Tragic Quotes

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The death of one man is tragic, but the death of thousands is statistic — Joseph Stalin
There's nothing tragic about being fifty. Not unless you're trying to be twenty-five. — William Holden
It is a tragic mix-up when the United States spends 500,000 for every enemy soldier killed, and only 53 annually on the victims of poverty. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Listen, my friend, there are two races of beings. The masses teeming and happy - common clay, if you like - eating, breeding, working, counting… — Jean Anouilh
(Farm workers) are involved in the planting and the cultivation and the harvesting of the greatest abundance of food known in this society. They bring… — Cesar Chavez
Most people go on living their everyday life: half-frightened, half indifferent, they behold the ghostly tragic-comedy that is being performed on the international stage before… — Albert Einstein
The thing I try to get across to the writers - and I do a lot of writing, too - is that when I do… — Chris Rock
It is tragic what we do in the poorest neighborhoods, entrapping children in child laws which are truly stupid...These schools should get rid of unionized… — Newt Gingrich
On the unofficial level it was a glorious moment in our national life because young people decided that this had to stop, that they could… — William Kunstler
Voting against the resolution authorizing the use of military force in Iraq was one of my proudest moments as a senator. It is long past… — Barbara Boxer
Imagine a room awash in gasoline, and there are two implacable enemies in that room. One of them has nine thousand matches. The other has… — Carl Sagan
Science is rooted in the will to truth. With the will to truth it stands or falls. Lower the standard even slightly and science becomes… — Max Wertheimer
It's tragic when people think feminism is a dirty word. — Siobhan Fahey
Those who foresee the future and recognize it as tragic are often seized upon by a madness which forced them to commit the very acts… — Rebecca West
Do you see that kitten chasing so prettily her own tail? If you could look with her eyes, you might see her surrounded with hundreds… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
And this is the simple truth - that to live is to feel oneself lost. He who accepts it has already begun to find himself,… — Soren Kierkegaard
One tragic example of the loss of forests and then water is found in Ethiopia. The amount of its forested land has decreased from 40… — Al Gore
Let no one hope to find in contemplation an escape from conflict, from anguish or from doubt. On the contrary, the deep inexpressible certitude of… — Thomas Merton
There is no reason for believing that any sort of gods exist, and quite good reasons for believing that they do not exist and never… — Richard Dawkins
Samoa culture demonstrates how much the tragic or the easy solution of the Oedipus situation depends upon the inter-relationship between parents and children, and is… — Margaret Mead

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