“I think the novel is essentially a comic form (tragedy is for the theatre), not meaning by that full of jokes, but that it is about the absurd detail of human life, the way in which one cannot fully understand what is happening. Life is muddle and jumble and ends inconclusively, and when this is presented with great comic art the sorrows of human life can be truthfully conveyed; one is moved by the spectacle, and feels that something truthful has been told in a magic way.” ThinkingWayFeelsHumansHas BeensArtEndsFormLife IsNovelMagicSorrowHappeningsJokesTragedyMovedDetailsTheatreAbsurdComicHuman LifeTruthfulBeing TruthfulMuddleComic Art Author:Iris Murdoch
“It's always considered bad taste to comment on a tragedy right when it's happening, but I love when something is considered too soon to talk about because then you can blast past that social censorship to get into something real.” RealPastSocialTasteHappeningsTragedyCommentCensorshipBlastBad TasteSomething Real Author:Margaret Cho
“It's a tragedy what is happening, what Bush is doing. All Bush wants is Iraqi oil. There is no doubt that the U.S. is behaving badly. Why are they not seeking to confiscate weapons of mass destruction from their ally Israel? This is just an excuse to get Iraq's oil.” WantDoubtWeaponsMassHappeningsDestructionTragedyIraqSeekingExcuseIsraelOilNo DoubtAlliesWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionBehaving Badly Author:Nelson Mandela
“It is always possible that society you live in might go backwards, towards the land of ignorance and darkness! While this tragedy and stupidity happening, you must move forward! You must walk forward, towards the light and wisdom, to the land of reason!” ReasonLightMightMovingWalksDarknessLandIgnoranceHappeningsTragedyStupidityMoving ForwardBackwards Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Modern culture appears to have adopted a strategy of tragedy. If we come here and say, I didn't intend to cause global warning, it's not part of my plan, then we realize it's part of our defacto plan because it's the thing that's happening because we have no other plan.” IfsCultureCausesRealizingPlansModernHappeningsTragedyStrategyWarningAdoptedModern Culture Author:William McDonough
“I don't have a problem with the media focusing on bad things happening. That's our job, after all. But I think it's incomplete, and I would even say it's inaccurate, to only portray a place through its tragedies.” ThinkingProblemJobsMediaHappeningsTragedyThings HappenBad ThingsIncompleteBad Things Happen Author:Annia Ciezadlo
“If enough people are sensitive to the tragedy of Tibet, I think it will produce a change politically as well. But furthermore, it's important for the people in Tibet. Now communication is such [that] people know what is happening. Even Tibetan people would know that the Interfaith or the international group of religious people - that everybody who is religious is taking up their cause. It would help them a lot if we give them courage, and that in itself is enough.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsGivingWellsImportantEnoughHelpingCausesReligiousGroupsProduceCommunicationHappeningsTragedyInternationalSensitiveInterfaithTibetanTibet Author:Elie Wiesel
“The Mexican people, you cannot explain this wealth, this history, this joy, the capacity to celebrate amid these tragedies that you have asked about. I can say another thing, that this unity, that this people has managed not to fail, not to end with so many wars, things, things that are happening now.” PeopleI CanWarEndsJoyWealthFailingHappeningsCapacityTragedyUnityCelebrateMexican Author:Pope Francis