There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it.
George Bernard Shaw
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In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
Oscar Wilde
Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless who know love's tragedies.
Oscar Wilde
There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.
Oscar Wilde
They had some tragedies up in that area, right up under your nose.
Charles Miller
Our prayers go out to the families of the deceased, ... Hopefully this will help black people realize the folly of depending on the government or leaders and serve as a notice to avert future tragedies in other cities.
Lee Peterson
He adamantly denies any involvement in the recent appalling tragedies and he is confident that he will be absolved of all involvement.
Richard Egan
My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have the potential to be comic stories the next.
Nora Ephron
It's important to talk about loving yourself and looking at your tragedies and the stuff that makes you grow.
Anne Heche
If I stop having deep feelings or any emotions related to the tragedies the coroner's office deals with, that's a prime indicator that I need to reevaluate priorities and think about stopping, ... I'm not there yet.
James Kramer
Once the stadium is occupied a good number of tragedies have arisen due to a breakdown in authority.
Simon Inglis
In a weird way, this tragedy will make it a magnet for opportunity seekers. It's the irony of tragedies.
Gregory Rodriguez
The tragedies of 9/11 hurt a lot of businesses, large and small. If the big guys were hurting, then you know that the small guys just got crushed. We're trying to change that.
Ricky Clemons
I'm not so sure that people consider homelessness to be as important as, say, the Vietnam War. One should never even try to equate them because, of course, they're tragedies on both sides of the coin.
Graham Nash
It's one of those tragedies that seems so senseless.
Carla Ruigh
There are two tragedies, ... One is my children and the other is my wife.
Andrea Yates
One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time.
Idries Shah
The ground is saturated and we could have more tragedies.
Carlos Lopez
I never burn anybody because I know exactly what I'm doing. I've never had any tragedies. I had something funny happen, though. One customer saved the wax and made a necklace out of it.
Lori Perrone
We have approximately 1,200 kids in the high school and this affects everyone. Tragedies like this are terribly traumatizing. What we try to do is to bring as much help as possible to the situation immediately as we can.
Hugh Caumartin
We should not take a Memorial Day recess until we pass a proper memorial for the slain students in Littleton, Colorado, and other school gun tragedies.
John Conyers
One of the tragedies of this case was it was so preventable.
David J. Dean
If it can be verified, we don't need faith... Faith is for that which lies on the other side of reason. Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys.
Madeleine L'Engle
It's important to me that my music touches lives. Not everybody is Christian, but one thing people do have in common is that we all have struggles. We all have issues. We all have tragedies. I feel music should be there to heal, to give you a direction and give you hope. That's what I'm about.
Lawrence Williams
These natural and human tragedies provided the headline news; they also provoked a quite remarkable humanitarian response. It has been clear that in the course of this year relief workers and financial support have come from members of every faith and from every corner of the world.
Queen Elizabeth
I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and women trample themselves in the mire and die. Something magnificent is taking place here amid the cruelties and tragedies, and the supreme challenge to intelligence is that of making the noblest and best in our curious heritage prevail.
Charles Austin Beard
Considering that we began this fiscal year impacted by a national recession and the tragedies of Sept. 11, fiscal 2002 has certainly exceeded our expectations.,
Robert Toll
Some people probably are becoming numb to these tragedies. What we call 'compassion fatigue' may be setting in.
Richard Stearns
Advertising sales have been slow all year due to the uncertain economy, but the business disruption caused by the events of the Sept. 11 national tragedies contributed further to this issue.
Jim Robbins
Teenagers too often have to deal with loss and death. You had to cope with the untimely death of your brother; how can young people deal with such tragedies?
Andrew Shue
I believe that the people of the United States as a whole care about this issue very much, and it's a shame tragedies have to happen when the issue comes back up.
Carolyn Mccarthy
It should not take tragedies such as the one we have witnessed today on Capitol Hill in Seattle, to call attention to the need for stronger gun safety laws in Washington State. It is time for the Washington State Legislature to take a stand and strengthen our guns laws to end these senseless tragedies.
Jon Scholes
There have been so many national disasters and tragedies this year and people have been giving as much as they can, but we'll hope they'll consider this a time to give in addition, not instead of.
Brendan Hurley
We all know Katrina is one of the greatest human tragedies in the nation's history - but it could also be the greatest cultural catastrophe America has ever experienced. Rebuilding is essential, but it must acknowledge the historic character of one of the nation's most distinctive regions.
Richard Moe
I have a strange feeling back here, ... I can't explain it. It's a strange mixture of the tragedies and the good things that happened here.
Gordon Parks
Discrimination due to age is one of the great tragedies of modern life. The desire to work and be useful is what makes life worth living, and to be told your efforts are not needed because you are the wrong age is a crime.
Johnny Ball
Sheriff Hunter wants to take a pro-active approach before there are any tragedies.
Stephanie Spell
The international community should be very alarmed by these events because the situation is getting out of hand and we are sliding backwards. We have had some very terrible tragedies, but this is one of the lowest points, if not the lowest, that we have had.
Baba Gana Kingibe
The occupiers of Iraq have imposed their ominous presence on the Iraqi nation under pretext of providing them with security. They are responsible for such tragedies.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
This commitment is as clear as it is historic. Today we congratulate world leaders on agreeing their responsibility to protect civilians. After each genocide in the past, world leaders have said 'never again'; now, at last, the world has agreed that 'never again' should mean 'never again', and this could help make tragedies like the Rwandan genocide a thing of the past.
Nicola Reindorp
The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizzare which seems inherent in them.
Jean Cocteau
The London Memorial Garden was a beautiful green spot where residents and visitors could quietly contemplate the terrible tragedies and pay tribute to the dead and injured.
Robert Davis
Educating our communities about ways to reduce underage drinking will help protect our youth. We have seen too many tragedies involving underage drinking, and we must all do our part to prevent them.
Kathryn Jett
Until all students are faced by the tragedies, the contradictions and the stark questions of life, they cannot understand the need for redemption or God's redemptive action.
Reuel Howe
He adamantly denies any involvement in the recent appalling tragedies.
Richard Egan
We have had more than our fair share of tragedies visited upon us by the circulation of illicit arms?the last 10 days have been very difficult for this nation.
John Michuki
[Jim Carter of the South Coast Winery came up with the idea for a fundraiser and met with people from local wineries before the Labor Day weekend.] We just had one of the greatest tragedies in the nation, ... It's so enormous.
Jim Carter
How many lives have to be lost? How many tragedies do we have to have before we have a system put in place that's going to protect our country domestically?
Mary Fetchet
I don't think it's a sad commentary on society. We're just inundated with tragedies. I guess it's a defense mechanism to compartmentalize these things and set them aside.
Larry Greene
Despite the drought, floods and freezes, they come back every spring, and because of experiences in my life, that's been meaningful to me, ... In some way, no matter what tragedies befall us, God will allow us to bloom again.
Joan Rankin
When Al Gore went to the Congress, he was (a) fairly conservative, Southern Democratic congressman from rural Tennessee. But as he learned more about national issues and he saw the tragedies happening because of gun violence all across the country, he's grown.
Mike Barnes
Just as we endure personal tragedies, we can endure natural tragedies and collectively we can make a difference to help bring healing to one another.
Betty Clark
Let's do tragedies. Tragedies are more fun than comedies.
Bret Palmer
This bill includes important measures to minimize the dangers to adults and children in and around cars, and begins looking at solutions to prevent these tragedies. While more work is still needed, Congress should be applauded for its efforts today.
Sally Greenberg
It is a quiet and peaceful place - and a fitting place for the remains of this greatest of sea tragedies to rest.
Robert D. Ballard
We've made our list and want consumers to check it twice, ... Preventing needles tragedies and providing a safe environment are the best holiday gifts parents can provide their children.
Hal Stratton
It's about individual women and their personal tragedies, ... The play traces the arc of the grieving process and what the women's lot in life will be. I was telling the cast last night that our focus has to be telling the stories of those women, and letting the audience make the connection: The play's not political propaganda, it's art.
Brad Wright
You have no idea what level of concern this industry has for pedestrians. The best way to avoid tragedies like these is not be near the train tracks at all.
Joe Arbona
By failing to account for all shooting deaths and demonstrate that it is taking steps to avoid future tragedies, the U.S. military shows an alarming disregard for the safety of civilians, including journalists covering this conflict.
Ann Cooper
I told the people a lot of these terrible tragedies that happen, it's impossible for us to understand because we're not big enough in our minds.
Christian Church
Somehow that gap has got to be closed, ... Until it's closed, we will continue to find units that are under stress like the 66th and will continue to have the problems surface and tragedies occur like the accident two years ago.
Richard Hawley
But it is somewhat true because, as a society, we have short memories and there are always new tragedies to capture our collective imagination.
Roberta Urbani
The job of the police is to protect and serve. This lawsuit sends a message to public officials that prejudice and ignorance about HIV are not only wrong, but can have tragic consequences. We are filing this lawsuit to prevent further tragedies.
Andrew Schneider
Hopefully, we can prevent these tragedies.
Richard Johnston
People respond to tragedies like this in different ways. Everybody is doing their own thing. If they want to live in the squalor of what's left of their homes, that is their right.
Joey Difatta
The destruction of Manila was one of the greatest tragedies of World War II. Of all the allied capitals only Warsaw suffered more.
William Manchester
Once the shootings occurred in Jonesboro and people asked if there is hope for the future, is there hope tragedies like this can be avoided, we stood up to be counted and said yes, there is hope.
Steve Morton
Past tragedies have given people an opportunity to prosper. Now we face the challenge of ensuring all the money and material help will be managed with absolute honesty, ... We hope not a single dollar will be wasted.
Jose Vicente Rangel
I've never advocated, although I would love to, abstaining completely from alcohol. Because that's not reality-based. What is reality-based is you need to take care of yourself and each other. Watch out for each other. And make sure these tragedies don't happen.
Gary Requa
It is important to not only honor workers who have lost their lives or been injured on the job, but to look ahead to prevent future tragedies. Missouri is one of a few states that provides not one, but three safety and health programs to assist employers in developing, implementing and maintaining safer workplaces.
Katharine Barondeau
Now they (the public) can see it. It's too bad that it took tragedies - but now they understand that it can happen.
Eva Pickens
As in all cases where people are involved in tragedies, there does seem to be some slowdown to other causes in the short run, but it doesn't seem to be very long-lived.
Eugene Tempel
During winters, we always see stories, the tragedies of fires or carbon-monoxide poisonings. The devices can help save energy costs if combined with other things, like turning down the thermostat. But they need to be used correctly.
Erin Biehl
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