Tragedy Quotes

1523 Tragedy quotes by 1108 unique authors

The principle tragedy of my life is, like all tragedies, an irony of Destiny. I reject real life as if it were a condemnation; I… — Fernando Pessoa
Heaven blazing into the head: Tragedy wrought to its uttermost. Though Hamlet rambles and Lear rages And all the drop-scenes drop at once Upon a… — William Butler Yeats
People think it's a terrible tragedy when somebody has Alzheimer's. But in my mother's case, it's different. My mother has been unhappy all her life.… — Amy Tan
We just sent our condolences to the President of the United States and the American people on what is a terrible, terrible tragedy. — Helen Clark
After playing Chopin, I feel as if I had been weeping over sins that I had never committed and mourning over tragedies that were not… — Oscar Wilde
I'm a champion, so I turn tragedy to triumph. — Kanye West
Everyone gets wounded in this world and everyone has within them some golden qualities that can serve to heal the wounds of time and the… — Michael Meade
September 11 was, and remains, above all an immense human tragedy. But September 11 also posed a momentous and deliberate challenge not just to America… — Tony Blair
That's all religion is -- some principle you believe in . . . man has accomplished far more miracles than the God he invented. What… — Rod Steiger
It's difficult to follow your dream. It's a tragedy not to. — Ralph Marston
Humanizing birth means understanding that the woman giving birth is a human being, not a machine and not just a container for making babies. Showing… — Marsden Wagner
Do your art. But don't wreck your art if it doesn't lend itself to paying the bills. That would be a tragedy. — Seth Godin
The real tragedy of minimum wage laws is that they are supported by well-meaning groups who want to reduce poverty. But the people who are… — Milton Friedman
One of the great tragedies in human life is to be born a male and not be guided toward the value of a man. — Michael Gurian
The greatest tragedy of human existence is the illusion of separateness. — Albert Einstein
Commonplace people dislike tragedy because they dare not suffer and cannot exult. — John Masefield
The murder of a dozen innocent people is unquestionably a human tragedy. But that is no excuse for reacting blindly by preventing hundreds of thousands… — Thomas Sowell
I don't believe in charmed lives. I think that tragedy is part of the lesson you learn to lift yourself up, to pick yourself up… — Charlize Theron
To give space when what one most yearns for is closeness, that is both the great test and great tragedy of love. — Simone de Beauvoir
Probably the greatest tragedy of the church throughout its long and checkered history has been its constant tendency to conform to the prevailing culture instead… — John Stott
I have been asked hundreds of times in my life why God allows tragedy and suffering. I have to confess that I really do not… — Billy Graham
Every tragedy of the human experience can be attributed to one human decision - the decision to withdraw from each other. — Neale Donald Walsch
Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator, and not infrequently they actually have comic touches to the… — H. L. Mencken
We're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics. — Barack Obama
Drugs are a tragedy for addicts. But criminalizing their use converts that tragedy into a disaster for society, for users and non-users alike. Our experience… — Milton Friedman

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