#tragedy

I think we're in good shape, but the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina is in some small way mitigated by the fact that we now have more people talking about it, thinking about it and working on it, so that we will be more vigilant and ready. ↗

— John Hickenlooper

#fact #good #hurricane #hurricane katrina #i

The Constitution is never tested during times of tranquility; it is during times of tension, turmoil, tragedy, trauma, and terrorism that it is sorely tested. ↗

— Mike Honda

#during #never #sorely #tension #terrorism

The government needs to help those in need, but members of Congress shouldn't take advantage of the situation and use a national tragedy as an opportunity to spend taxpayer dollars on their pet projects. ↗

— Chris Chocola

#congress #dollars #government #help #members

September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy. ↗

— Vernon Jordan

#september #stands #terrible #terrible tragedy #tragedy

The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#being #being misunderstood #misunderstood #poet #through

In tragedy and despair, when an endless night seems to have fallen, hope can be found in the realization taht the companion of night is not another night, that the companion of night is day, that darkness always gives way to light, and that death rules only half of creation, life the other half. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#day #depression #lonliness #night #tragedy

An American tragedy in which we all have played a part. ↗

— Gerald R. Ford

#part #played #tragedy #which

In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment. ↗

— Christopher Fry

#eternity #every #moment #tragedy

Certainly after the tragedy in Neil's life, we were holding out hope for his recovery. It wasn't too promising at the time and obviously you get to the point of thinking that that is it. ↗

— Alex Lifeson

#certainly #get #his #holding #hope

Life is a tragedy full of joy. ↗

— Bernard Malamud

#joy #life #life is a #tragedy