Quotes About Tragedy

To paraphrase Walter Laqueur, a pioneer in the study of the Allies' response to the Holocaust, although many people thought that the Jews were no longer alive, they did not necessarily believe they were dead.18

This is my history; like all other histories, a narrative of misery.

God's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn.

I went out to Charing Cross, to see Major-General Harrison hanged, drawn, and quartered; which was done there, he looking as cheerful as any man could do in that condition.

neighbour of ours, Mr. Hollworthy, a very able man, is also dead by a fall in the country from his horse, his foot hanging in the stirrup, and his brains beat out.

Úgy hozta hát a véletlen, hogy lássam a király lefejezését a White Hall udvarán, és lássam az els? vért is, amely a király megbosszulására kiontatott a Charing Crosson. Polcokat állítattam be dolgozószobámba.

Lo más intrigante de las tragedias es el modo en que las olvidamos

It's easy to get lost in the history here—the beautiful art, the ability to walk around a first century city—and forget that thousands of people died here…in hours," Zoe said, glancing into the distance where Mt. Vesuvius was clearly visible, dark against the blue sky.

Hannakins: I know you guys are living out your own private Romeo and Juliet love story, but remember: Both of them die in Act V. -A

We killed an innocent girl

That was Sanjay Banerjee... He just found Nisha facedown in their swimming pool. She's dead. - Mr. Mercer

In wartime, she thought to herself, you don't call a death murder.

Satire is tragedy plus time.

Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silv'ryTay! Alas! I am very sorry to say That ninety lives have been taken away On the last Sabbath day of1879, Which will be remember'd for a very long time.

And killing time is perhaps the essence of comedy, just as the essence of tragedy is killing eternity.

It is, indeed, one of the capital tragedies of youth-and youth is the time of real tragedy-that the young are thrown mainly with adults they do not quite respect.

It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator. Mind you, we've known some lovely female impersonators, in our time.

Omg. My long time teammate on the Nadadores and team USA, Fran Crippen, passed away today while racing in Dubai.

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

The three most written-about subjects of all time are Jesus, the Civil War, and the Titanic.

I feel like we can prove in real time the old trope that comedy is tragedy plus time.

We live in a crazy time. Every other week, there's a school shooting. There's always some nutty thing and I've always wanted to kind of understand the crazy.

They were so exhausted and seasick and all they could do was crawl up those beaches. And thousands of them lay dead in no time at all. It's unthinkable.

Suicide is the #1 killer of a person who is in a boat and happens to be passing under a bridge at the wrong time.