If you believe, as the Greeks did, that man is at the mercy of the gods, then you write tragedy. The end… — Lillian Hellman Copy Share Image
One of my favorite things on the show was just getting to do my own monologue and talking about someone who killed… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
Drugs are a tragedy for addicts. But criminalizing their use converts that tragedy into a disaster for society, for users and non-users… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
I never understand when people say, 'Do you do comedy or tragedy?' I don't think they're very much different. They both have… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
...these things become the norm: that some homeless people die of cold on the streets is not news. In contrast, a ten… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Whereas the comic confronts simply logical contradictions, the tragic confronts a moral predicament. Not minor matters of true andfalse but crucial questions… — Marie Taylor Collins Swabey Copy Share Image
There could be joy in destruction, too, couldn't there? Isn't Jesus Christ's Second Coming supposed to occur only after a lot of… — Kenzaburo Oe Copy Share Image
I never get tired of looking at her [Catherine Keener] and it always surprises me, despite how many hours of film I've… — Nicole Holofcener Copy Share Image
“Blessed be they whose lives do not taste of evil but if some god shakes your house ruin arrives ruin does not… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
Things happen to everybody in the course of a lifetime. Relationships end, people die, tragedy befalls everyone. So everyone has this wealth… — Eric Stoltz Copy Share Image
I grew up feeling that to be gay was a tragedy. I didn't grow up thinking that it was morally wrong, but… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
![“I never get tired of looking at her [Catherine Keener] and it always surprises me, despite how many hours of film I've shot on that face. She's fantastic. She does comedy and tragedy so equally well. She wears her feeling so on the surface for both. I try to stop myself from casting her but I just…” quote by Nicole Holofcener](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/36e/nicole-holofcener-9867_casting_i-never-get-tired-of-looking-at-her-cath_954717.jpg)
