Tragedy Quotes

1523 Tragedy quotes by 1108 unique authors

To escape the cycle of tragedy, we (searchers) have to be tough on the ideas of the planners, even while we salute their goodwill. — William Easterly
There is an old story about the boy at Eton who committed suicide. The other boys in his house were gathered together and asked if… — Auberon Waugh
But that night as I drove back to Montreal, I at least discovered this: that there is no simple explanation for anything important any of… — Hugh MacLennan
Death is a great tragedyâ€¦a profound lossâ€¦I donâ€™t accept itâ€¦I think people are kidding themselves when they say they are comfortable with death. — Ray Kurzweil
I didnâ€™t realize that one tragedy can beget another, and another â€” bright-eyed disasters flooding out of a death hole like bats out of a… — Karen Russell
Sin and grace, absence and presence, tragedy and comedy, they divide the world between them and where they meet head on, the Gospel happens. — Frederick Buechner
It is the Law that any difficulties that can come to you at any time, no matter what they are, must be exactly what you… — Emmet Fox
Man can and must prevent the tragedy of famine in the future instead of merely trying with pious regret to salvage the human wreckage of… — Norman Borlaug
Wherever comes man comes tragedy and comedy also. — Amos Bronson Alcott
American children are the heaviest worldwide, and they are getting heavier at a faster rate than other children around the globe. This spread of obesity… — Joel Fuhrman
But it is only in epic tragedies that gloom is unrelieved. In real life tragedy and comedy are so intermingled that when one is most… — Georgette Heyer
There's a thin, blurry line between humor and tragedy. — Christopher Paul Curtis
In a world that contains tragedies, we must realize that theyâ€™re vastly outnumbered by blessings — David Jeremiah
The tragedy wasnâ€™t that Stanford White died, but that I lived. — Unknown Author
The tragedy of human history is decreasing happiness in the midst of increasing comforts. — Chinmayananda Saraswati
The essence of dramatic tragedy is not unhappiness. It resides in the solemnity of the remorseless working of things. — Garrett Hardin
The rational herdsman concludes that the only sensible course for him to pursue is to add another animal to his herd. And another; and another… — Garrett Hardin
Tragedies are always discussed as if they took place in a void, but actually each tragedy is conditioned by its setting, local and global. The… — Tariq Ali
The Constitution is never tested during times of tranquility; it is during times of tension, turmoil, tragedy, trauma, and terrorism that it is sorely tested — Michael M. Honda
Men of success meet with tragedy. It was the will of God that I won the Olympics, and it was the will of God that… — Abebe Bikila

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