Tragedies Quotes

246 Tragedies quotes by 205 unique authors

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
It is a quiet and peaceful place - and a fitting place for the remains of this greatest of sea tragedies to rest. — Robert Ballard
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
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
Ever since the Greek tragedies, artists have, from time to time, asked themselves how they might influence ongoing political events. — John Berger
The Greeks said very, very extreme things in their tragedies. — Edward Bond
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
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
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
What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his? — Emile M. Cioran
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
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
Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it. — George Bernard Shaw
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
Strideth over all mountains, and laugheth at all tragedies — Friedrich Nietzsche
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
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
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
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
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
No matter how difficult the trial... we can take comfort in knowing that others before us have borne life's most grievous trials and tragedies by… — M. Russell Ballard
Only through the Eucharist is it possible to live the heroic virtues of Christianity: charity, to the point of forgiving one's enemies; love for those… — Pope John Paul II
You see that pale, blue dot? That's us. Everything that has ever happened in all of human history, has happened on that pixel. All the… — Al Gore
The salvation of a single soul is more important than the production or preservation of all the epics and tragedies in the world. — C.S. Lewis
O comfort-killing night, image of hell, Dim register and notary of shame, Black stage for tragedies and murders fell, Vast sin-concealing chaos, nurse of blame! — William Shakespeare

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