Tragedies Quotes
246 quotes by 207 authors
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Discrimination due to age is one of the great tragedies of modern life. The desire to work and be useful is what makes life worth…
— Johnny Ball
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It is a quiet and peaceful place - and a fitting place for the remains of this greatest of sea tragedies to rest.
— Robert Ballard
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That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the…
— Amelia Barr
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All writers are liars. They twist events to suit themselves. They make use of their own tragedies to make a better story... They are terrible…
— Nina Bawden
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Ever since the Greek tragedies, artists have, from time to time, asked themselves how they might influence ongoing political events.
— John Berger
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The Greeks said very, very extreme things in their tragedies.
— Edward Bond
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I don't doubt that God can bring good out of tragedies, but the Bible is clear that God is not the author of evil!
— Tony Campolo
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One of the tragedies of the struggle against racism is that up to now there has been no national organization which could speak to the…
— Stokely Carmichael
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On balance, my life has been a constant stream of blessings rather than disappointments and failures and tragedies. I wish I had been re-elected. I…
— Jimmy Carter
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What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his?
— Emile M. Cioran
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It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many triumphs and tragedies, and all…
— Glenn Close
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The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of…
— Jean Cocteau
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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.
— George Bernard Shaw
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There has been considerable comment over the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a soldier. I am afraid this does not seem as remarkable…
— George C. Marshall
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Strideth over all mountains, and laugheth at all tragedies
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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We should not take a Memorial Day recess until we pass a proper memorial for the slain students in Littleton, Colorado, and other school gun…
— John Conyers
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We dedicate ourselves to working with our neighbors, near and far, day in and day out, to building that peaceful society in which the tragedies…
— Betty Williams
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But perhaps God's purpose in the world (I am only thinking aloud here) is to draw his creatures to him. And you have to admit…
— Dinesh D'Souza
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In all their jollity in this world, the wicked are but as a book fairly bound, which when it is opened is full of nothing…
— Richard Sibbes
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When we endure our own tragedies or trials, most of us develop some empathy and compassion for others who are suffering. The trick is to…
— William Hudson O'Hanlon
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