I find life a mix of humor and pathos, and all my books reflect that to one degree or another. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos. — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
A speaker who is attempting to move people to thought or action must concern himself with Pathos. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Blaxploitation films were all about centering Black love, action, pathos and showing Black folks with agency. — Jason Johnson Copy Share Image
Beyoncé and pathos are strangers. Amy Winehouse and pathos are flatmates, and you should see the kitchen. — Clive James Copy Share Image
I have found in black metal the lyrics are profoundly beautiful... a pathos and mythos at the same time. — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
People talk of the pathos and failure of plain women; but it is a more terrible thing that a beautiful woman may… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am a big fan of the TV series 'Taxi' which combined comedy and pathos better than any other show I've seen. — Douglas Wood Copy Share Image
I never met Barbara Cartland. But now that I'm working on her life, I wish I had. I think there was a… — Mel Smith Copy Share Image
With the passage of years, not all of Dicken's readers remained infatuated with his pathos. One generation's sublimity became another generation's kitsch. — Peter Gay Copy Share Image
“Nowadays the standards had plummeted so far that I failed even at being a failure. I silently packed up. Nothing else was… — Arthur Nersesian Copy Share Image
From the onset of the 'Live-Read' series, we wanted to hit all the major writers and Woody Allen is simply one of… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
“There is still, for me, no pathos quite like the pathos of those multicolored, worn, somehow triumphant and transfigured faces, speaking from… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
Manga is virtual. Manga is sentiment. Manga is resistance. Manga is bizarre. Manga is pathos. Manga is destruction. Manga is arrogance. Manga… — Osamu Tezuka Copy Share Image
THE SUFFERING OF GENIUS AND ITS VALUE. The artistic genius desires to give pleasure, but if his mind is on a very… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The true and lasting genius of humour does not drag you thus to boxes labelled 'pathos,' 'humour,' and show you all the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
In the tradition of Black Hawk Down, Malcolm MacPherson vividly brings to life this harrowing story of courage, pathos, and war at… — Jay Winik Copy Share Image
Someone trying to be funny probably isn't as funny as someone who doesn't want to be funny but is and can't help… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I do not see why the loss of faith in the known image and symbol in our time should be celebrated as… — Philip Guston Copy Share Image
It is a nostalgic time right now, and photographs actively promote nostalgia. Photography is an elegiac art, a twilight art. Most subjects… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“In 1881, being on a visit to Boston, my wife and I found ourselves in the Parker House with the Ingersoll 's,… — Moncure Daniel Conway Copy Share Image
One of the things the police officers told us in the first minutes of being with them is that the way that… — Kristin Lehman Copy Share Image
“She clapped her hands and murmured, "Blue sky, blue eyes," as if it amused her. While we snuggled down there out of… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that I really have a feeling for the theater. These past few days it has occurred to me to… — Federico Garcia Lorca Copy Share Image
Either over neither, both over either/or, live-and-let-live over stand-or die, high spirits over low, energy over apathy, wit over dullness, jokes over… — Marvin Mudrick Copy Share Image
It is the specialist's task to talk about means, about centimeters. An artist's task is to talk about the goal, about kilometers,… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
“The fundamental basis by which the court’s decision might be made is, in itself, imperfect and subject to contradictions. There is very… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
Preach not calmly and quietly as though you were asleep, but preach with fire and pathos and passion. — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
To make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife, That's the true pathos and sublime Of human life. — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
Nothing but the infinite Pity is sufficient for the infinite pathos of human life. — Joseph Henry Copy Share Image
The wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time. — Paul Fussell Copy Share Image
