Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. Read Summary
Crowded classrooms and half-day sessions are a tragic waste of our greatest national resource - the minds of our children. Read Summary
When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, 'Why god? Why me?' and the thundering voice of God answered, 'There's just something about you that pisses me off.' Read Summary
Life would be tragic if it weren't funny. Read Summary
Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live. Read Summary
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. Read Summary
The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn. Read Summary
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. Read Summary
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his. Read Summary
There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. Read Summary
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Read Summary
The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people. Read Summary
In 1906, just as we were definitely giving up the old shed laboratory where we had been so happy, there came the dreadful catastrophe which took my husband away from me and left me alone to bring up our children and, at the same time, to continue our work of research. Read Summary
You get tragedy where the tree, instead of bending, breaks. Read Summary
For a truly religious man nothing is tragic. Read Summary
Death can happen anywhere, but kids in Chicago, like 4 years old, can get shot. You don't really hear that in too many places. Read Summary
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. Read Summary
Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not supposed to meet, namely, a dull ending. Read Summary
One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic. Read Summary
The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic. Read Summary