Tragedy Quotes

1523 Tragedy quotes by 1108 unique authors

The constituents of tragedy may be universally acknowledged, easily invoked and deeply felt, but the elements of comedy are, I think, more widely variable from… — Paul Di Filippo
If 30 Australians drowned in Sydney Harbour, it would be a national tragedy. But when 30 or more refugees drown off the Australian coast, it… — Richard Flanagan
In Tasmania, an island the size of Ireland whose primeval forests astonished 19th-century Europeans, an incomprehensible ecological tragedy is being played out. — Richard Flanagan
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot. — Charlie Chaplin
How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy. — Paul Sweeney
The tragedy of life is not that man loses but that he almost wins. — Heywood Broun
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. — Plato
Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy. — Robert Half
The action we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this century. If America shows weakness and uncertainty,… — George W. Bush
The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic. — Joseph Stalin
The abduction of a child is a tragedy. No one can fully understand or appreciate what a parent goes through at such a time, unless… — John Walsh
There is no essential difference between the material of comedy and tragedy. All depends on the point of view of the dramatist, which, by clever… — George Pierce Baker
What then is tragedy? In the Elizabethan period it was assumed that a play ending in death was a tragedy, but in recent years we… — George Pierce Baker
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon. — Jenny Weber
You use everything. You use tragedy you use everything. — Shannon Hoon
The calls that I have received from President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the fact that there are other people that are suffering every bit… — Ted Olson
The key element in tragedy is that heroes and heroines are destroyed by that which appears to be their greatest strength. — Robert Shea
Women in the service put themselves in harms way to protect us and our Nation from threats at home and abroad. The least we can… — Louise Slaughter
This new one was held for a couple months, so I guess it was better, but when we go into thinking our next record tragedy,… — Kerry King
We hope to do the Spanish Tragedy based on the play by Thomas Kyd. — Alex Cox
Of course the Munich tragedy was the biggest event in my career and the most terrible. — Jim McKay
Jews are not part of a European ruling class imposed on helpless natives, but are caught up in a tragedy in which two peoples are… — Jack Schwartz
And in this respect, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a tragedy, a clash between one very powerful, very convincing, very painful claim over this land… — Amos Oz
Well, my definition of a tragedy is a clash between right and right. — Amos Oz
And I have lived since - as you have - in a period of cold war, during which we have ensured by our achievements in… — Lester B. Pearson

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