Tragic Quotes

732 Tragic quotes by 587 unique authors

In comedy, reconcilement with life comes at the point when to the tragic sense only an inalienable difference or dissension with life appears. — Constance Rourke
Many claim I am a photographer of tragedy. In the greater sense I am not, for though I often photograph where the tragic emotion is… — W. Eugene Smith
If this understanding of the good news of Jesus prevailed among Christians, the belief that Jesusâ€™s message is about how to get somewhere else, you… — Rob Bell
I have made tremendous efforts to work in a darker register and express the sinister and tragic quality of the place, given my natural tendency… — Claude Monet
It is the work of the Canadian artist to paint or play or write in such a way that life will be enlarged for himself… — Unknown Author
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 peopleâ€™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 â€“ 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 â€” whether a short story or a magazine profile or a film or a sitcom â€” 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

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