#tragic

The anger that Uncle Junior has comes from my background. My father was the son of an Italian immigrant, and I've seen the fire of the Italian temperament. It can be explosive sometimes in ways that are both funny and tragic. ↗

— Dominic Chianese

#background #both #comes #explosive #father

This was a tragic event in human history, but by paying tribute to the Armenian community we ensure the lessons of the Armenian genocide are properly understood and acknowledged. ↗

— Jerry Costello

#armenian #armenian genocide #community #ensure #event

If you start out with a tragic view of life, then anything since is just a bonus. ↗

— Freeman Dyson

#bonus #just #life #out #since

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. ↗

— James Thurber

#depend #economics #farce #funnier #his

The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic. ↗

— Ben Vereen

#because #briefly #daughter #death #i

Charlie Brown is almost a tragic figure. ↗

— Brian Walker

#brown #charlie #charlie brown #figure #tragic

The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism. ↗

— Earl Warren

#failure #found #imperatives #internationalism #most

I believe education should be a right for every child, but tragically in many parts of world it is a privilege for certain children whose parents have money. There are 72 million children in the world who don't go to school and many of them are in Africa. ↗

— George Weah

#believe #certain #child #children #education

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. ↗

— Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

#attack #back #before #commitment #does

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#arrive #beginnings #being #common #endings