Tragic Quotes

732 Tragic quotes by 587 unique authors

It is hard to look away from the swirl of media that the untimely and tragic death of Heath Ledger has engendered, and the Internet… — Kara Swisher
The three touchstones that woke Buddha up - sickness, old age, and death - are a pretty good place to start when crafting a tragic… — Paul Di Filippo
Life is tragic comedy, in a way. There is humor. — Tcheky Karyo
It seems that Argentina is incapable of looking critically at its tragic military adventure in the Falklands. — Pepe Eliaschev
There has been a time on earth when poets had been young and dead and famous - and were men. But now the poet as… — Tom Wolfe
The tragic case of Terri Schiavo in Florida highlights the importance of making our health-care wishes known. — Bill Nelson
The more the history of the World War and what led up to it is studied, the more clearly those tragic years become revealed as… — Arthur Henderson
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
That last winter was a tragic story and I got no personal honour out of it but I was a witness to it. — Laurie Lee
This was a tragic event in human history, but by paying tribute to the Armenian community we ensure the lessons of the Armenian genocide are… — Jerry Costello
Hurricane Katrina this past week was certainly the worst episode in what has become an all-too-familiar and tragic cycle, and our nation is now faced… — Jo Bonner
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, as well as more recent attacks in Madrid, Spain, and London, England, showed in a very tragic way… — Jo Bonner
And at that point, I think we all realized it was something tremendously tragic, probably a terrorist attack, and the next step was to go… — Robert Muller
This is technology that will not go away. And to risk it moving into the hands of a terrorist group like al Qaeda or to… — John Sununu
Not to discriminate every moment some passionate attitude in those about us, and in the very brilliancy of their gifts some tragic dividing on their… — Walter Pater
It would be especially tragic if the people who most cherish ideals of peace, who are most anxious for political cooperation on a wider than… — Lester B. Pearson
And I thought my loss my loss was not, certainly, the end of the world, but to lessen the enthusiasm of those young people who… — Birch Bayh
It would be a tragic mistake for us out here to imagine that Bush represents the hearts and the minds of the majority of your… — Breyten Breytenbach
So for twelve miles I rode with Sherman, and we became fast friends. He asked me all manner of questions on the way, and I… — Buffalo Bill
We have all read tragic stories in our local papers about gun accidents as a result of misuse. As lawmakers we can better promote safety… — Ron Lewis
No baseness or cruelty of treason so deep or so tragic shall enter our human world, but that loyal love shall be able in due… — Josiah Royce
More than 26,000 lives may be lost to the effects of drug abuse this year. This tragic impact is felt in communities across this great… — Elijah Cummings
The immediate future is going to be tragic for all of us unless we find a way of making the vast educational resources of this… — Anne Sullivan
Charlie Brown is almost a tragic figure. — Brian Walker
Maybe John Kerry does not know - but I am happy to explain it to him - that my commitment to withdraw the troops goes… — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

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