Barney Ross Quotes

Who has suffered? The families of the dead, no doubt. But a greater loss was inflicted on Pakistan because, as I said, we lost the pillars of our society.

I was slapped down to the ground when my son Wade died in 1996, in April of 1996.

Accidents happen, whether they're car accidents, friendly fire, drug overdoses. Accidents happen, and they're tragic. It's like a bomb that goes off and pieces of shrapnel rip into the flesh of the family. It's the families that need the compassion, because everywhere they walk, every day, someone reminds them of their loss.

There is nothing to be compared to this, 'cause we lost our brother, our hero. The world is mourning. We are mourning. The fans are mourning. It is unreal. Unbelievable.

If something was to happen to part of my family, I don't know what I'd do.

But for me, it is when a student has died. I find the death of a young person the most difficult and painful of times. To explain it to other young people, to see a bright future snuffed out, is just awful. I am haunted by those deaths.

His death was the first time that Ed Wynn ever made anyone sad.

I think any time we lose people, it's a hard moment.

My brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon the whole neighborhood.

I held the generous, strong, beautiful hand of my first wife Cassie as ovarian cancer took her life much too soon.

To a father, when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies.

I wasn't angry with God that I lost my husband. I was devastated; I was broken. I still am, in many ways. But I feel like God gives free will to everyone, and people who want to choose evil, they have that same free will.

And my little sister died when she was 16.

That most unfortunate war, which I deeply deplore.

First and foremost, I would like to extend my deepest sympathies to the family of Michael Brown. As I have said in the past, I know that, regardless of the circumstances here, they lost a loved one to violence. I know the pain that accompanies such a loss knows no bounds.

I was much distressed by next door people who had twin babies and played the violin; but one of the twins died, and the other has eaten the fiddle, so all is peace.

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

Every war is a national misfortune.

The fact that I lost my mum was horrible, and if I could change anything, I would definitely change that.

The saddest moment as Prime Minister is writing letters to families who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan or those who we have tried to help in hostage situations but it hasn't worked out.

My father's death was the most terrible thing that happened to me in my life.

War is very sad and small life is pathetically fragile at times.

Slipknot started out of tragedy.

Tragedy struck the family when I was 10 days old. My eldest brother was killed in a car accident. He was six. My grandmother survived the incident, but the loss devastated my parents. I think they went into shock for a couple of years.

When I was at Swansea, I lost Alan Davies, who was only 30.