Top 1200 Tragic Hero Quotes & Sayings - Page 18
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Last updated on October 9, 2024.
I didn't end up some sad, tragic guy singing in a lounge somewhere. I never went out and took big money for nostalgia and became like an oldies act.
Retreating to indefinite lockdown culture would mean surrendering what makes life worth living, a far more tragic cost than anything inflicted by a virus.
I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened to them.
Some guys lay their fannies out there every night - they play the game at such a high level, and they give so much that, frankly, they don't get credit for it. And I think it's tragic sometimes.
It's sometimes too easy to point fingers when circumstances dramatically go awry, but as an addict, I'm ultimately responsible for my own decisions, no matter how benign or tragic the consequences.
A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted.
The process of open adoption is not discussed in the way it should be. Everyone I know who has adopted domestically has at least one tragic story. It was important to me to be able to describe those situations.
People find the humor in life all the time. And you have to in order to make it through real life. Like, some things are tragic, but you have to laugh.
One catfish does not make a creek, nor one hero a nation.
My social status in the last year has gone from zero to hero.
Why is life so tragic; so like a little strip of pavement over an abyss. I look down; I feel giddy; I wonder how I am ever to walk to the end.
It'd be impossible to capture the feel of 'All Quiet on the Western Front' in a novel starring Mace Windu; 'All Quiet' is a tragic coming-of-age story.
What's important at this time is to re-clarify the difference between hero and villain.
My lifetime role model and hero is Freddie Mercury of Queen.
The real hero is the man who fights even though he is scared.
And I thought my loss was not, certainly, the end of the world, but to lessen the enthusiasm of those young people who were signed up, I thought that was tragic.
"Dead upon the field of glory,"
Hero fit for song and story.
By my love and my hope I beseech you - do not forsake hero in your soul!
A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.
Death left its old tragic heaven and became the lyrical core of man: his invisible truth, his visible secret.
It seems so tragic to me that so many filmmakers are making movies up against this extra-ordinary revolution with one eye closed and two hands tied behind their backs.
My all-time hero for Sunderland was Kevin Phillips. He was the one I looked up to.
The tragic incident of Luis Salom reminds us that our sport, our passion, is dangerous. We know it but, in a way, we don't think about it.
I sometimes cry in the moments that are not necessarily dramatic or tragic in the films, often because of the music. I wonder whether it's the music that has that effect on you in this film.
The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching of possessions.
You would never expect a black woman to be the hero.
I would certainly rather the industry not go broke, but if that's what it takes for everyone to acquire some values and lose that sense of entitlement, maybe a little belt-tightening wouldn't be so tragic.
People who have had power, when they become powerless, are really tragic.... We just allow ourselves to be conditioned by a society so we become as important as we're supposed to be.
I'm fascinated by the period that goes from the Industrial Revolution to right after World War II. There's something about that period that's epic and tragic.
It makes a great difference whether Davus or a hero speaks.
I've always thought the word cow was funny. And cows are sort of tragic figures. Cows blur the line between tragedy and humor.
From Russia I didn't bring out a single happy memory, only sad, tragic ones. The nightmare of pogroms, the brutality of Cossacks charging young Socialists, fear, shrieks of terror.
Without the villain, the hero sits at home on his couch.
Hurricane Katrina this past week was certainly the worst episode in what has become an all-too-familiar and tragic cycle, and our nation is now faced with a set of unprecedented challenges.
There are two extremes to be avoided: one is the attitude of contempt toward education, the other is the tragic snobbery of assuming that marching through an educational system is a sure cure for ignorance and mediocrity.
Even in Malayalam films, I don't mind if I am not cast as hero.
At the center of the Christian tradition since the first church have been a number who insist that history is not tragic, hell is not forever, and love, in the end, wins and all will be reconciled to God.
Voting against the resolution authorizing the use of military force in Iraq was one of my proudest moments as a senator. It is long past time to close this tragic chapter in American history.
Kids love the Hulk, but they're not really sure: 'Is he a monster or is he a hero?'
There is something tragic about the enormous number of young men there are in England at the present moment who start life with perfect profiles, and end by adopting some useful profession.
Ray Gomez is truly an unsung hero in American music.
Since childhood, I wanted to be a hero, but now, I want to be an actor.
I was always the hero's girlfriend or wife - actually, the woman with no voice.
Have the fearless attitude of a hero and the loving heart of a child.
This was a tragic event in human history, but by paying tribute to the Armenian community we ensure the lessons of the Armenian genocide are properly understood and acknowledged.
Among all the tragic consequences of depression and war, this suppression of personal self-expression through one's life work is among the most poignant.
We're living through a time where we are fighting wars fostered by politics, admittedly not on the same scale as the First World War, but with equally tragic realities for our soldiers and their families.
My first hero to wear the number 10 shirt was Ronaldinho.
I love that everyone on 'Scream Queens' has a moment where they are the hero, and they are the villain.
Tragic heroes always moan when the gods take an interest in them, but it's the people the gods ignore who get the really tough deals
Okay, so I’m the dragon. Big deal. You still get to be the hero.
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.
Dostoevky's lack of taste, his monotonous dealings with persons suffering with pre-Freudian complexes, the way he has of wallowing in the tragic misadventures of human dignity - all this is difficult to admire.
The immediate future is going to be tragic for all of us unless we find a way of making the vast educational resources of this country serve the true purpose of education, truth and justice.
You don't do hero films about old men. They smell of wee, don't they?
A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.
There is no such thing as a bad cop, only disturbing and dominant cop thinking that will invariably lead to excessive force and tragic outcomes.
I want to be a romantic hero but I am also open to experimenting.
I do feel ashamed of having participated to the slightest even as a tool in those dark days. But I was obliged to serve the state to which I had taken an oath. It was a tragic fate.
Walt Shaub is a true ethics hero for speaking out.
