Tragic Quotes

732 Tragic quotes by 587 unique authors

All who are caught in its seductive, tantalizing web and remain so will become addicted to its immoral, destructive influence. For many, that addiction cannot… — Richard G. Scott
The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic. — Ben Vereen
It's the kind of turn that happened to the great country of Germany, when Nazis came over and created tragic things, and they had to… — Tony Bennett
The life of a wild animal always has a tragic end. — Ernest Thompson Seton
There is nothing as tragic as being alive and not enjoying life... Life should be celebrated! — Joyce Meyer
As many know, and especially those who may have young sons or daughters at colleges or universities, the last thing you want to hear is… — Vito Fossella
Small businesses have made the call that to stay alive, health care isn't something they can provide. I think it's a tragic calculation. — Peter Lee
Tragedy is an imitation not only of a complete action, but of events inspiring fear and pity. Such an effect is best produced when the… — Aristotle
One of the pitfalls about writing about illness is that it is very easy to imagine people with cancer as either these wise-beyond-their-years creatures or… — John Green
I photographed the entire thing in color because to photograph it in black and white would be to keep it as a tragedy. Because there… — Joel Meyerowitz
United have spent all season commemorating the 50th anniversary of Busby's decision to defy the Football League and take the club on a tragic and… — Unknown Author
Before I was born my mother was in great agony of spirit and in a tragic situation. She could take no food except iced oysters… — Isadora Duncan
There has never been any evidence that the death penalty reduces capital crimes or that crimes increased when executions stopped. Tragic mistakes are prevalent...It is… — Jimmy Carter
It's just really tragic after all the horrors of the last 1,000 years we can't leave behind something as primitive as government-sponsored execution. — Russ Feingold
We oppose the death penalty not just for what it does to those guilty of heinous crimes, but for what it does to all of… — Unknown Author
In a high tech world the cure for the tragic shortcomings and perilous fallacies of human intuition is education, but education in economics, evolutionary biology,… — Steven Pinker
The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism. — Earl Warren
The time has come for America to hear the truth about this tragic war. In international conflicts, the truth is hard to come by because… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Things were not tragic for us then, because although we cared passionately we didn't care deeply. — Vita Sackville-West
I believe that all the survivors are mad. One time or another their madness will explode. You cannot absorb that much madness and not be… — Elie Wiesel

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