Tragic Life Quotes

I can't remember ever having a tragic demeanor. Although my life was tragedy.

I would argue [princess] Margaret is the tragic figure of the century.

Life, in my view, is simple, tragic, and frighteningly beautiful.

I would love to do a biopic on Madhubala. She was very pretty. I really admire her.

Tragedy is an imitation not of men but of a life, an action

My life has been tragic and disastrous since birth.

I've often felt that life is a hard deal and it's unrelentingly tragic and an uphill fight.

I love [Nikolai] Gogol's great eye for idiot behavior. Gogol said that life is so tragic, so stupendously sad that we'd better laugh a lot and enjoy ourselves. You either get a sense of humor going or you go under.

I have an artistic temperament, which is a really tragic thing.

Surrealism is anathema for me. Because the surrealists made a joke of everything. And I consider life a tragedy.

It is not possible, for a poet, writing in any language, to protect himself from the tragic elements in human life.... [ellipsis in source] Illness, old age, and death--subjects as ancient as humanity--these are the subjects that the poet must speak of very nearly from the first moment that he begins to speak.

But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album's worth of work as his legacy. That's all that life allowed him.

Life should be taken ironically; otherwise, it becomes a tragedy.

I don't need drugs. Life is already tragic enough.

Growing up, the image I had of Princess Margaret was completely different. I knew that she was a slightly tragic figure, but I didn't know why. Now, I love her with my all my heart. She was such an amazing person, and getting to 'know' her better was an honor.

People, whether they know it or not, like their blues singers miserable. They like their blues singers to die afterwards.

You know, I have had a terrible life. I married two men I really didn't like. My only daughter was killed in a car accident. My brother committed suicide. Has my life been a life for anyone to envy?

All those who try to unveil the mysteries always have tragic lives. At the end they are always punished.

Would you like to hear my story, Bella? It doesn't have a happy ending - but which of ours does? If we had happy endings, we'd all be under gravestones now.

What I'm interested in is happiness with a full awareness of the tragedy of life, the potential tragedy that lurks around every corner and the tragedy that actually is life.

Life is hard. Not great. Kind of tragic.

People often think that you have a sense of humor because you think that life is funny. Life isn't funny at all. It's appalling and tragic.

Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.

If we lacked imagination enough to foresee something better, life would indeed be a tragedy.

I just feel a connection with Marilyn Monroe. I just love her. I just completely feel what she went through.