A tragic writer does not have to believe in God, but he must believe in man. — Joseph Wood Krutch Copy Share Image
Tragedy is a vision of nihilism, a heroic or ennobling vision of nihilism. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Life is laughter when seen in a long shot, but it is a tragedy when seen in a close-up. — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
I am now quite sure that Tragedy and Hope was suppressed although I do not know why or by whom — Carroll Quigley Copy Share Image
Ponder, your comedies are woeful chaff: Write tragedies, when you would make us laugh. — Horace Walpole Copy Share Image
“They were holding their weapons but could not risk opening a window or exiting the vehicle to return fire. Then they saw… — Jeffrey S. Stephens Copy Share Image
You could wonder for hours what flowers mean, but for me, they're life itself, in all its happy brilliance. We couldn't do… — Marc Chagall Copy Share Image
Tragedy and comedy are simply questions of value; a little misfit in life makes us laugh; a great one is tragedy and… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
Terrorism is fueled by hate. The tragedy is that there are countless young children who are being taught to hate. Terrorism is… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
One victim lives in tragedy, another victim stops to stare, and still another walks on by pretending not to see — Bob Seger Copy Share Image
Some people watch comedy to relax. I watch '21 Grams.' I can recognize sadness and tragedy really easily because it's been with… — Lykke Li Copy Share Image
Then haste we down to meet thy friends and foes; To place thy friends in ease, the rest in woes. For here… — Thomas Kyd Copy Share Image
The essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of the hero. — Maxwell Anderson Copy Share Image
The impact of the human tragedies I've reported on is that, more often than not, I'll be angry. I want to know… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
“This tragedy demonstrates better than any classroom lesson that leaders can never let their emotions get the better of them. Cool heads… — Joelle Charbonneau Copy Share Image
Imagine, there is almost no possibility for a foreign language film to be distributed in America right now. That doesn't just make… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
“It isn't the big troubles in life that require character. Anybody can rise to a crisis and face a crushing tragedy with… — Jean Webster Copy Share Image
If it can be verified, we don't need faith... Faith is for that which lies on the other side of reason. Faith… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
A trauma is something one repeats and repeats, after all, and this is the tragedy of the Iqbals--that they can't help but… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Australians are not given to applauding tragedy unless it is at a distance like Gallipoli or Cooper's Creek, and they prefer pure… — Geoffrey Dutton Copy Share Image
It is a tragedy, I feel, that people of a different sexual type are caught in a world which shows so little… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words. We… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
“(God speaking)...just because I work incredible good out of unspeakable tragedies doesn't mean I orchestrate the tragedies. Don't ever assume that my… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
Our human tragedy is that we are unable to comprehend our experience, it slips through our fingers, we can't hold on to… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Like driving along a bumpy road and losing control of the steering wheel, tossing you—just a tad—off the road. The wheels kick… — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
Each year, members of Canada’s Ukrainian community, Parliamentarians and others commemorate the Holodomor at gatherings across the country. In doing so, we… — Jason Kenney Copy Share Image
Misfortune occurs or can occur to anyone, of any sort of character. The eudaimonic has more resources to avoid it (being in… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
Kim Kardashian is a kind of archetype. But she owns her beauty and is tremendously successful. There's no tragedy, there's no drug… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
The ways in which people are damaged are the ways in which they're strong. It's what makes people interesting - what they've… — Sarah Polley Copy Share Image
I think that sometimes only comedians can reach the peaks of tragedy. — Roberto Benigni Copy Share Image
Lord, spit on our eyes that we may see, how to wake up from this tragedy. — Bruce Cockburn Copy Share Image
When people look at me outside, they think, 'She's so lucky,' but no one's exempt from tragedy. — Danielle Steel Copy Share Image
“Not having ice cream,” she proclaimed, “is the culmination of all disasters!” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“It's a shame there has to be a tragedy before the best in people will finally shine.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Tragedy, no matter how sad, becomes boring to those not caught in its addictive caress. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
