Quotes about Tragic

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny. Votes: 6

There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth. Votes: 6

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave. Votes: 6

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today. Votes: 6

We are unusual and tragic and alive. Votes: 4

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic. Votes: 4

The comic and the tragic lie inseparably close, like light and shadow. Votes: 4

Compliments and praise, for their part, are tragic expressions of fulfilled needs Votes: 4

Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. Votes: 4

There is nothing as tragic as being alive and not enjoying life... Life should be celebrated! Votes: 4

Death left its old tragic heaven and became the lyrical core of man: his invisible truth, his visible secret. Votes: 4

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor. Votes: 4

Crowded classrooms and half-day sessions are a tragic waste of our greatest national resource - the minds of our children. Votes: 4

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. Votes: 4

A little artist has all the tragic unhappiness and the sorrows of a great artist and he is not a great artist. Votes: 4

Michael Brown and Eric Garner died because they got into a confrontation that could have been easily avoided. That's what made their deaths so tragic. Votes: 4

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him. Votes: 4

All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing. Votes: 4

As I rejected amnesty, so I reject revenge. I ask all Americans who ever asked for goodness and mercy in their lives, who ever sought forgiveness for their trespasses, to join in rehabilitating all the casualties of the tragic conflict of the past. Votes: 4

What give all that is tragic, whatever its form, the characteristic of the sublime, is the first inkling of the knowledge that the world and life can give no satisfaction, and are not worth our investment in them. The tragic spirit consists in this. Accordingly it leads to resignation. Votes: 4

To say nothing of what you lose, lose, lose, are losing, man. You fool, you stupid fool ... You've even been insulated from the responsibility of genuine suffering ... Even the suffering you do endure is largely unnecessary. Actually spurious. It lacks the very basis you require of it for its tragic nature. You deceive yourself. Votes: 4

Tragic tales rarely do make sense. Votes: 3

Tragic heroes are failed pragmatists. Their ends are unrealistic and their means are impractical. Votes: 3

Tragic paradox of freedom: the mediocre men who alone make its exercise possible cannot guarantee its duration. Votes: 3

Tragic experience indicates that the most sacred obligations are utterly disregarded when their observance means losing the war. Votes: 3

Why must you always try to be omnipotent, and shove things about? Tragic things happen sometimes that we just have to submit to. Votes: 3

Tragic heroes always moan when the gods take an interest in them, but it's the people the gods ignore who get the really tough deals Votes: 3

Akri won't let me eat any of them nasty gods. What's the world coming to when a demon gots to beg for tidbits...not eve a finger sandwich or a single knuckle. Tragic. Terribly tragic. Votes: 3

For a truly religious man nothing is tragic. Votes: 2

I don't think tragic situations are necessarily devoid of beauty. Votes: 2

Racism and injustice and violence sweep our world, bringing a tragic harvest of heartache and death. Votes: 2

When you see things upside down, the ego can be extraordinarily funny; it's absurd. But it's tragic at the same time. Votes: 2

Our epoch is a time of tragic collision between matter and spirit and of the downfall of the purely material world view. Votes: 2

It's no secret that in New York during the last 30 years there has been a tragic exodus from the churches into materialism, secularism and humanism. Votes: 2

That freedom can never be attained by a nation without suffering and sacrifice has been amply borne out by the recent tragic happenings in this subcontinent. Votes: 2

A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away. Votes: 2

The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism destroys wit, so women must choose between taking lovers and taking no prisoners. Votes: 2

What may seem depressing or even tragic to one person may seem like an absolute scream to another person, especially if he has had between four and seven beers. Votes: 2

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 with a set of unprecedented challenges. Votes: 2

The poor prey on one another because their lives offer no hope and communicate the tragic message to these human beings that they have no possibility to attain a decent standard of living. Votes: 2

Heart disease continues to be the number one killer; cancer, the number 2 killer, not far behind. The tragic aspect of these deadly diseases is that they could all be cured, I do believe, if we had sufficient funding. Votes: 2

The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother, and to become fully independent. Votes: 2

I don't react to a tragic happening any more. I took so many bad things as a kid and some people think I don't care about anything. It's just too hard for me to get emotional. I can't cry no more. Votes: 2

As we reflect back upon the tragic loss of Challenger and her brave crew of heroes who were aboard that fateful day, I am reminded that they truly represented the best of us, as they climbed aloft on a plume of propellant gasses, reaching for the stars, to inspire us who were Earthbound. Votes: 2

Why is the public so interested in movies about the wealthy? My answer is that Shakespeare wrote about kings. That's where the action is. And it's the classic, cathartic thing. You get to indulge in a lifestyle you're not part of, a tragic error leads to a downfall, and you get to say, 'Thank God I'm not him.' Votes: 2

At this stage in my career, I don't have to take any big risks. You want to take a calculated risk, not one that leads to people saying 'yes, but there was that one time when she made that big mistake.' It's always a shame when that happens, especially if you've gotten by for decades without anything hugely tragic. Votes: 2

Now most people do not want an ordinary life in which they do a job well, earn the respect of their collaborators and competitors, bring up a family and have friends. That's not enough any more, and I think that is absolutely tragic - and I'm not exaggerating - that people feel like a decent, ordinary, fun life is no longer enough. Votes: 2

You can't build a plot out of jokes. You need tragic relief. And you need to let people know that when a lot of frightened people are running around with edged weaponry, there are deaths. Stupid deaths, usually. I'm not writing 'The A-Team' - if there's a fight going on, people will get hurt. Not letting this happen would be a betrayal. Votes: 2

Man's inhumanity to man is as old as humanity itself. Some people just do evil things. Most do not. A billion people have seen 'Batman' movies over the past 20 years, and they have been entertained and inspired. One man saw it as a sick entry point for mass murder. The one is tragic. The billion are not. I choose to write for the billion. Votes: 2

The key is just to ignore the pain, because physical comedy only works if you see someone get hurt and they aren't actually hurt. If someone gets hit in the face with a bat, falls down, and gets back up, it's funny. If they stay down and their jaw is wired shut in the next scene, it's really tragic and weird. You have to pretend it doesn't hurt. Votes: 2

World history is tragic. Votes: 0

9/11 was a terrible, horrific, tragic day. Votes: 0

Boxing has become America's tragic theater. Votes: 0

Life is tragic but it's equally comic. Votes: 0

Romance classically has tragic underpinnings to it. Votes: 0

Charlie Brown is almost a tragic figure. Votes: 0

Life, a beauty chased by tragic laughter. Votes: 0

Sleepy-head is no longer aroused by tragic imaginings. Votes: 0

This is a tragic world we live in. Votes: 0

I don't think I have a tragic demeanor. Votes: 0

I don't need drugs to make my life tragic. Votes: 0

It's a tragic fact to die in an accident Votes: 0

I've had a lot of tragic hairdos and outfits. Votes: 0

Life is too tragic for sadness: Let us rejoice. Votes: 0

It's not tragic to die doing something you love. Votes: 0

My life has been tragic and disastrous since birth. Votes: 0

When something is tragic you never really forget it. Votes: 0

I don't need drugs. Life is already tragic enough.... Votes: 0

It was a tragic end to a heroic life. Votes: 0

The world is an infinitely fascinating, tragic and humorous place." Votes: 0

The world is an infinitely fascinating, tragic and humorous place. Votes: 0

This tragic brow, these closed eyes, eyebrows raised and knotted. Votes: 0

Spring blossoms are fairy tales, autumn leaves are tragic dramas. Votes: 0

I dont think tragic situations are necessarily devoid of beauty. Votes: 0

Criticism, analysis, and insults are tragic expressions of unmet needs. Votes: 0

In all its beautiful, tragic fragility, there was still life. Votes: 0

For a few spotty years, I was that tragic geek Votes: 0

The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity. Votes: 0

Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer. Votes: 0

Life is tragic comedy, in a way. There is humor. Votes: 0

It's tragic when people think feminism is a dirty word. Votes: 0

The life of a wild animal always has a tragic end. Votes: 0

Great ability without discretion comes almost invariably to a tragic end Votes: 0

Love makes the Real of desire accessible without its tragic dimension Votes: 0

Everyone thinks their own situation most tragic. I am no exception. Votes: 0

Supporting a murderous political agenda with such an argument is tragic! Votes: 0

Phoebus de Chateaupers likewise came to a 'tragic end': he married. Votes: 0

Europe has a long and tragic history of mostly domestic terrorism. Votes: 0

We live in a dark and romantic and quite tragic world. Votes: 0

It's tragic from how far we've come from 'Hope and Change'. Votes: 0

Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic. Votes: 0

The tragic element of a character is always intriguing I think. Votes: 0

Sometimes in the most tragic situation, something just profoundly funny happens. Votes: 0

I have an artistic temperament, which is a really tragic thing. Votes: 0

Jealousy ought to be tragic, to save it from being ridiculous. Votes: 0

Some lives are tragic, some ridiculous. Most are both at once. Votes: 0

Being dull and boring is far more tragic than being tacky. Votes: 0

Our sense of the tragic waxes and wanes with our sensuality. Votes: 0

A tragic life is romantic when it happens to somebody else. Votes: 0

Love is unpredictable and it's frustrating and it's tragic and it's beautiful. Votes: 0

California is a tragic country - like Palestine, like every Promised Land. Votes: 0

For reasons I don't fully understand, tragic love has a certain appeal. Votes: 0

I would argue [princess] Margaret is the tragic figure of the century. Votes: 0

Nothing is more tragic - or more common - than mental inertia. Votes: 0

Changing directions in life is not tragic. Losing passion in life is. Votes: 0

People evolve and grow, and life is fascinating and fun and tragic. Votes: 0

Violence in any form is a tragic expression of our unmet needs. Votes: 0

The theatre is a tragic place, full of endings and partings and heartbreak. Votes: 0

All moralistic judgments, whether positive or negative, are tragic expressions of unmet needs. Votes: 0

Reforms in Russia are very tragic, but they always end in a farce. Votes: 0

This is the room where Jezebel frescoed her eyelids with history's tragic glitter Votes: 0

I can't remember ever having a tragic demeanor. Although my life was tragedy. Votes: 0

Death is only tragic if you have tragically wasted your life on meaninglessness. Votes: 0

There's nothing tragic about being fifty. Not unless you're trying to be twenty-five. Votes: 0

The tragic sense of life: our heroic acceptance of the suffering of others. Votes: 0

What seems tragic now won't even be an issue in a few years time. Votes: 0

Just knowing you're not alone is often enough to kindle hope amid tragic circumstances. Votes: 0

Real life is often sloppy, tragic, ugly, embarrassing, unglamorous, and not made for TV. Votes: 0

Everyone loves characters that are relatable or who have unique quirks or tragic flaws. Votes: 0

The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme. Votes: 0

The Native American side was tragic. It's just unbelievable what has happened to them. Votes: 0

A gourmet meal without a glass of wine just seems tragic to me somehow. Votes: 0

The causes of illusions are not pretty to discover. They're either vicious or tragic. Votes: 0

Haters have fallen into the tragic mindset of comparison; a form of psychological suicide. Votes: 0

She was a tragic beauty. Sadness had left its fingerprints all over her face. Votes: 0

I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity. Votes: 0

I use humour a lot. My foundation is tragic, but my appearance is humorous. Votes: 0

I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment. Votes: 0

The Duchess set about studying Annette and shortly found her adversary's tragic flaw. Chocolate. Votes: 0

The death of one man is tragic, but the death of thousands is statistic Votes: 0

If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic. Votes: 0

If I can make someone laugh, I lift them out of their fundamentally tragic existence. Votes: 0

It is tragic that Howard Hughes had to die to prove that he was alive. Votes: 0

Every high school has its Romeo and Juliet, one tragic couple. So does every generation. Votes: 0

He who climbeth on the highest mountains, laugheth at all tragic plays and tragic realities. Votes: 0

Sylvia Plath. Interesting poetess whose tragic suicide was misinterpreted as romantic by the college-girl mentality. Votes: 0

Even under the best of circumstances, there's just something so damn tragic about growing up. Votes: 0

You can't be funny unless you're tragic, and you can't be tragic unless you're funny. Votes: 0

There's nothing more tragic than artists from the 70s still doing art from the 70s. Votes: 0

One cannot balance tragedy in the scales Unless one weighs it with the tragic heart. Votes: 0

The tragic hero usurps the function of the gods and attempts to remake the world. Votes: 0

A lot of people do have tragic childhoods. But you know what? Get over it. Votes: 0

The most tragic thing about the future is that it may not come into being! Votes: 0

She can't keep writing about what a tragic little hero I am, it'll get boring. Votes: 0

I regard philanthropy as a tragic apology for wrong conditions under which human beings live ... Votes: 0

Life is not tragic. The tragedy is what people do to themselves and to each other. Votes: 0

It's not how I take tragic news but how I make tragic views that unscrews me. Votes: 0

Things were not tragic for us then, because although we cared passionately we didn't care deeply. Votes: 0

Southerners have many fine qualities, charm and civility among them, and a sense of the tragic.... Votes: 0

I am personally saddened and stunned by the tragic events that took place in Red Lake. Votes: 0

Auschwitz stands as a tragic reminder of the terrible potential man has for violence and inhumanity. Votes: 0

To politicize a man's tragic death is about as low as you can go, isn't it? Votes: 0

The mutilation of the savage has its tragic survival in the self-denial that mars our lives. Votes: 0

A tragic writer does not have to believe in God, but he must believe in man. Votes: 0

Life is deeply tragic and also very comic at the same time. It's everything at once. Votes: 0

I am personally saddened and stunned by the tragic events that took place in Red Lake. Votes: 0

Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet need. Votes: 0

The Grutter and Gratz decisions, taken together, represent a sad and tragic chapter in American history. Votes: 0

Religions are illogical primitive ignorance. There is nothing as ridiculous and tragic as a religious government. Votes: 0

A senseless tragedy remains forever tragic, but it is up to us whether it remains forever senseless. Votes: 0

The tragic case of Terri Schiavo in Florida highlights the importance of making our health-care wishes known. Votes: 0

The refusal to acknowledge the scientific value of embryonic stem cell research is one more tragic misstep. Votes: 0

... just because [butterflies'] lives were short didn't mean they were tragic... See, they have a beautiful life. Votes: 0

It seems that Argentina is incapable of looking critically at its tragic military adventure in the Falklands. Votes: 0

It's a terrible and tragic and counterproductive policy to avoid communicating with people who disagree with us. Votes: 0

A comic matter cannot be expressed in tragic verse. [Lat., Versibus exponi tragicis res comica non vult.] Votes: 0

Gay icons usually have some tragedy in their lives, but I've only had tragic haircuts and outfits. Votes: 0

If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic. Votes: 0

There is tragic evidence to show that the paintings at the French prehistoric art sites are deteriorating. Votes: 0

I've always found the most tragic things funny. I was always the guy laughing at the funeral. Votes: 0

I don't think Hamlet is mad, nor is he predisposed to be a gloomy or tragic figure. Votes: 0

I don't want to be a professional cripple. And I don't see the suicide stuff as tragic. Votes: 0

If you start out with a tragic view of life, then anything since is just a bonus. Votes: 0

I've often felt that life is a hard deal and it's unrelentingly tragic and an uphill fight. Votes: 0

A lot of people get the wrong impression, think there's something romantic or tragic about hitting bottom. Votes: 0

It is difficult for me to understand the tragic accounts of troubled marriages that come to me. Votes: 0

There is a tragic clash between Truth and the world. Pure undistorted truth burns up the world. Votes: 0

There is a tragic clash between Truth and the world. Pure undistorted truth burns up the world. Votes: 0

By trying to control everything we become very neurotic, more and more desperate. It's a huge tragic thing. Votes: 0

Some of it's magic and some of it's tragic but I had a good life all the way. Votes: 0

You see, nothing matters except pleasure - which is the opposite of happiness, its tragic part, I expect. Votes: 0

The same numbness and disappointment every day sends some people looking for something tragic for proof of life. Votes: 0

God has paid us the intolerable compliment of loving us, in the deepest, most tragic, most inexorable sense. Votes: 0

We think of death and loss as tragic twins, but in fact it is loss that hurts us. Votes: 0

AIDS is an absolutely tragic disease. The argument about AIDS' being some kind of divine retribution is crap. Votes: 0

There is nothing more tragic in all the world than to know right and not to do it. Votes: 0

The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic. Votes: 0

What looks tragic might be comic on second consideration, and what is comic might bring tears in time. Votes: 0

Everything in nature is lyrical in its ideal essence, tragic in its fate, and comic in its existence. Votes: 0

Tell people the truth, they laugh. The truth is so tragic they have to pretend it's a joke. Votes: 0

The paradoxical and tragic situation of man is that his conscience is weakest when he needs it most. Votes: 0

There is a god. Nothing as tragic and ridiculous as this world could have happened by random chance. Votes: 0

Personal finances are like people's personal health, crucial and tragic to the sufferer but tedious to the listener. Votes: 0

It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf. Votes: 0

I'm more of a clown, a tragic clown. Yeah. I just like humor to come out of characters. Votes: 0

The separation of a childless couple is dramatic, but the separation of a couple with children is always tragic. Votes: 0

A comedy that is ironic, sometimes bitter, in some cases even dramatic, tragic: This is what Italian comedy is. Votes: 0

Being gay is not a terrible, tragic disease that requires prevention or treatment chosen for you by your parents. Votes: 0

His was a psychological and emotional disturbance of untold, awful depth, mundane and yet tragic in that very ordinariness. Votes: 0

War and it's tragic repercussions are inclusive of all; surely a model for peace should strive for such inclusiveness. Votes: 0

History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily. Votes: 0

Some of the funniest moments I've ever experienced have been in the midst of tragic situations in my life. Votes: 0

I never cared about whatever tragic event happened in China. It's faraway decoration, even if in blood and plague. Votes: 0

After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism. Votes: 0

All those who try to unveil the mysteries always have tragic lives. At the end they are always punished. Votes: 0

Guys don't adapt as well as women do to getting their heart broken for the first time. It's tragic. Votes: 0

We assert that the subject is crucial and only that subject matter is valid which is tragic and timeless. Votes: 0

People say the 'Lost Generation' in a romantic sense, but I think it was tragic. They were really lost. Votes: 0

Art invites us to know beauty and to solicit it, summon it, from even the most tragic of circumstances. Votes: 0

The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history. Votes: 0

Such a senseless and tragic day. My family and I send our love to our beloved and resilient Boston. Votes: 0

It is tragic that many in America think of us - Christians - as being people who hate others. Votes: 0

When love ceases to be tragic it is something else and the individual again throws himself in search of tragedy. Votes: 0

Accordingly, the poet should prefer probable impossibilities to improbable possibilities. The tragic plot must not be composed of irrational parts. Votes: 0

NVC suggests behind every action, however ineffective, tragic, violent, or abhorrent to us, is an attempt to meet a need. Votes: 0

War should belong to the tragic past, to history: it should find no place on humanity's agenda for the future. Votes: 0

If only gravity were working, the path would be symmetrical, it is the wind resistance that produces the tragic curve. Votes: 0

Don't underestimate the power of events that happened a long time ago. That is the tragic flaw of modern man. Votes: 0

My father, who suffered from hardening of the arteries, was diagnosed as having that tragic thief of the mind, Alzheimer's. Votes: 0

I think it would be a tragic statement of the universe if Java was the last language that swept through. Votes: 0

The surprise with which a detective novel concludes should set up tragic vibrations which run backward through the entire structure. Votes: 0

If power corrupts, the reverse is also true; persecution corrupts the victims though perhaps in subtler and more tragic ways. Votes: 0

The mixture of the grotesque and the tragic is agreeable to the spirit, as are discords to the jaded ear. Votes: 0

I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera. Votes: 0

I've heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines, Votes: 0

I think above all else [The Social Network] is a love story. And something of a tragic one, I suppose. Votes: 0

If I was white I would have been like John Wayne... I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play Votes: 0

The tragic thing is that we're letting our transportation system crumble at the exact moment we need to build it up. Votes: 0

What must be remembered in any case is that secret complicity that joins the logical and the everyday to the tragic. Votes: 0

My point is that death is more tragic than life, than any life, because every life has hope of some kind. Votes: 0

Human sympathy has its limits, and we were contented to let all their tragic arguments fade with the city lights behind. Votes: 0

The growing possibility of our destroying ourselves and the world with our own neglect and excess is tragic and very real. Votes: 0

I don't think the Hulk is a superhero. He's the first Marvel character who is a tragic monster. Really an anti-hero. Votes: 0

In one terrible instant, that terrible thing happened, the single most tragic experience of my, and just about any, childhood: boredom. Votes: 0

[I]t is tragic that the forces for destruction that we unleashed are stronger than man's present ability to control them ... Votes: 0

I have heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking, normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines. Votes: 0

The tragic hero prefers death to prudence. The comedian prefers playing tricks to winning. Only the villain really plays to win. Votes: 0

Sarah Palin's whole family got into a drunken public fistfight. Something police are calling a 'tragic case of trash-on-trash violence.' Votes: 0

The trick in minimizing dark moments, no matter how tragic they may be, is to have ambitions placed far beyond them. Votes: 0

No, as it turns out, I really like being congratulated on my weight loss. I like it so much, it's tragic. Votes: 0

John Edwards is a tragic case of a man who ran for President when he should have joined the Secret Service. Votes: 0

My style of comedy is very real and bittersweet, and sort of always on the verge of kind of being tragic. Votes: 0

In tragic life, God wot, No villain need be! Passions spin the plot: We are betrayed by what is false within. Votes: 0

To joke in the face of danger is the supreme politeness, a delicate refusal to cast oneself as a tragic hero. Votes: 0

I get painted quite a bit as a tragic figure because of some of the stuff that's happened in my life. Votes: 0

We don't live in Disneyland. We live in blood and in time, not in Fantasyland. We live in a tragic world. Votes: 0

The West has funded the war against itself by buying Arab oil. It is as simple and as tragic as that. Votes: 0

To be homeward bound, no matter what tragic memories you have harbored, is unlike any voyage a man can ever make. Votes: 0

When something tragic happens in the world and I realize that, for the most part, I am powerless to stop it. Votes: 0

My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending. Votes: 0

What makes mankind tragic is not that they are the victims of nature, it is that they are conscious of it. Votes: 0

The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism. Votes: 0

Razo was sorely tempted to assert that all was true and he'd lost his horns and tail in a tragic childhood accident Votes: 0

I bet he never goes on YouTube. He's too busy. It's only tragic cases like you and me who are always online. Votes: 0

War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men. Votes: 0

Our fiscal ruin and resulting loss of world leadership will, in [liberals'] eyes, be not a tragic event but a desirable one. Votes: 0

She felt listless, tragic, and slightly murderous. She was irritable and prickly with exactly those people who were the kindest to her. Votes: 0

It's a fairytale so tragic there's no prince to break the spell. I don't believe in magic, but for you I will Votes: 0

Delightful, tragic, gloriously elegiac and riddled with puns-Close to Hugh is just like life, only so much more beautiful for being art. Votes: 0

It is tragic for our God, Who gave us His Son to die on the cross, to beg us to love Him. Votes: 0

Jessica felt like a heroine in a tragic, dramatic love story. She lifted her chin and turned away. It was all over. Votes: 0

Perhaps the most tragic way that self-deception harms us is that we start believing our lies and we teach them to others. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

My mind's cries tell me that everything on earth is tragic. My heart's smiles tell me that everything on earth is magic. Votes: 0

The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight. Votes: 0

The bitterest tragic element in life to be derived from an intellectual source is the belief in a brute Fate or Destiny. Votes: 0

Artists know failure. It is not tragic that they know failure; it is only tragic if they know failure and little else... Votes: 0

There is nothing more tragic than to come to the end of life and know we have been on the wrong course. Votes: 0

After all, no one is ever taken in by the happy ending, but we are often divinely fuddled by the tragic curtain. Votes: 0

The world is a more tragic and dangerous place when American isn't leading and, under this president, we have not been leading. Votes: 0

In a distant age and climate, the tragic scene of the death of Hosein will awaken the sympathy of the coldest reader. Votes: 0

I suppose reggae has always been a hopeful way to protest, and just because the world's tragic doesn't mean it's not beautiful. Votes: 0

The tragic side of many architectural enterprises is that they destroy natural beauties which are a priceless possession and cannot be replaced. Votes: 0

There's no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable. Votes: 0

I hope the time will never come when I shall feel satisfied. To reach the goal of one's ambitions must be tragic. Votes: 0

The treatment of patients with contaminated blood has been described as one of the most tragic episodes in the history of the NHS. Votes: 0

There is nothing quite so tragic as a young cynic, because it means the person has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing. Votes: 0

Among all the tragic consequences of depression and war, this suppression of personal self-expression through one's life work is among the most poignant. Votes: 0

In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don't turn me into a tragic heroine. Votes: 0

Without whining and without making myself a tragic figure, there is no replacement for the loss of your privacy. It's a huge sacrifice. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

It is a tragic mix-up when the United States spends 500,000 for every enemy soldier killed, and only 53 annually on the victims of poverty. Votes: 0

He who contemplates the depths of Paris is seized with vertigo. Nothing is more fantastic. Nothing is more tragic. Nothing is more sublime. Votes: 0

In comedy, reconcilement with life comes at the point when to the tragic sense only an inalienable difference or dissension with life appears. Votes: 0

The woman poet must be either a sexless, reclusive eccentric, with nothing to say specifically to women, or a brilliant, tragic, tortured suicide. Votes: 0

The comic, more than the tragic, because it ignites hope, leads to more, not less, participation in the struggle for a just world. Votes: 0

Heaven will be the perfection we've always longed for. All the things that made Earth unlovely and tragic will be absent in heaven. Votes: 0

That last winter was a tragic story and I got no personal honour out of it but I was a witness to it. Votes: 0

To say you loved a person. / To say that person no longer exists. / A tragic flawed fate going on and on and on. Votes: 0

Writers seek to create order out of the chaos of everyday life, and to extract meaning from both the tragic and the mundane Votes: 0

The utter helplessness of a conquered people is perhaps the most tragic feature of a civil war or any other sort of war. Votes: 0

No one in France cares if you tried to kill yourself. In fact, I think they like you better because you're all tragic. Votes: 0

She liked things that had been written by people who had lived short, ugly, and tragic lives. Or, who at least, were English. Votes: 0

Can an ass be tragic?--To perish under a burden that one can neither bear nor cast off? The case of the philosopher. Votes: 0

For me, it is good to be vulnerable. It makes me nice... weak sometimes, but in a good way, not a tragic way. Votes: 0

When we read, even if the characters are tragic or sad or disturbing, these are our brothers and sisters in the human family. Votes: 0

That's just tragic, that you can spend four years of your life studying the design of three dimensional objects and not make one. Votes: 0

It's tragic that you can define a whole movement in music by gender alone. People are like, 'Oh, look, another quirky girl.' Votes: 0

Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic, chiefly as an almost insane excitement at first, and a worse reaction afterwards. Votes: 0

It is profoundly tragic that I am a slave, but it is profoundly joyous that I am God's slave, not that of a devil. Votes: 0

It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman. Votes: 0

It is tragic that some Christians have been so battered with stories of a prideful, vindictive God that they have fled from Jesus' fold. Votes: 0

I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened to them. Votes: 0

And there I am, blushing and confused, made beautiful by Cinna's hands, desirable by Peeta's confession, tragic by circumstance, and by all accounts, unforgettable. Votes: 0

Its hard to take in. One of our most talented singer songwriters has left us. RIP George Michael. Such sad, tragic news. 2016 please end. Votes: 0

Questions are not scary. What is scary is when people don't have any. What is tragic is faith that has no room for them. Votes: 0

The truth is that God is to be found in all things - even and most especially in the painful, tragic and unpleasant things. Votes: 0

We, the people, do have the power to stop [the] tragic waste of resources if we regard it as socially unacceptable to waste food. Votes: 0

Talking to mothers, always brings it home because they're so anxious to do everything they can for their kids and so tragic for them. Votes: 0

Lebanon will be engulfed again in a huge power game that will last quite a long time. This is the tragic destiny of Lebanon. Votes: 0

The Socratic demonstration of the ultimate unity of tragic and comic drama is forever lost. But the proof is in the art of Chekhov. Votes: 0

I've seen enough successful writers who no longer seem to care when they are recognized with an award, and I think that's just tragic. Votes: 0

Either we stand united and agree to combat climate change or we will all stumble and fall and condemn humanity to a tragic future. Votes: 0

If you have ever been in a real tragic or sad situation, the words that come out are hopelessly inadequate and kind of cliched. Votes: 0

It is the tragic story of the cultural crusader in a mass society that he cannot win, but that we would be lost without him. Votes: 0

It is not death or dying that is tragic, but rather to have existed without fully participating in life- that is the deepest personal tragedy. Votes: 0

How could liberty ever establish itself amongst us? Apart from a few tragic scenes, the revolution has been nothing but a web of farcical scenes. Votes: 0

We can not escape tragic roads. It is like grasping at the sun & trying to catch air. We must take one step at-a-time. Keep going. Votes: 0

I know of two tragic histories in the world - that of Ireland, and that of Macedonia. Both of them have been deprived and tormented Votes: 0

What I think is funny is when people, despite tragic situations, are still hopeful, still trying. It's sweet and sad - and, to me, hilarious. Votes: 0

Life is not a piece of tragic fiction in which, at the end of the reading, we all get up and go out for drinks. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

How cold the vacancy When the phantoms are gone and the shaken realist First sees reality. The mortal no Has its emptiness and tragic expirations. Votes: 0

Mother Firefly is the kind of character I've always wanted to play. She's larger than life, terribly tragic, and capable of a lot of love. Votes: 0

For there has never been a story nearly as tragic as the one of Frankenstein, except for that of Johnny Heart and his Francesca Valentine. Votes: 0

Adolescents are attracted to tragic heroes. That's why rock stars dress like homeless people. Adolescence is a fall. It's when every child becomes an orphan. Votes: 0

The quest of the truth had been born in me - the most tragic and incomplete, as well as the most essential, of man's quests. Votes: 0

There is a need to take advantage of the change that has taken place in the Congo, however tragic that has been in its coming. Votes: 0

I think it's a question which particularly arises over women writers: whether it's better to have a happy life or a good supply of tragic plots. Votes: 0

We have the most crude accounting tools. It's tragic because our accounts and our national arithmetic doesn't tell us the things that we need to know. Votes: 0

It is a tragic paradox that the very qualities that have led to man's extraordinary capacity for success are also those most likely to destroy him. Votes: 0

Nor does the idea of a moral order asserting itself against attack or want of conformity answer in full to our feelings regarding the tragic character. Votes: 0

All human behavior, all human motivations, all man's hopes and fears, were heavily colored and largely controlled by mankind's tragic and oddly beautiful pattern of reproduction. Votes: 0

Life to most Greeks may be either tragic or comic or a mixture of both; but one thing it never is - and that is, meaningless. Votes: 0

The great universal literature has always had a tragic relation with freedom. The Greeks renounced absolute freedom and imposed order on chaotic mythology, like a tyrant. Votes: 0

In fact, most deaths are not tragic. Few people die because of a flaw in character, which is the essential element of tragedy. They just die. Votes: 0

If you believe that all men are created equal, then a child's death in some other country is no less tragic than in the United States. Votes: 0

You can perceive life as tragic, or you can laugh at the tragedy of it and that turns it into comedy. It doesn't change the circumstances. Votes: 0

I hurry to express to you and your fellow citizens my profound sorrow and my closeness in prayer for the nation at this dark and tragic moment. Votes: 0

...human beings are a species splendid in their array of moral equipment, tragic in their propensity to misuse it, and pathetic in their ignorance of the misuse. Votes: 0

The tragic solemnity of existence strikes us with terrible force on that morning when we wake to find the mournful words "too late" ringing in our ears. Votes: 0

It is poverty's speech that seeks us out the most. It is older than the oldest speech of Rome. This is the tragic accent of the scene. Votes: 0

It'd be impossible to capture the feel of 'All Quiet on the Western Front' in a novel starring Mace Windu; 'All Quiet' is a tragic coming-of-age story. Votes: 0

The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching of possessions. Votes: 0

Baseball is a universe as large as life itself, and therefore all things in life, whether good or bad, whether tragic or comic, fall within its domain. Votes: 0

As a rule people don't think other people on drugs are funny. They think they are tragic. They have a point, but I still had the funny. Votes: 0

The tragic incident of Luis Salom reminds us that our sport, our passion, is dangerous. We know it but, in a way, we don't think about it. Votes: 0

A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away." Votes: 0

The passing of an ordinary man is sad. The passing of a great man is tragic, and doubly tragic when the greatness passes before the man does. Votes: 0

Nothing seems so tragic to one who is old as the death of one who is young, and this alone proves that life is a good thing. Votes: 0

The vast silence of Buddha overtakes and overrules the oncoming roar of tragic life that fills alleys and avenues; it blocks the way of pedicabs, police, convoys. Votes: 0

The most tragic cause of social disharmony is when the speed with which people find mistakes of others outweighs their simple belief that they too are infallible! Votes: 0

I think that life is a friggin' magic carpet ride - it's amazing. Everything about life is mysterious and beautiful and touching and tragic and lovely and mystical. Votes: 0

Poe was such a tragic and brilliant figure; he's somebody whom I've been somewhat obsessed with my whole life. I first read 'The Tell-Tale Heart' at age four. Votes: 0

I think a lot of people can get wrapped up in comparing themselves. And that's when the tragic downfall comes, because there will always be someone more beautiful. Votes: 0

When we talk about our lives, long or short, brief and tragic or enduring beyond comprehension, we impose a continuity on them, and that continuity is a lie. Votes: 0

The older I've gotten, the more the need to exert comedy no matter how tragic a character I may be portraying because they are essentials for presenting truth. Votes: 0

Every year I used to write a musical inspired by John Waters, and I would get all my friends together and put on this perverse, emotional, tragic musical. Votes: 0

Quite often in life, when a tragic event arrives it becomes a springboard for mirroring all other things in one's life that one hasn't come to terms with. Votes: 0

Judas is a reflection of anyone who ends up rejecting Jesus. It's a tragic story?not something to shake your finger at, but something to be sad about. Votes: 0

I love Downton Abbey. It's just great. My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending. Votes: 0

I don't mind a dirty girl. But what I find tragic is when we, as women, become not the subject of our own story but someone else's object. Votes: 0

The only hope we have are our bodies. We're all trapped in them and we all hate them, and it's this reason why we're comic and not tragic. Votes: 0

With my being from Hawaii and being very family oriented I don't really have a fear of a tragic ending. I dont see any tragic ending for me. Votes: 0

When people go through tragic circumstances, it's not that there is no love there, but it's so hard to deal with and sometimes the gap starts to happen. Votes: 0

The more I thought about human nature, the more I saw how our tragic inclination for sin/mistakes causes us to use our minds to rationalize our action. Votes: 0

I've got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists. Neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in conflict with things as they are. Votes: 0

We live in an era where masses of people come and go across a hostile planet, desolate and violent. Refugees, emigrants, exiles, deportees. We are a tragic contingent. Votes: 0

My daughter fell in love with Ben Barnes, of course. She's 17. What are you gonna do? That was a tragic loss. He didn't fall in love with her. Votes: 0

Quite often in life, when a tragic event arrives it becomes a springboard for mirroring all other things in one's life that one hasn't come to terms with Votes: 0

The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same - dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque skits - the repetition through the ages is comedy. Votes: 0

Ever since I was young, I've read Austen and the Brontes. My friends laugh, but those books are always so tragic and wonderful - those stories, they're just incredible. Votes: 0

I suppose I passed it a hundred times, But I always stop for a minute. And look at the house, the tragic house, The house with nobody in it. Votes: 0

Rome is not outside me, but inside me.. Her feverish sweetness, her tragic countryside, her own beauty and harmony, all these are mine, for my thought and my work. Votes: 0

One of the most tragic things about slavery was the mental enslavement, the way they made us believe that we were worth nothing; and that's what she's fighting against. Votes: 0

One's thoughts are one's most crucial adventures. Seriously and strongly and intently to contemplate doing murder is everyway more exciting, more romantic, more profoundly tragic than the murder done. Votes: 0

It seems so tragic to me that so many filmmakers are making movies up against this extra-ordinary revolution with one eye closed and two hands tied behind their backs. Votes: 0

I know of nothing more moving, indeed semi-tragic, than the yearning helplessness in the face of a dog, who understands what is said to him, and can not answer! Votes: 0

Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation. Votes: 0

... from Russia I didn't bring out a single happy memory, only sad, tragic ones. The nightmare of pogroms, the brutality of Cossacks charging young Socialists, fear, shrieks of terror ... Votes: 0

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 properly understood and acknowledged. Votes: 0

By signing the Oslo accords in 1993 he took a giant step towards the realization of this vision. It is tragic that he did not live to see it fulfilled. Votes: 0

That's just how I see things. I think things that are the most dramatic or tragic can also look the most ridiculous and funny. That's part of being human. Votes: 0

There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart. Votes: 0

My life's not tragic at all. How many guys do you know who are bankrupt and just bought a $3 million house and are getting ready to get $6 million more? Votes: 0

Maybe one of the monsters ate him," Daphne whimpered. "That would be awesome," Puck said. Sabrina flashed him an angry look. "Awesome in a terrible, heartbreakingly tragic way," Puck continued. Votes: 0

There's something incredibly tragic about Kong. You feel almost feel ashamed to be a human being when you see what happens to him. I mean he is ultimately a pure-heart. Votes: 0

Some directors expect you to do everything; write, be producer, psychiatrist. Some just want you to die in a tragic accident during the shooting so they can get the insurance. Votes: 0

Rage is caused by a conviction, almost comic in its optimistic origins (however tragic in its effects), that a given frustration has not been written into the contract of life. Votes: 0

We always wanted to make a comedy that was a little bit more than that, which had tragic elements to it... that people engaged with - an intelligent comedy essentially. Votes: 0

Most people, even among those who know Shakespeare well and come into real contact with his mind, are inclined to isolate and exaggerate some one aspect of the tragic fact. Votes: 0

There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president. Votes: 0

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 a vast collapse of civilization. Votes: 0

What's the classical moment that every actor or actress deals with? A tragic thing. They get that blank, faraway look in their eyes. But in life, it's not that way. Votes: 0

A car's not the right place for showing off to a girl—the bed's the place for that. The consequences of a mistake there are more upsetting, but less tragic. Votes: 0

For a people, as for an individual, it is tragic to have ambitions and to lack both the means essential to their fulfillment and any hope of acquiring those means. Votes: 0

I find that very appealing: the blurring of the lines between what's funny and what's tragic. And what's ordinary and what's not - the big things in the small things. Votes: 0

There was so much in you that charmed me that I felt I must tell you something about yourself. I thought how tragic it would be if you were wasted. Votes: 0

Open your mind to new experiences, particularly to the study of other ­people. Nothing that happens to a writer – however happy, however tragic – is ever wasted. Votes: 0

In Chekhov, everything blends into its opposite, just fractionally, and this is sort of unsettling. And that's why you end up 100 years later asking, 'Is that moment tragic or comic?' Votes: 0

He was trained as a dancer, and he had both a dancer's body and a dancer's capacity. He incarnated for me the most appealing and tragic aspects of American lower-class life Votes: 0

What is more tragic than to see a person who has risen to the disciplined heights of tough-mindedness but has at the same time sunk to the passionless depths of hard-heartedness? Votes: 0

Humanity has determined it is supreme in the kingdom of animals, yet [the] beasts live a less tragic existence...and many of their tragedies are a consequence of so-called human brilliance. Votes: 0

I believe in this tragic hour you can make the right choice. The honor and glory of Russian men of arms shall not be stained with the blood of the people. Votes: 0

It's sometimes too easy to point fingers when circumstances dramatically go awry, but as an addict, I'm ultimately responsible for my own decisions, no matter how benign or tragic the consequences. Votes: 0

If there is a single tragic flaw that mars our biggest enterprises, it is conservatism - the failure to fail, and fail big, in an era of unprecedented volatility and ambiguity. Votes: 0

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 has jacked the frenzy into overdrive. Votes: 0

And I thought my loss was not, certainly, the end of the world, but to lessen the enthusiasm of those young people who were signed up, I thought that was tragic. Votes: 0

Compassion begins with the acknowledgment of the single inescapable truth that is the foundation for the possibility of love between human beings - an awareness of the tragic sense of life. Votes: 0

What is more tragic than to see a person who has risen to the disciplined heights of tough-mindedness but has at the same time sunk to the passionless depths of hard-heartedness? Votes: 0

Aren't we most aware of our animal natures when love or hunger or hatred burns through reason and encourages us to do exactly what we desire to do, with frequently tragic results? Votes: 0

You can be a career professional as a judge, a prosecutor, sometimes as a defense attorney, and never insist on fairness and justice. That's tragic and that's what we have to change. Votes: 0

I find it tragic that I must experience almost daily that cancer patients spend more time thinking about how many, and which, tablets they should take instead of dealing with personal changes. Votes: 0

There is a strange kind of tragic enigma associated with the problem of racism. No one, or almost no one, wishes to see themselves as racist; still racism persists, real and tenacious. Votes: 0

People who have had power, when they become powerless, are really tragic.... We just allow ourselves to be conditioned by a society so we become as important as we're supposed to be. Votes: 0

A world where a majority had imbibed the lessons implicit within tragic art would be one in which the consequences of our failures would necessarily cease to weigh upon us so heavily. Votes: 0

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 present, the result is almost invariably affirmative. Votes: 0

Today, America can regain the sense of pride that existed before Vietnam. These events, tragic as they are, portend neither the end of the world nor of America's leadership in the world. Votes: 0

The ideal may seem remote of execution, but the democratic ideal of education is a farcical yet tragic delusion except as the ideal more and more dominates our public system of education. Votes: 0

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 forms, a supreme motive for spiritual awakening? Votes: 0

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, and end by adopting some useful profession. Votes: 0

The life of a writer is tragic: the more we advance, the farther there is to go and the more there is to say, the less time there is to say it. Votes: 0

With mind distracted, never thinking, "Death is coming," To slave away on the pointless business of mundane life, And then to come out empty--it is a tragic error. (116) trans by Robert Thurman Votes: 0

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 other people's children--as if justice were divisible. Votes: 0

Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time. Votes: 0

It is tragic that people who are incarcerated are unable to vote. They are probably the most important voices to listen to because they can tell us what we need to change. Votes: 0

The temper of mind that sees tragedy in life has not for its opposite the temper that sees joy. The opposite pole to the tragic view of life is the sordid view. Votes: 0

I deeply regret that those with the authority and responsibility to deal appropriately with Brendan Smyth failed to do so, with tragic and painful consequences for those children he so cruelly abused. Votes: 0

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 to work in light and pale tones. Votes: 0

It makes it difficult to decide which to go see, since no film about say, some tragic genocide in Africa is going to get a bad review even if it's poorly made. Votes: 0

life is a tragic mystery. We are pierced and driven by laws we only half understand, we find that the lesson we learn again and again is that of accepting heroic helplessness. Votes: 0

The unequal distribution of food is one of the world's most tragic facts. Millions of people die because they have too little to eat, and many die because they have too much. Votes: 0

Maybe John Kerry does not know - but I am happy to explain it to him - that my commitment to withdraw the troops goes back before the tragic, dramatic terrorist attack. Votes: 0

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 would order her tragic and violent death. Votes: 0

I'd like to start writing scripts. I think I'd probably be inclined to write a very dark comedy or a tragic romance. As a kid, I used to write really dark stuff. Votes: 0

If you come face to face with some really challenging situations and tragic circumstances - you are going in there with a purpose. You are not going in there as a tourist. Votes: 0

The best thing you can say to someone going through a tragic loss is not thatIt's going to be alrightIt is:Hold on tight because this is going to hurt like hell. Votes: 0

Why is life so tragic; so like a little strip of pavement over an abyss. I look down; I feel giddy; I wonder how I am ever to walk to the end. Votes: 0

The tragic element in poetry is like Saturn in alchemy, — the Malevolent, the Destroyer of Nature ; but without it no true Aurum Potabile, or Elixir of Life, can be made. Votes: 0

How tragic that the very thing that could set us free-playing the fool-is the thing we will not do. When we're afraid to be fools, we end up being afraid to be anything. Votes: 0

Our most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the press and television with the communication media. I don't think the press has understood me. Votes: 0

I look at the human life like an experiment. Every new moment, every new experience, tragic or otherwise, is an opportunity to gain a more accurate perspective and helps lead me to clarity. Votes: 0

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 were signed up, I thought that was tragic. Votes: 0

He found a formula for drawing comic rabbits: This formula for drawing comic rabbits paid. Till in the end he could not change the tragic habits This formula for drawing comic rabbits made. Votes: 0

The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.' Votes: 0

I think there's something quite interesting about the almost tragic quality of a lot of overwrought prose, because it has a much more self-conscious awareness of its own failure to touch the real. Votes: 0

Life is full of moments that are good - winning a lottery, seeing a beautiful woman, a great dinner - but the whole thing is tragic. It's an oasis that is very pleasant. Votes: 0

Anybody can make a baby without any checking, without thinking. This type of parenting can be tragic because one of the greatest actions a human being can do is to create another life. Votes: 0

When I first started acting, I started in opera and had a great desire to play grand, tragic characters. I got sidetracked in musical theater and ended up doing a lot of comedy. Votes: 0

All good writers across the board, if they're dealing with real tragedy, they will give you comedy in it. And if they're dealing with real comedy, there will be tragic moments in it. Votes: 0

Do you take pride in your hurt? Does it make you seem large and tragic? ...Well, think about it. Maybe you're playing a part on a great stage with only yourself as audience. Votes: 0

All truly great art is optimistic. The individual artist is happy in his creative work. The fact that practically all great art is tragic does not in any way change the above thesis. Votes: 0

I had a really tragic cut at the beginning of Season 2 of 'Ally McBeal.' Someone convinced me that it would be good to layer my hair. I basically looked like Ronald McDonald. Votes: 0

We are provincials no longer. The tragic events of the 30 months of vital turmoil through which we have just passed have made us citizens of the world. There can be no turning back. Votes: 0

To us Germans everything is religion. What we do we do not merely with our hands and brains, but with our hearts and souls. This has often become a tragic fate for us. Votes: 0

I swear that woman had a previous career as a death-hunter selling tragic ballads down around the Seven Dials," said Will. "And I do wish she wouldn't sing about poisoning just after we've eaten. Votes: 0

Human relationships are the tragic necessity of human life; that they can never be wholly satisfactory, that every ego is half the time greedily seeking them, and half the time pulling away from them. Votes: 0

The fact is, the most painful and tragic lesson of the 20th century was that regimes based on racial superiority and religious hatred can't be trusted to keep their word to the international community. Votes: 0

Terri's death brings to a close a very tragic, human and personal event that has left everyone with a feeling of emptiness, regardless of what side of the issue you may have been on. Votes: 0

Voting against the resolution authorizing the use of military force in Iraq was one of my proudest moments as a senator. It is long past time to close this tragic chapter in American history. Votes: 0

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 might like to accomplish and what fate provides them. Votes: 0

Those who try to combat the production of shoddy pictures are enemies of the best art today... It always feels tragic to see people labouring to saw off the branch they are sitting on. Votes: 0

I sometimes think it's like a weird elastic band. The more tragic your work is, the quicker you snap back. There's a catharsis in telling a miserable old tale; you get rid of demons. Votes: 0

It is tragic and sad and chaotic and lovely. All life is the same, as citizens of the human State: the animating limits are within, to be killed and mourned, over and over again. Votes: 0

I think 4 percent growth is a good goal. And I think the fact that we have become used to an economy that sort of putt putts along between 1 and 2 percent is sort of tragic. Votes: 0

The workman of today works every day in his life at the same tasks, and this fate is no less absurd. But it is tragic only at the rare moments when it becomes conscious. Votes: 0

One might say my life has been tragic. Yet, as I sat in pain in the hospital I raised my tired hands toward the sky, palms facing in, fingers spread, and I gave thanks. Votes: 0

What freedom does a starving man have?" The answer is that starvation is a tragic human condition- perhaps more tragic than loss of freedom. That does not prevent these from being two different things. Votes: 0

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 country serve the true purpose of education, truth and justice. Votes: 0

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 country serve the true purpose of education, truth and justice. Votes: 0

I feel about Photoshop the way some people feel about abortion. It is appalling and a tragic reflection on the moral decay of our society…unless I need it, in which case, everybody be cool. Votes: 0

Those who foresee the future and recognize it as tragic are often seized upon by a madness which forced them to commit the very acts which make it certain that what they dread will happen. Votes: 0

Shakespeare is the outstanding example of how that can be done. In all of Shakespeare's plays, no matter what tragic events occur, no matter what rises and falls, we return to stability in the end. Votes: 0

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 nation. Sadly many of these deaths occur among our young people. Votes: 0

July 13, 1954 was the most tragic day of my life. I had lost my beloved Frida forever. To late now I realized that the most wonderful part of my life had been my love for Frida. Votes: 0