#tragic

That freedom can never be attained by a nation without suffering and sacrifice has been amply borne out by the recent tragic happenings in this subcontinent. ↗

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah

#attained #been #borne #freedom #happenings

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

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#life #tragic #weren #would

The more the history of the World War and what led up to it is studied, the more clearly those tragic years become revealed as a vast collapse of civilization. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

#civilization #clearly #collapse #history #led

There's no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable. ↗

— Rufus Wainwright

#glorious #humour #life #make #moments

The world is an infinitely fascinating, tragic and humorous place. ↗

— Mike Figgis

#humorous #infinitely #place #tragic #world

Being dull and boring is far more tragic than being tacky. ↗

— Thom Filicia

#boring #dull #far #more #tacky

I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera. ↗

— Ian Hamilton Finlay

#am #beginner #cetera #different #different parts

The surprise with which a detective novel concludes should set up tragic vibrations which run backward through the entire structure. ↗

— Ross MacDonald

#concludes #detective #entire #novel #run

A gourmet meal without a glass of wine just seems tragic to me somehow. ↗

— Kathy Mattea

#gourmet #just #me #meal #seems