“How many more tragedies does it take before we do something? How many more children have to die before this country realizes that No Gun Zones create perfect locations for violence? You can not stop criminals and mad men with laws, you can only stop violence with the fear of armed victims.” MenChildrenDoeCountryLawDiesRealizingPerfectViolenceGunTragedyVictimMadCriminalsZoneLocationCan NotMad Men Author:Alan Gottlieb
“Jealousy is one of the wickedest of all the passions. It is that which has been the most fruitful mother of tragedies, murders, and wars. But reprehensible though it is, jealousy is almost rather to be pitied than blamed--its first victims are those who harbour the feeling.” FirstsHas BeensWarFeelingsMotherPassionTragedyMurderVictimJealousyHarbour Author:Arthur Alfred Lynch
“Scripture says: "Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted." I call on every American family and the family of America to observe a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, honoring the memory of the thousands of victims of these brutal attacks and comforting those who lost loved ones. We will persevere through this national tragedy and personal loss. In time, we will find healing and recovery; and, in the face of all this evil, we remain strong and united, "one Nation under God."” HumorAmericaFacesPoliticalEvilLostStrongNationsMemoriesPrayerLossUnitedHealingTragedyVictimBlessedScriptureRecoveryLoved OnesLost LoveBrutalRemembranceComfortingPersevereMournPolitical HumorAmerican FamilyOne Nation Under GodBlessed Are ThoseLost Loved OnesNational Day Of PrayerPersonal Loss Author:George W. Bush
“Mrs. O'Hair died horribly, a victim of the world she helped to shape. Without the Deity she fought so hard against, there is no right and wrong, increasingly people are ruled by their passions and humanity is a tragedy waiting to happen.” PeopleWorldHardHappensHumanityPassionWaitingHairShapesTragedyDiedVictimScaryDeities Author:Bill Murray
“My heart goes out to victims and survivors of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy and to their families. This disaster will go down in history books as one of the largest natural disasters in U.S. history.” HeartBookNaturalMy HeartTragedyVictimDisasterSurvivorHurricanesKatrinaHistory BooksNatural DisasterHurricane Katrina Author:Ellen Tauscher
“Tragedy depends on the way you see it. If you chose to be a victim of the world, anything which happens to you will feed that dark side of your soul, where you consider yourself wronged, suffering, guilty and deserving punishment. If you choose to be an adventurer, the changes - even the inevitable losses, since everything in this world changes - can cause some pain, but will soon thrust you forward, forcing you to react.” IfsWorldWaySoulHappensPainSufferingCausesSidesDarkLossThis WorldDependsTragedyVictimPunishmentGuiltyInevitableYour SoulYou ChooseThrustDeservingDark SideAdventurerWronged Author:Paulo Coelho
“On the golf course, a man may be the dogged victim of inexorable fate, be struck down by an appalling stroke of tragedy, become the hero of unbelievable melodrama, or the clown in a side-splitting comedy.” MenMayCoursesSidesComedyFateHeroTragedyVictimGolfStrokesUnbelievableClownGolf CourseSplittingInexorableMelodrama Author:Bobby Jones
“One victim lives in tragedy, another victim stops to stare, and still another walks on by pretending not to see” LoveLifeStillsHappinessSuccessSongWalksAttitudeFamilyTragedyVictimStaringPretending Author:Bob Seger
“I sincerely apologize to anyone who was offended by my attempt at humor regarding the tragedy in Japan. I meant no disrespect, and my thoughts are with the victims and their families.” TragedyVictimJapanApologizingMy ThoughtsOffendedSincerelyDisrespect Author:Gilbert Gottfried
“Ever since ROME, OPEN CITY, I have maintained a conscious, determined endeavor to try to understand the world in which I live, in a spirit of humility and respect for the facts and for history. What as the meaning of ROME, OPEN CITY? We were emerging from the tragedy of the war. We had all taken part in it, for we were all its victims. I sought only to picture the essence of things. I had absolutely no interest in telling a romanticized tale along the usual lives of film drama. The actual facts were each more dramatic than any screen cliche.” WorldTryingWarFactsFilmSpiritInterestCitiesTakenHumilityDramaConsciousEssenceTragedyVictimDeterminedScreensTalesDramaticEndeavorRomeUsualClicheEmerging Author:Roberto Rossellini
“Violence against women is not random or anonymous. In West Virginia, 88 percent of sexual-assault victims already know their attacker. In my hometown, Alicia McCormick, an advocate for our domestic-violence shelter at the YWCA, was killed in her home by a man doing handiwork in her apartment complex. That one of my greatest advocates could fall victim to something she fought against her whole life was a tragedy that moved me to action.” KnowsMenWholeHomeActionFallViolencePercentTragedyVictimMovedWestComplexesWhole LifeShelterApartmentAssaultDomestic ViolenceVirginiaViolence Against WomenHometownSexual AssaultWest VirginiaHandiwork Author:Shelley Moore Capito
“Most important, however, is the third avenue to meaning in life: even the helpless victim of a hopeless situation, facing a fate he cannot change, may rise above himself, may grow beyond himself, and by so doing change himself. He may turn a personal tragedy into a triumph.” InspirationalMayImportantTurnsGrowsChallengesSituationFateThirdsTragedyVictimTriumphHopelessHelplessRise AboveAvenuesMeaning LifeHopeless SituationsPersonal TragedyTragedy And Triumph Book:Man's Search for Meaning Source: Man's Search for Meaning
“Nuclear weapons will not be gotten rid of until the United States confronts the magnitude of the horror, the tragedy, and the long-term suffering of the victims” LongStatesSufferingTermUnitedUnited StatesHorrorWeaponsTragedyVictimNuclearLong TermNuclear WeaponsMagnitude Author:Bernard Lown
“Here is the tragedy: when you are the victim of depression, not only do you feel utterly helpless and abandoned by the world, you also know that very few people can understand, or even begin to believe, that life can be this painful.” PeopleKnowsWorldFeelsBelieveDepressionTragedyVictimPainfulAbandonedHelplessOvercoming Depression Author:Giles Andreae
“It's a walk of remembrance, a commemorative event for the victims of the twin towers, Pentagon, and Pennsylvania, ... We must reflect on the tragedy of that day and the events that have unfolded from it, and recommit to the ideals of freedom that epitomize our country and our vow to never forget.” CountryWalksForgetEventsIdealsTragedyVictimOur CountryNever ForgetTwinsTowersRemembranceVowPennsylvaniaPentagonTwin Towers Author:Greg Hicks
“To simplify things down to their real essence, whenever things go wrong in our lives, whenever our plans go awry and the things we took for granted suddenly disappear, we have a very simple choice. We can either succumb to despair and assume the attitude of the put upon victim, powerless to change our fate, or we can decide to turn the tragedy into an opportunity.” RealTurnsChoicesOpportunitySimpleAttitudeOur LivesFatePlansDespairEssenceTragedyVictimAssumingSimplicityDisappearGrantedPowerlessSimplifyTook For Granted Author:Tony Clark
“For your benefit, learn from our tragedy. It is not a written law that the next victims must be Jews. It can also be other people.” PeopleLawNextWrittenBenefitsTragedyVictimJew Author:Simon Wiesenthal
“Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator, and not infrequently they actually have comic touches to the victim. Happiness probably consists largely in the capacity to detect and relish them. A man who can laugh, if only at himself, is never really miserable.” IfsMenHumansSeemsLife IsLaughingComedyCapacityTragedyVictimMiserableComicHuman LifeSpectatorsRelish Book:Minority Report Source: Minority Report
“She believed, and was entitled to believe, I must say, that all human beings were evil by nature, whether tormentors or victims, or idle standers-by. They could only create meaningless tragedies, she said, since they weren't nearly intelligent enough to accomplish all the good they were meant to do.” BelieveHumansSaidEnoughEvilHuman BeingsTragedyIntelligentVictimAccomplishMeaninglessMentorEntitledIdle Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“We owe it to the flood victims of New Orleans to give them truthful answers as to why this event took place and to assure our citizens that tragedies like this will never happen again.” GivingHappensAnswersEventsCitizensTragedyVictimTruthfulFloodNew Orleans Author:Charles Rangel