Laughter is ever young, whereas tragedy, except the very…

Laughter is very young, whereas tragedy, except the very highest of all, quickly becomes haggard.

— Lady Margaret Sackville

Tragedy is the highest form of art.

— Joyce Carol Oates

I consider tragedy the highest form of art.

— Joyce Carol Oates

It's my theory that if you hear enough applause and laughter at a young enough age, you're doomed

— John Lithgow

There's nothing more contagious than the laughter of young children; it doesn't even have to matter what they're laughing about.

— Criss Jami

Many people have compared me to the Victorian adventure writer, Rider Haggard. I accept that as a compliment. As a boy growing up in…

— Anonymous

In your walks about London you will sometimes see bent, haggard figures that look as if they had recently been caught in some powerful…

— Anonymous

He looked haggard and careworn, like a Borgia who has suddenly remembered that he has forgotten to shove cyanide in the consommé, and the…

— Anonymous

Shyness is about the fear of social judgments - at a job interview or a party you might be excessively worried about what people…

— Anonymous

Once somebody is known, it seems as though anybody anywhere can say anything about them. Whereas if I simply stopped someone in the street…

— Anonymous

“I continued toward Atlanta with a Merle Haggard C.D. playing on the stereo. They weren't great hosts, but those guys in The Ted Kaczynski…

— Ian McClellan

“managed to break my nose on my own knee, which, although it was clearly an extraordinary achievement, had the same effect on me that…

— Douglas Adams

I really like Alan Jackson, in Country Music. I think he's really very, very talented along with George Jones, and Merle Haggard, the same…

— Tanya Tucker

She is not old, she is not young, The Woman with the Serpent's Tongue. The haggard cheek, the hungering eye, The poisoned words that…

— William Watson

New Rule: There is no devil, so stop blaming your screw-ups on him. Last week, one of the biggest evangelical leaders in America, the…

— Bill Maher