“The most common characteristic of women's history is to be lost and discovered, lost again and rediscovered, lost once more and re-rediscovered - a process of tragic waste and terrible silences that will continue until women's stories are a full and equal part of the human story.” HumansStoriesLostProcessCommonSilenceHistoryTerribleEqualWasteCharacteristicsTragic Author:Gloria Steinem
“Pope John XXIII was an amoeba of goodness in a sea of waste, mistakenly believing that the Holy See could or would really change in any fundamental way.He was a tragic figure, for he raised a false hope, cast a brief ray of light that was snuffed out when he died.” WayBelieveLightSeaFiguresHolyGoodnessWasteDiedFundamentalsRaisedCastsTragicRaysPopeFalse HopeRays Of LightAmoeba Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
““Do you take pride in your hurt?” Samuel asked. “Does it make you seem large and tragic?” “I don't know.” “Well, think about it. Maybe you're playing a part on a great stage with only yourself as audience.”” MenDoeFeelingsSeemsLyingHurtAudienceLandStagePrideWasteTragicGood Feeling Author:John Steinbeck
“Each of us has... all the time there is. Those years, weeks, hours, are the sands in the glass running swiftly away. To let them drift through our fingers is tragic waste. To use them to the hilt, making them count for something, is the beginning of wisdom.” YearsUseRunningHoursWeekWasteFingersGlassesSandTragic Book:You learn by living Source: You learn by living
“To be mature you have to realize what you value most... Not to arrive at a clear understanding of one's own values is a tragic waste. You have missed the whole point of what life is for.” WholeLife IsValuesUnderstandingRealizingClearWasteTragicMature Author:Eleanor Roosevelt
“There is no reason for believing that any sort of gods exist, and quite good reasons for believing that they do not exist and never have. It has all been a gigantic waste of time and a waste of life. It would be a joke of cosmic proportions if it weren't so tragic.” IfsBelieveReasonWould BeReligionAtheismWasteJokesProportionTragicNo ReasonWasting TimeCosmicGod ExistsWaste Of Life Author:Richard Dawkins