Tragic Quotes

732 Tragic quotes by 587 unique authors

Even under the best of circumstances, there's just something so damn tragic about growing up. — Jonathan Tropper
Joaquin Jackson's frank and colorful account of his long career as a modern-day Texas Ranger thrills like an action novel, yet the stories are true,… — Elmer Kelton
There were many moments in the Vine like that one--where you might think today was yesterday, and yesterday was tomorrow, and so on. Because we… — Denis Johnson
So much of America's tragic and costly failure to care for all its children stems from our tendency to distinguish between our own children and… — Marian Wright Edelman
Shakespeare's plays often turn on the idea of fate, as much drama does. What makes them so tragic is the gap between what his characters… — Nate Silver
Am I a pessimist? Not at all. I am convinced that the history of the human race, no matter how tragic, will ultimately lead to… — Jacques Ellul
The diabolical work that has taken place since the legalization of abortion is that it has destroyed, in those tragic women who have allowed their… — Alice von Hildebrand
Between "just desserts" and "tragic irony" we are given quite a lot of scope for our particular talent. Generally speaking, things have gone about as… — Tom Stoppard
Liberty and equality, spontaneity and security, happiness and knowledge, mercy and justice - all these are ultimate human values, sought for themselves alone; yet when… — Isaiah Berlin
To be homeward bound, no matter what tragic memories you have harbored, is unlike any voyage a man can ever make. — Leon Uris
Spiritual awakening is the most essential thing in man's life, and it is the sole purpose of being. Is not civilization, in all its tragic… — Khalil Gibran
I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera. — Ian Hamilton Finlay
Last, but not least -- in fact, this is most important -- you need a happy ending. However, if you can create tragic situations and… — Satyajit Ray
If only gravity were working, the path would be symmetrical, it is the wind resistance that produces the tragic curve. — Norman Mailer
THE SUFFERING OF GENIUS AND ITS VALUE. The artistic genius desires to give pleasure, but if his mind is on a very high plane he… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I had a really good time in New Orleans, although I had some very tragic times in Baton Rouge. Some guys beat me up and… — Ornette Coleman
War should belong to the tragic past, to history: it should find no place on humanity's agenda for the future. — Pope John Paul II
There is something tragic about the enormous number of young men there are in England at the present moment who start life with perfect profiles,… — Oscar Wilde
When love ceases to be tragic it is something else and the individual again throws himself in search of tragedy. — Albert Camus
History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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