Tragedy Quotes

1523 Tragedy quotes by 1108 unique authors

Tragedy occurs when a human soul awakes and seeks, in suffering and pain, to free itself from crime, violence, infamy, even at the cost of… — Whittaker Chambers
But, in addition, there is, all through the tragedy, a constant alternation of rises and falls in this tension or in the emotional pitch of… — Andrew Coyle Bradley
It works both ways: there are victims of tragedy who come to me who have experienced grief of such magnitude that they cannot reconcile. Likewise,… — Paddy Ashdown
In this sport luck and tragedy are only a few hundredths of seconds apart from each other. — Jacky Ickx
Laughter is ever young, whereas tragedy, except the very highest of all, quickly becomes haggard. — Unknown Author
The memories of the Munich games for me are of triumph and tragedy. — Mark Spitz
A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both. — James Madison
The essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of the hero. — Maxwell Anderson
I consider tragedy the highest form of art. — Joyce Carol Oates
The best way to prepare for a night out with a Shakespearean tragedy is to do a bit of reading up in the afternoon, eat… — Arthur Smith
I always wanted to tell the story of how Pearl Jam is the story of lightning striking twice. As well as being the flipside of… — Cameron Crowe
Tragedy is one of the larger prices we pay for being alive. No one ever sidesteps tragedy. It is always there, shadowing us. — Douglas Kennedy
If Shakespeare thought comedy worthwhile, that means the rest of us can take a break from tragedy now and then without betraying our calling, even… — Mark Helprin
There was a real conflation of hero and victim in the wake of 9/11, in our perverse desire to create a triumphant myth out of… — Jess Walter
The greatest tragedy in life is that some prayers go unanswered as they go unasked. — Mark Batterson
In the eyes of the Catholic Church, abortion is a tragedy. Our principle objective must be to try and win greater sympathy for that perspective… — Vincent Nichols
There's more truth in comedy than in tragedy. — Vanna Bonta
I don't know what humor is. Anything that's funny -- tragedy or anything, it don't make no difference so [long as] you happen to hit… — Will Rogers
As a result of that forgiveness, I will never criticize or attack any of your past actions or remarks concerning matters of race relations or… — James Carville
One can relish the varied idiocy of human action during a panic to the full, for, while it is a time of great tragedy, nothing… — John Kenneth Galbraith
The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And the body is born young and grows old. That is… — Oscar Wilde
There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it. — George Bernard Shaw
The essence of tragedy is to know the end. — Unknown Author
It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy of life lies in… — Benjamin E. Mays
If life is just a stage, then we are all running around ad-libbing, with absolutely no clue what the plot is. Maybe that's why we… — Bill Watterson

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