Tragic Quotes

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

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

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

Like, I have had moments, which I think most people have, where you'll be watching TV, and it'll be interrupted by some tragic event, and you'll actually find yourself thinking, 'I don't want to hear about this train being derailed! What happened to 'The Flintstones?''

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

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

We had a few tragic accidents in our state, as they've had in every state, from train crashes on down. And really, no text is worth dying for; that is our message to young people. And this is such a new phenomenon when you look at the number of texts and how they've increased exponentially in just the last few years.

It seemed romantic but also tragic - people would be winning but then lose it all, or crash but fight on, break bones but get back on their bikes and try to finish. Just getting to the end was seen as an achievement in itself.

I have been used for a purpose, and there will be a certain tragic occurrence happening if you don't take my testimony and somehow vindicate me so my people don't suffer because of what I have done.

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.

The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics and of how to apply them; Man, with his powers of reason, has reduced economics to the level of a farce which is at once funnier and more tragic than Tobacco Road.

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

So for twelve miles I rode with Sherman, and we became fast friends. He asked me all manner of questions on the way, and I found that he knew my father well, and remembered his tragic death in Salt Creek Valley.

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.

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.

What then is tragedy? In the Elizabethan period it was assumed that a play ending in death was a tragedy, but in recent years we have come to understand that to live on is sometimes far more tragic than death.

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

For a truly religious man nothing is tragic.

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

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.

For a lot of kids, the Boys and Girls Club is really a sanctuary, an oasis of sanity and safety for them because their home life is so tragic. Some of these kids have only one parent, and that one is addicted to drugs.

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

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

On the unofficial level it was a glorious moment in our national life because young people decided that this had to stop, that they could no longer stand the shedding of blood in this tragic adventure in Southeast Asia.

Boxing has become America's tragic theater.

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.

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

I'd be interested in finding out if there is a light you walk into, and if you do meet people from your life and walk hand in hand with Jesus. I would hate for my death to be tragic: I'd like to be old when it happens. But hopefully a young death is unlikely.

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, as well as more recent attacks in Madrid, Spain, and London, England, showed in a very tragic way just how vulnerable many areas of the world are to these sorts of actions.

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