Quotes having the keyword Tragic
If you have ever been in a real tragic or sad situation, the words that come out are hopelessly inadequate and kind of cliched.
by Erika Slezak (Actor, American , born in 1946) keywords: been, cliched, come, ever, hopelessly, inadequate, kind, out, real, sad, situation, tragic , words I think it is tragic that a situation should arise where civilians on any side are killed. But it is almost a cliche to say that it is virtually unavoidable and this isn't unique to us alone.
by Joe Slovo (Politician, South African , born in 1926) keywords: almost, alone, any, arise, civilians, cliche, killed, say, should, side, situation, think, tragic, unavoidable, unique, us, virtually , where 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.
by Arlen Specter (Politician, American , born in 1930) keywords: aspect, behind, believe, cancer, continues, could, cured, deadly, disease, diseases, far, funding, had, heart, killer, number, sufficient, these , tragic This is technology that will not go away. And to risk it moving into the hands of a terrorist group like al Qaeda or to other focused enemies of the United States, would have tragic consequences.
by John Sununu (Politician, American , born in 1964) keywords: al, away, consequences, enemies, focused, go, group, hands, into, moving, other, qaeda, risk, states, technology, terrorist, tragic, united, will , would Any comic is a tragic soul. Comedy is one of the things that allows one to survive. Particularly if one has been in the process of separating off the emotions, it's one place you can process them.
by Twyla Tharp (Dancer, American , born in 1941) keywords: allows, any, been, comedy, comic, emotions, off, particularly, place, process, separating, soul, survive, them, things , tragic 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.
by James Thurber (Comedian, American , born in 1894) keywords: animals, apply, depend, economics, farce, funnier, his, how, inherent, instinct, knowledge, laws, level, man, more, once, powers, reason, reduced, road, than, them, tobacco, tragic , which 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.
by Mike Tyson (Athlete, American , born in 1966) keywords: any, anything, bad, care, cry, emotional, get, happening, hard, just, kid, many, more, react, some, things, think, too, took , tragic 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.
by Skeet Ulrich (Actor, American , born in 1970) keywords: actor, actress, blank, classical, deals, every, eyes, faraway, get, life, look, moment, their, thing, tragic , way The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic.
by Ben Vereen (Actor, American , born in 1946) keywords: because, briefly, daughter, death, more, nothing, subject, talk , tragic There's no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable.
by Rufus Wainwright (Musician, Canadian , born in 1973) keywords: bearable, glorious, humour, life, make, moments, tragic, truly, without , wonderful The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.
by Earl Warren (Judge, American , born in 1891) topics: Patriotism keywords: failure, found, imperatives, internationalism, most, our, paradox, recognize, time , tragic There were some tragic cases of women whose love was abused, who for a certain time procured important documents or information, not knowing who for, what service they worked for, and for a variety reasons got jailed, were tried and sentenced.
by Markus Wolf (Public Servant, German , born in 1923) keywords: abused, cases, certain, documents, got, important, information, jailed, knowing, love, procured, reasons, sentenced, service, some, time, tragic, tried, variety, were, whose, women , worked There has been a time on earth when poets had been young and dead and famous - and were men. But now the poet as the tragic child of grandeur and destiny had changed. The child of genius was a woman, now, and the man was gone.
by Tom Wolfe (Journalist, American , born in 1931) keywords: been, changed, child, dead, destiny, earth, famous, genius, gone, grandeur, had, man, men, now, poet, poets, time, tragic, were, woman , young 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.
by Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (Statesman, Spanish , born in 1960) keywords: am, attack, back, before, commitment, does, dramatic, explain, goes, happy, him, john, kerry, know, maybe, terrorist, tragic, troops , withdraw 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.
by Terry Zwigoff (Director, American , born in 1949) keywords: africa, bad, decide, difficult, even, film, genocide, get, go, going, made, makes, poorly, review, say, see, since, some, tragic , which
