Every life is a tragedy, but far more the writer's life, because the more he has to see, the more deeply he… — Gabrielle Roy Copy Share Image
Dinner at the Huntercombes possessed only two dramatic features: the wine was a farce and the food a tragedy — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
I've only made short films and two features, which are very different. One is a surreal comedy, and the other is a… — Sophie Barthes Copy Share Image
Perhaps his tragedy is that he is the one normal writer left on earth and it is this that adds to his… — Malcolm Lowry Copy Share Image
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the… — Dawn Powell Copy Share Image
I think the ties to slavery and the terrible tragedy that followed the Civil War with Jim Crow and racial violence is… — William R. Ferris Copy Share Image
Comedy, I imagine, is harder to do consistently than tragedy, but I like it spiced in the wine of sadness. — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
“There is beauty in the midst of tragedy. As if beauty were condensing in the heart of ugliness. It's very strange.” — Hélène Berr Copy Share Image
It [9/11 tragedy] was the spectacle, what al-Qaeda gets its main power from - why their terrorism truly earns the word "acts."… — Porochista Khakpour Copy Share Image
Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fantasies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most… — Hypatia Copy Share Image
We find that Good and Evil happen alike to all Men on this Side of the Grave; and as the principle Design… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Vaccines [measles] have been proven to be safe, and what happens if you don't take vaccines is children get measles and die.… — David Oshinsky Copy Share Image
“The author points out strikingly different reactions to calamity. While many passengers of a devastating shipwreck were thankful to be alive, future… — Candice Millard Copy Share Image
Nothing lasts forever. That's the tragedy and the miracle of existence - that everything is impermanent. Everything changes. All we can do… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In their efforts to provide a sufficiency of water where there was not one, men have resorted to every expedient from prayer… — Walter Prescott Webb Copy Share Image
“Most people don't die young, at least not here in America. Tragedy is unavoidable, but in this country, it doesn't usually come… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
“The greatest tragedy that can befall a man is not death but the inability to do what should be done at the… — Anthony Copy Share Image
“Judgment should never enter into the hearts and minds of others while observing another in a pain that cannot be understood.” — Amy Denise Copy Share Image
To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Don't wait until there is tragedy in your life. Don't wait until you lose somebody. Don't wait until it's too late. Appreciate… — Katie Piper Copy Share Image
“My mother used to say that sometimes if you turn a tragedy over in your hand, you can see a miracle running… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Our happiness is certainly mixed in with the tragedies of life. You have to find the lemonade. You have to find the… — Chandra Wilson Copy Share Image
If investments in banks fall, it is a tragedy, and people say, 'What are we going to do?' but if people die… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Today, a couple with 'just married' tags collided head-on with a hearse carrying two coffins in the back, both of a married… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
Women aren't the problem but the solution. The plight of girls is no more a tragedy than an opportunity. — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
The millennial generation wants to express every feeling to feel like you're connected to it, and there's something very dark about tragedy… — Alia Shawkat Copy Share Image
Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That's really… — Tom Cochrane Copy Share Image
The wise man looks at death with honesty, dignity and calm, recognizing that the tragedy it brings is inherent in the great… — Corliss Lamont Copy Share Image
Running has made my life worthwhile. I used to be more dead than alive after the personal tragedy in my life. — Fauja Singh Copy Share Image
“Not to be born is, past all prizing, best; but, when a man has seen the light, this is next best by… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
A formula for comedy is comedy equals tragedy plus time. A difficult or uncomfortable situation takes place, and then you laugh about… — Brian Regan Copy Share Image
I consider myself fortunate that photography exists, because otherwise I'd be stuck in the tragedy of ephemeralness that can come with installation… — Sandy Skoglund Copy Share Image
Every woman becomes their mother. That's their tragedy. And no man becomes his. That's his tragedy. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Optimist: someone who isn't sure whether life is a tragedy or a comedy but is tickled silly just to be in the… — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
Seeing your work go into storage in an art museum is obviously a tragedy of any cultural product - which doesn't mean… — Aleksandra Mir Copy Share Image
For me personally, I'm an activist, so I see a lot of turmoil and heartache in the world and tragedy. — Nazanin Boniadi Copy Share Image
“The tragedy is that what you disapprove of in others is the very thing you disapprove of in yourself.” — Stephen Richards Copy Share Image
The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
No day-to-day mishaps or indignities can really compromise your sense of self after you've survived a deep tragedy. — Kelsey Grammer Copy Share Image
“Everything in proximity to the hero becomes tragedy; everything in proximity to the demigod becomes satyr-play; and everything in proximity to God… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
![“It [9/11 tragedy] was the spectacle, what al-Qaeda gets its main power from - why their terrorism truly earns the word "acts." They are very theatrical, always - the simultaneous violence, the grandiose, symbolic gestures (the number 911, "United" and "American" flights, the World Trade as target…” quote by Porochista Khakpour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bf5/porochista-khakpour-20047_aftermath_it-9-11-tragedy-was-the-spectacle-what-a_2907617.jpg)
![“Vaccines [measles] have been proven to be safe, and what happens if you don't take vaccines is children get measles and die. So the anti-vaccine crowd has, you know, kept measles around in a way that - you know, it's a tragedy, because so much is done to make sure these things are safe.” quote by David Oshinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3c0/david-oshinsky-36220_children_vaccines-measles-have-been-proven-to-be_2932093.jpg)
