those young people… — Birch Bayh Copy Share Image
Shakespeare's plays often turn on the idea of fate, as much drama does. What makes them so tragic is the gap between… — Nate Silver Copy Share Image
“Modern tragic writers have to write short stories; if they wrote long stories…cheerfulness would creep in. Such stories are like stings; brief,… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Those who foresee the future and recognize it as tragic are often seized upon by a madness which forced them to commit… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
We don't live in Disneyland. We live in blood and in time, not in Fantasyland. We live in a tragic world. — Costa-Gavras Copy Share Image
It seems that Argentina is incapable of looking critically at its tragic military adventure in the Falklands. — Pepe Eliaschev Copy Share Image
I am deeply saddened by the tragic loss of my dear friend Ronni Chasen. I have had the honor of working with… — Diane Warren Copy Share Image
“It’s taking the pain, giving it new purpose as something tragic and beautiful. Tragic in that it had to happen. Beautiful in… — Liz Newman Copy Share Image
“I looked in the mirror and realized that I was already dead. I let you kill me one piece at a time,… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“He was like some tragic figure in Greek mythology whose offenses against the gods had caused them to design for him this… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
I can think of no better way of redeeming this tragic world today than love and laughter. Too many of the young… — Theodore Hesburgh Copy Share Image
The most tragic consequence of our criticism of a man is to block his way to humiliation and grace, precisely to drive… — Paul Tournier Copy Share Image
As I rejected amnesty, so I reject revenge. I ask all Americans who ever asked for goodness and mercy in their lives,… — Gerald R. Ford 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
It's all about creating a back story for the character and developing emotional responses that are true to life in relation to… — Corin Nemec 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
The diabolical work that has taken place since the legalization of abortion is that it has destroyed, in those tragic women who… — Alice von Hildebrand Copy Share Image
The stark and tragic images of human suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina have reminded us yet again that civil rights… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
It is the work of the Canadian artist to paint or play or write in such a way that life will be… — J. E. H. MacDonald Copy Share Image
When you start trying to figure out what you're the best at, that's when you become delusional because you start to believe… — Pharrell Williams 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
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 Comtesse's fellow prisoners in this antechamber to death were characteristic of the ill-assorted gatherings thrown together in Revolutionary prisons: duchesses and… — Stanley Loomis Copy Share Image
When something tragic happens in the world and I realize that, for the most part, I am powerless to stop it. — Mike Colter Copy Share Image
“My phone rang, and although it wasn't a sinister time of night, and although nothing had happened that I would later see… — Hanya Yanagihara Copy Share Image
“For a moment, Blake said nothing. After chewing on her venom for a moment, he shrugged. “I would rather you hate me… — Tanya kaley Copy Share Image
We can not escape tragic roads. It is like grasping at the sun & trying to catch air. We must take one… — Ace Antonio Hall Copy Share Image
Rome is not outside me, but inside me.. Her feverish sweetness, her tragic countryside, her own beauty and harmony, all these are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We have the most crude accounting tools. It's tragic because our accounts and our national arithmetic doesn't tell us the things that… — Susan George Copy Share Image
War and it's tragic repercussions are inclusive of all; surely a model for peace should strive for such inclusiveness. — Prince Hassan bin Talal Copy Share Image
“How beautiful and horrible life is, Hema thought; too horrible to simply call tragic. Life is worse than tragic." p 108” — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
“I wish it didn’t have to hurt you,” she says. “Do you?” “Of course. Believe me, Cassio. I never wanted to be… — Kendare Blake Copy Share Image
Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet need. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All those who try to unveil the mysteries always have tragic lives. At the end they are always punished. — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Without whining and without making myself a tragic figure, there is no replacement for the loss of your privacy. It's a huge… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
Religions are illogical primitive ignorance. There is nothing as ridiculous and tragic as a religious government. — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
I had a really tragic cut at the beginning of Season 2 of 'Ally McBeal.' Someone convinced me that it would be… — Jane Krakowski Copy Share Image
This time at night you tend to dwell on your past. Sometimes it's good but for me it's somewhat tragic. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Such a senseless and tragic day. My family and I send our love to our beloved and resilient Boston. — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
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