Tragedy Quotes - page 8

A Shakespearean tragedy as so far considered may be called a story of exceptional calamity leading to the death of a man in high estate. But it is clearly much more than this, and we have now to regard it from another side. (Andrew Coyle Bradley)
At Girl Scouts, we are committed to raising awareness about the terrible effects of cyber bullying, and to teaching girls how to recognize the signs of bullying of any sort and extricate themselves or another from a bad situation before it spirals out of control and ends in tragedy. View quote
Anna Maria Chavez
I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself and others the complexities of a marriage that was for six years wonderfully productive of poetry and then ended in tragedy. View quote
Anne Stevenson
Lack of something to feel important about is almost the greatest tragedy a man may have. View quote
Arthur Ernest Morgan
Classical tragedy was the war between good and evil. We wanted evil to be defeated and good to be victorious. But the battle in modern tragedy is between good and good. And no matter which side wins, we'll still be heartbroken. View quote
Asghar Farhadi
Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy. View quote
Bryant H. McGill
It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach. View quote
Benjamin E. Mays
Ill never forget Hurricane Katrina - the mix of a natural and a man-made catastrophe that resulted in the death of over 1,500 of our neighbors. Millions of folks were marked by the tragedy. View quote
Cedric Richmond
The government needs to help those in need, but members of Congress shouldn't take advantage of the situation and use a national tragedy as an opportunity to spend taxpayer dollars on their pet projects. View quote
Chris Chocola
When the systems we expect to help us actually hurt us, we have tragedy. View quote
Carter Burwell
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power). (Dawn Powell)
It's about how to bring together the seemingly contradictory aspects of the memorial, which is about a tragedy and how it changed the world, but also about creating a vital and beautiful city of the 21st century. View quote
Daniel Libeskind
My heart goes out to victims and survivors of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy and to their families. This disaster will go down in history books as one of the largest natural disasters in U.S. history. View quote
Ellen Tauscher
I thought there had to be something I could do because it seemed crazy that, in addition to the psychological tragedy each woman has to face, came also all the rest. View quote
Emma Bonino
It seems that almost every time a valuable natural resource is discovered in the world-whether it be diamonds, rubber, gold, oil, whatever-often what results is a tragedy for the country in which they are found. Making matters worse, the resulting riches from these resources rarely benefit the people of the country from which they come. View quote
Edward Zwick
I trust people too much, and the other tragedy is I can't say no. View quote
Farooq Abdullah
After the tragedy, New Yorkers are more united than ever in their vision, as well as in appreciation what living in freedom means - and that if we stand together, we can accomplish anything. View quote
George Pataki
Here is the tragedy: when you are the victim of depression, not only do you feel utterly helpless and abandoned by the world, you also know that very few people can understand, or even begin to believe, that life can be this painful. View quote
Giles Andreae
I think it's the tragedy of our time that we're not aware of the affect of the manner in which we've adopted tools. Those tools have become who we are. View quote
Godfrey Reggio
City government can and must help San Franciscans prepare for emergencies in order to avoid tragedy where possible and minimize loss of life and property when emergencies occur. View quote
Gavin Newsom
The main cause of my difficulties stemmed from the tragedy of my daughter's unsound birth and my inability to face my feelings. (Gene Tierney)
Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fantasies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing. The child mind accepts and believes them, and only through great pain and perhaps tragedy can he be in after years relieved of them. View quote
Hypatia
Comedy and tragedy are two sides of the same coin. A talent in one area might also lead to a predisposition in the other. View quote
Jack Dee
It is in times of great tragedy when the true spirit of our wonderful country unites as one. View quote
Jim Gerlach
I think art can reflect tragedy. View quote
John Corigliano