Quotes of: Great-tragedy Keyword

The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.

Horace Walpole

Of course the Munich tragedy was the biggest event in my career and the most terrible.

Jim McKay

Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.

Jean Racine

There are no tragedies in life, only violent coup d’etats on the state of irrational optimism

Dean Cavanagh

It's a terrible thing wishing that it can be someone else's tragedy.

John Dyer

Make your pain productive and you can transform tragedy into triumph.

Jaeda DeWalt

Right after the tragedy, President Bush asked Americans to get on with their lives and we did.

Jane D. Hull

I trust people too much, and the other tragedy is I can't say no.

Farooq Abdullah

Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.

D. H. Lawrence

Money talks. It starts rumors about careers and complicity and speaks of the tragedies and triumphs of our social lives.

Barbara Kruger

The worst tragedy that could have befallen me was my success. I knew right away that I was through - cast out.

Jonas Salk

One of the greatest tragedies in mankind's entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion.

Arthur C. Clarke

The tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability.

William Feather

Inherent rights are from God, and the tragedies of the world originate in their attempted denial.

Warren G. Harding

With great abilities come great responsibilities; great power comes with great assignments. With great age comes great reasoning; great actions come great experience. With great battles come great victories; great trees come with great tap roots. How...

Israelmore Ayivor

The great majority of interpretations of Apocalypse assume that the End is pretty near. Consequently the historical allegory is always having to be revised; time discredits it. And this is important. Apocalypse can be disconfirmed without being discr...

The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction

'Tragedy admires man. Comedy feels a bit sorry for him.' We think we are kings or queens, masters of the universe or at least our own destiny. We forget that a foot may crush us, or that the wind may knock us down. We are not in control. We are subje...

Consider the Birds: A Provocative Guide to Birds of the Bible

Comedy is tragedy standing on its head with its pants down.

Chinese Handcuffs

Never lose time in sending the scapegoat to the slaughterhouse.

Closure of the Helpdesk — A Geek Tragedy

Disaster is a natural part of my evolution toward tragedy and dissolution.

Fight Club

We're living tragedies, just passing time 'til our funerals.

The Beginning of Everything