I'm fascinated by the period that goes from the Industrial Revolution to right after World War II. There's something about that period… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
Our children think our world will end. It's a tragic thing. Adults don't think that. They don't see that we are eating… — Yann Arthus-Bertrand Copy Share Image
“Souls soar high above reach, Hands extend but never touch, Words exchanged in dulcet tones, Tis a fated moment to understand one's… — Truth Devour Copy Share Image
A comic matter cannot be expressed in tragic verse. [Lat., Versibus exponi tragicis res comica non vult.] — Horace Copy Share Image
“Someone experiencing the stages of grief is rarely aware of how his behavior might appear to others. Grief often produces a “zoom… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
“I am a lover of words and tragically beautiful things, poor timing and longing, and all things with soul, and I wonder… — Nicole Lyons Copy Share Image
The difference between farce and humour in literature is, I suppose, that farce strums louder and louder on one string, while humour… — V. S. Pritchett Copy Share Image
Every high school has its Romeo and Juliet, one tragic couple. So does every generation. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Greek myths are heroic, noble and tragic; but the American Dream is heroic, comical, and uplifting. Americans are a people in whom… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
We have the most crude accounting tools. It's tragic because our accounts and our national arithmetic doesn't tell us the things that… — Susan George Copy Share Image
I don't really find things funny unless they're deeply tragic at the same time. I think if you're funny just for the… — Lee Hall Copy Share Image
...so much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty, and greed with all their tragic effects, that… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Are we not all of us fanatics? I say only what you of the U.S.A. pretend you do not know. Attachments are… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
You can be a career professional as a judge, a prosecutor, sometimes as a defense attorney, and never insist on fairness and… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
Last, but not least -- in fact, this is most important -- you need a happy ending. However, if you can create… — Satyajit Ray Copy Share Image
No, as it turns out, I really like being congratulated on my weight loss. I like it so much, it's tragic. — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
Hurricane Katrina this past week was certainly the worst episode in what has become an all-too-familiar and tragic cycle, and our nation… — Jo Bonner Copy Share Image
I didn't wish those tragedies upon the people who played them out. It was certainly tragic for them, but not for me.… — Story Musgrave Copy Share Image
In Arkansas alone, approximately three quarters of a million people are at risk of going hungry, and one in four children does… — Blanche Lincoln Copy Share Image
War should belong to the tragic past, to history: it should find no place on humanity's agenda for the future. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Sylvia Plath. Interesting poetess whose tragic suicide was misinterpreted as romantic by the college-girl mentality. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
You can't build a plot out of jokes. You need tragic relief. And you need to let people know that when a… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
All who are caught in its seductive, tantalizing web and remain so will become addicted to its immoral, destructive influence. For many,… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, love and compassion have been omitted from too many spheres of social interaction for too long. Usually confined to family and… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
