Quotes about Tragedy

39 quotes about Tragedy

The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly.

Quote by Richard Bach about tragedy

A single death is a tragedy, are million deaths is a...

A single death is a tragedy, are million deaths is a statistic.

Quote by Iosif Vissarionovici Stalin about tragedy

When a mass of matter is to be removed a certain force...

When a mass of matter is to be removed a certain force must be expended; and upon the proper economy of this force the price of transport will depend.

Quote by Charles Babbage about tragedy

The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die...

The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.

Quote by Edward Abbey about tragedy

When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem.

When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem.

Quote by Edward Abbey about tragedy

As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, ...

As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about tragedy

A picture is worth a thousand words.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about tragedy

Tragedy is thus a representation of an action that is worth serious attention, complete in itself and of some amplitude... by means of pity and fear bringing about the purgation of such emotions.

Quote by Aristotel about tragedy

Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are.

Quote by George W. Bush about tragedy

I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch.

Quote by George W. Bush about tragedy

The action we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this century. If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happen on my watch.

Quote by George W. Bush about tragedy

Which death is preferably to every other? “The unexpected”.

Which death is preferably to every other? “The unexpected”.

Quote by Iulius Cezar about tragedy

Well, you know that whatever Tim does is going to be whimsical and magical. He gave me a picture of the hideous penguin boy when we did Batman Returns. It gives you a leg up because you know immediately what arena you're in.

Quote by Danny DeVito about tragedy

My first thoughts are that I should not let people down, ...

My first thoughts are that I should not let people down, that I should support them and love them.

Quote by Princess Diana about tragedy

There are only two styles of portrait painting; the...

There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.

Quote by Charles Dickens about tragedy

The tragedy of the civil rights movement is that just as it achieved the beginning of the end of racial segregation, white educated elites became swept up in the glamour of the sexual revolution.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about tragedy

My wife is healthy, she's in the prime of her life and you think that it happens to other people but it happens to everyone and at some point in everyone's life they're going to have to deal with something... some earlier than later and I promise...

Quote by Brett Favre about tragedy

Well I would say that we're regular people first of all and we're normal and it's obvious by some of the things that have happened just because our name is famous we're not immune to tragedy.

Quote by Brett Favre about tragedy

An American tragedy in which we all have played a part.

An American tragedy in which we all have played a part.

Quote by Gerald R. Ford about tragedy

You eventually get used to looking at girls picking their...

You eventually get used to looking at girls picking their leotards out of their bums and that sort of stuff.

Quote by Adam Garcia about tragedy

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