Tragic Quotes

732 Tragic quotes by 587 unique authors

Gordon Edgley's sudden death came as a shock to everyone - not least himself. One moment he was in his study, seven words into the… — Derek Landy
Personal finances are like people’s personal health, crucial and tragic to the sufferer but tedious to the listener. — Thomas Keneally
In Arkansas alone, approximately three quarters of a million people are at risk of going hungry, and one in four children does not get enough… — Blanche Lincoln
Suddenly I realized that I wanted everything to be as it was when I was younger. When you're young enough, you don't know that you… — Heather O'Neill
I have an artistic temperament, which is a really tragic thing. — Heather O'Neill
Religions are illogical primitive ignorance. There is nothing as ridiculous and tragic as a religious government. — Leon Trotsky
Without beauty a girl is unhappy because she has missed her chance to be loved. People do not jeer at her, they are not cruel… — Michel Houellebecq
When we generate utopian visions and hope to make them happen soon – when we elect Barack Obama and expect all our problems to be… — Parker J. Palmer
I know of two tragic histories in the world - that of Ireland, and that of Macedonia. Both of them have been deprived and tormented — Roger Casement
A very beautiful honey blonde, Sharon Tate, looked into the eyes of the man who the evidence shows just four and a half months later… — Vincent Bugliosi
To create anything — whether a short story or a magazine profile or a film or a sitcom — is to believe, if only momentarily,… — Tom Bissell
The personal lives of painters are tragic and inevitable and do not explain the artist. For the artist is his work and no longer human. — Sam Francis
Man's first expression, like his first dream, was an aesthetic one. Speech was a poetic outcry rather than a demand for communication. Original man, shouting… — Barnett Newman
One of the tragic ironies of history is that such original and creative geniuses as Buddha and Jesus have been extolled as perfect patterns for… — Sophia Lyon Fahs
The Sentence has no end. Sometimes I think it had no beginning. Now I salute its authors, which means all of us. You have made… — Douglas Davis
Don't think that the lack of leaders and of a party ideological line means anarchy, if by anarchy you mean chaos, bedlam, and pandemonium. What… — Michael Hardt
War and it's tragic repercussions are inclusive of all; surely a model for peace should strive for such inclusiveness. — Prince Hassan bin Talal
FBI Girl is touching and funny, inspiring and tragic, enlightening and sad. I closed the book with tears in my eyes and admiration in my… — Beverly Donofrio
I like this other world, this forgetting of myself. The actor works in order to escape, not to find himself. You become an actor by… — Sylvia Kristel
The tragic reality is that there have been occasions when [Mormon] Church leaders, teachers, and writers have not told the truth they knew about difficulties… — D. Michael Quinn
I look at the human life like an experiment. Every new moment, every new experience, tragic or otherwise, is an opportunity to gain a more… — Steve Gleason
To read Lucia St. Clair Robson is to learn while being thoroughly entertained. Last Train from Cuernavaca puts us through the tragic violence and political… — James Alexander Thom
The life of a writer is tragic: the more we advance, the farther there is to go and the more there is to say, the… — Gabrielle Roy
One of the many reasons for the bewildering and tragic character of human existence is the fact that social organization is at once necessary and… — Aldous Huxley
Nor does the idea of a moral order asserting itself against attack or want of conformity answer in full to our feelings regarding the tragic… — Andrew Coyle Bradley

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