I think the only real referent for anybody writing drama is probably Hamlet. You have the most extreme tragic drama, this sort… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
When we look at the situation in Ferguson, Missouri and the tragic death of Michael Brown, we are reminded of the importance… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
Nicole Baart has written a novel that satisfies on every level. Sleeping In Eden is a compelling mystery, a tragic love story,… — William Kent Krueger Copy Share Image
I love [Nikolai] Gogol's great eye for idiot behavior. Gogol said that life is so tragic, so stupendously sad that we'd better… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
You are Joseph the dreamer of dreams, dear Jude. And a tragic Don Quixote. And sometimes you are St. Stephen, who, while… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
When we study Shakespeare on the page, for academic purposes, we may require all kinds of help. Generally, we read him in… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
I could be dead or something even more tragic could have happened, but by God's grace I am still alive. I was… — Christian Hosoi Copy Share Image
BP found itself in a difficult situation after the tragic events in the Gulf of Mexico. We did everything we could to… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Animation can be a full spectrum of different storytelling techniques and different genres. I think it's sad that there is only one… — Bill Plympton Copy Share Image
“Samuel, I've never considered our relationship to be tragic. I will always remember you as my first love. The first guy who… — Angela Richardson Copy Share Image
There's something tragic in the fate of almost every person--it's just that the tragic is often concealed from a person by the… — Ivan Turgenev Copy Share Image
America is a great country. It has many shortcomings, many social inequalities, and it's tragic that the problem of the blacks wasn't… — Golda Meir Copy Share Image
Human relationships are patterned and cross-patterned and restricted and limited and delimited and caged and freed again by the elaborate conventions, rules… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
Whereas the comic confronts simply logical contradictions, the tragic confronts a moral predicament. Not minor matters of true andfalse but crucial questions… — Marie Taylor Collins Swabey Copy Share Image
Biodiesel seems to be the answer to a lot of our prayers. Not only can it help the U.S. economy, our unwanted… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
I am a writer and my faith in the world of art is intense, but not irrational, nor naïve - because art… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
The American cultural ideal of the self-made man, of everyone standing on his own feet, is as tragic a picture as the… — Kurt Lewin Copy Share Image
My friend died. (Astrid) Died how? (Zarek) Mmm, he had parvo. (Astrid) Isn’t that a dog’s disease? (Zarek) Yes. It was tragic.… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Shakespeare is the outstanding example of how that can be done. In all of Shakespeare's plays, no matter what tragic events occur,… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
Through the healing process of time-and through medical intervention or hospitalization in many cases-most people survive depression which may be its only… — William Styron Copy Share Image
When you attend a funeral, It is sad to think that sooner o' Later those you love will do the same for… — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
Why is the public so interested in movies about the wealthy? My answer is that Shakespeare wrote about kings. That's where the… — Nicholas Jarecki Copy Share Image
Whether you're talking about political borders or aesthetic divisions (and clearly, the political ones have much more tragic consequences), it seems like… — Matthea Harvey Copy Share Image
We didn't want to live anymore in the old logic. And I like that. The consequence of that is to create the… — Albert Serra Copy Share Image
I made strength from everything that had happened to me, so that in the end even the final tragedy could not defeat… — Rudolfo Anaya Copy Share Image
We so love all new and unusual things that we even derive a secret pleasure from the saddest and most tragic events,… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
That's exactly how I felt. So getting to suddenly know this young [princess] Margaret, who had this extraordinary life - it was… — Vanessa Kirby Copy Share Image
Throughout history we have seen the tyranny of the powerful over the less powerful - think of the history of colonialism or… — Mary C. Gentile Copy Share Image
George Lazenby is no one's favorite James Bond, but for me the anonymity at the center of this lavish production only serves… — Christopher Nolan Copy Share Image
One of the many reasons for the bewildering and tragic character of human existence is the fact that social organization is at… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
A lot of sad things have happened to my friends' children, people you knew as babies. They've been killed or become crazy… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
I deeply regret that those with the authority and responsibility to deal appropriately with Brendan Smyth failed to do so, with tragic… — Sean Brady Copy Share Image
How can it fail to smash and shatter the petty provincialism and narrow nantionalism ... making of this world a tragic mosaic… — Juan Trippe Copy Share Image
“Human history’s the most funny and yet the most tragic discovery will be the discovery of the religious people that all religions… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Only after a while did it occur to me (in spite of the chilly silence which surrounded me) that my story was… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Everyone agrees that the failure of our high schools is tragic. It's bad business, and it's bad policy. But we act as… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
We've had an invented Palestinian people, who are in fact Arabs, and were historically part of the Arab community. And they had… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
Sometimes the facts of the crime are so distracting - there's been some tragic murder or horrific incident, and people aren't required… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
I'd love to be a memorable figure in the history of entertainment in some sexual, comic, tragic way. I'd like to leave… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
The tragic reality is that there have been occasions when [Mormon] Church leaders, teachers, and writers have not told the truth they… — D. Michael Quinn Copy Share Image
![“I love [Nikolai] Gogol's great eye for idiot behavior. Gogol said that life is so tragic, so stupendously sad that we'd better laugh a lot and enjoy ourselves. You either get a sense of humor going or you go under.” quote by Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffe/mel-brooks-2308_behavior_i-love-nikolai-gogol-s-great-eye-for-idi_905127.png)
![“That's exactly how I felt. So getting to suddenly know this young [princess] Margaret, who had this extraordinary life - it was sad and tragic and difficult and sort of astonishing and getting to know her young self was amazing because it completely defied all my expectations.” quote by Vanessa Kirby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a4/vanessa-kirby-7869_astonishing_that-s-exactly-how-i-felt-so-getting-to_2923810.jpg)
![“The tragic reality is that there have been occasions when [Mormon] Church leaders, teachers, and writers have not told the truth they knew about difficulties of the Mormon past, but have offered to the Saints instead a mixture of platitudes, half-truths, omissions, and plausible denials.” quote by D. Michael Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be3/d-michael-quinn-59136_church_the-tragic-reality-is-that-there-have-be_1810272.jpg)
