Tradgedy Quotes & Sayings

I tis hopeless to try to convert some borders into seams. Expressways and their ramps are examples. Moreover, even in the case of large parks, campuses or waterfronts, the barrier effects can likely be overcome well only along portions of perimeters. — Jane Jacobs

What magic scale childhood does make of raw reality. — Brendan Cowell

Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

I've been accustomed to mysteries, holy and otherwise, since I was a child. Some of us care for orphans, amass fortunes, raise protests or Nielsen ratings; some of us take communion or whiskey or poison. Some of us take lithium and antidepressants, and most everyone believes these pills are fundamentally wrong, a crutch, a sign of moral weakness, the surrender of art and individuality. Bullshit. Such thinking guarantees tradgedy for the bipolar. Without medicine, 20 percent of us, one in five, will commit suicide. Six-gun Russian roulette gives better odds. Denouncing these medicines makes as much sense as denouncing the immorality of motor oil. Without them, sooner or later the bipolar brain will go bang. I know plenty of potheads who sermonize against the pharmaceutical companies; I know plenty of born-again yoga instructors, plenty of missionaries who tell me I'm wrong about lithium. They don't have a clue. — David Lovelace

Raleigh was later to write, after a duel the hangman was the one who bestowed the garland on the victor. — Raleigh Trevelyan

It isn't the happy ending that Ingrid and I have dreamed up, but it's all a part of what I'm working through. The way life changes. The way people and things disappear. Then appear, unexpectedly, and had you close — Nina LaCour

Live to Love & Love to Live — Gabbriella Conte

This mournful and restless sound was a fit accompaniment to my meditations. — Joseph Conrad

You don't come to see a Greek play and not want blood and gore and depth of feeling from your boots up. — Ruth Negga

She tried to smile but her face,she noticed with a jolt,was one that had been configured for tradgedy. — Beatrice Colin

When the bombs fell, it wasn't a war; it was an obliteration. No one had any idea who shot first or why. — Joe Reyes

I am a charity campaigner. — Heather Mills

We don't believe a liar even when he tells the truth. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

I should've blown more stuff up. -Coach Gleeson Hedge — Rick Riordan

Humanism is an overemphasis on human worth and ability, leading man to glorify himself instead of God ... While its historical forms may vary, humanism inevitably leads people away from God and spiritual concerns. It promotes the false idea that man is good and that he is superior to God. Secular Humanism of the twentieth century altogether rejects belief in God and worships man as God. The pride of humanism will not go unpunished. — David Fisher

Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal. — Dan O'Brien

The ego refuses to be distressed by the provocations of reality, to let itself be compelled to suffer. It insists that it cannot be affected by the traumas of the external world; it shows, in fact, that such traumas are no more than occasions for it to gain pleasure. — Sigmund Freud

Imposing excessive new regulations, or closing coal-fired power plants, would produce few health or environmental benefits. But it would exact huge costs on society - and bring factories, offices and economies to a screeching halt in states that are 80-98% dependent on coal: Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming. — Paul Driessen

All girls have sex with a stranger fantasies and fantasies played out are healthier than those that have been left to fester and go mouldy. When we look back, we don't regret the things we have done, only the things left undone, the things we wanted to do and never did. — Chloe Thurlow

The Republican convention opens in New York to re-nominate George W. Bush and showcase the party's, quote, 'moderate side.' Will voters buy it? — Dan Rather