Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is a modern tragedy that despair has so many spokesmen, and hope so few. — Oscar Hammerstein II Copy Share Image
Happiness is best achieved when you have gone through tragedy and sorrow. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You can always expect tragedy as well as adventure; that's just how it goes, — Mark Gatiss Copy Share Image
If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic. — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“Each new morn New widows howl, new orphans cry, new sorrows Strike heaven on the face, that it resounds As if it… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
A thousand people drowned in floods in China are news: a solitary child drowned in a pond is tragedy. — Josephine Tey Copy Share Image
“AGAMEMNON: Oh immovable law of heaven! Oh my anguish, my relentless fate! CLYTEMNESTRA: Yours? Mine. Hers. No relenting for any of us.” — Euripides Copy Share Image
God uses sorrowful tragedy to set the stage for surprising triumph-whether in this life or the life to come. — David Platt Copy Share Image
Whenever we confront an unbridled desire we are surely in the presence of a tragedy-in-the-making. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
“The one common tragedy I have seen woven throughout my life and the lives of others is that we can't feel the… — Stephen Tobolowsky Copy Share Image
Sometimes, soulmates may meet, stay together until a task or life lesson is completed, and then move on. This is not a… — Brian Weiss Copy Share Image
We had a demo recorded that we made available on our MySpace site, and that was quite successful for us too, but… — Maria Brink Copy Share Image
“It is a national tragedy of incalculable proportions…What is wrong with the United States that it can provide the environment for such… — United Press International Copy Share Image
The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The best way to prepare for a night out with a Shakespearean tragedy is to do a bit of reading up in… — Arthur Smith Copy Share Image
The vagaries of the industry and show business itself would not lead one to conclude a lengthy career - because things change.… — Chris Stein Copy Share Image
I always wanted to tell the story of how Pearl Jam is the story of lightning striking twice. As well as being… — Cameron Crowe Copy Share Image
“She knew for a fact that she wasn't going to sit around and wait for some miracle to happen. She wasn't going… — Diyar Harraz Copy Share Image
...she merely wished to find a way out of the maze. She knew that she had become a burden to him: she… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Desire and loss of will tend to hurt the mind, which can lead to fear and compulsion. The result is that we… — Hyon Gyon Copy Share Image
Men and women are sacrificed to the idols of profit and consumption: it is the 'culture of waste.' If a computer breaks… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It's just that most really good-looking people are stupid, so I exceed expectations.' 'Right, it's primarily his hotness,' I said. 'It can… — John Green Copy Share Image
I think to deal with the situation like human crisis, 65 million people being displaced, lost their home, and with such human… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
It is impossible – now, at this point in the long journey of human culture – to avoid the sense that pain… — Howard Barker Copy Share Image
“Every culture that has lost myth has lost, by the same token, its natural healthy creativity. Only a horizon ringed about with… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I am not afraid of beauty, unlike most artists today. The pollen, the milk, the beeswax, they have a beauty that is… — Wolfgang Laib Copy Share Image
At the end of a criminal’s life, it’s always the small mistake, the coincidence, the lark. The time we got too comfortable,… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
All art at a certain level is entertainment. We go to a tragedy by Sophocles to be entertained. — John Banville Copy Share Image
He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
One can play comedy, two are required for melodrama, but a tragedy demands three. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
A lot of queer relationships on television and in films are met with extreme tragedy. — Dan Levy Copy Share Image
“His thoughts are unfathomable & her emotions are all over the place. Oh! The tragedy of Love.” — Ankita Singhal Copy Share Image
When one person dies, it's a tragedy, but when a million people die, it's a statistic. — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
