Tragedy Quotes

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People want the tragedy. They need things to go wrong, they need the tension. In my characters thereâ€™s a core of trust and love that… — Joss Whedon
I like to take these unusual characters and then make them as normal as possible, because we all know that the tragedy and the abnormal… — Isabelle Huppert
If the universe were just electrons and selfish genes, meaningless tragedies ... are exactly what we should expect, along with equally meaningless good fortune. Such… — Richard Dawkins
I like the tragedies way more than the comedies because they're so universal. — Alan Cumming
I sincerely apologize to anyone who was offended by my attempt at humor regarding the tragedy in Japan. I meant no disrespect, and my thoughts… — Gilbert Gottfried
I trained in Shakespeare, and that's all comedy, even when it's tragedy. — Olivia Thirlby
Ive never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didnt choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them. — Juliette Binoche
The office of drama is to exercise, possibly to exhaust, human emotions. The purpose of comedy is to tickle those emotions into an expression of… — Laurence Olivier
Words cannot fully express the devastation and horror caused by NTDs. Until now, these diseases have been hidden in the shadows, but working with the… — Alyssa Milano
Frequently my life has been likened to a Greek tragedy, and the actress in me cannot deny that comparison. — Patricia Neal
David Brinkley was an icon of modern broadcast journalism, a brilliant writer who could say in a few words what the country needed to hear… — Tom Brokaw
Why does a tragedy like 9/11 change everything about air travel, but numerous gun massacres CHANGE NOTHING? — Justine Bateman
Commander I believe in God and his son Jesus Christ and because I do I can say this. Private Santiago is dead and that is… — Kiefer Sutherland
Society mends its wounds. And that's invariably true in all the tragedies, in the comedies as well. And certainly in the histories. — Charlton Heston
Kids do have to learn that life is a humiliating charade of endless disappointment and tragedy ultimately culminating in pain, decay, and death. My parents… — Samantha Bee
We had a national tragedy this week, and the President of the United States and Sarah Palin both made speeches on the same day. Obama… — Bill Maher
God's greatest tragedy is the creation of mankind. — Nick Frost
When one man dies it is a tragedy, when thousands die it's statistics. — Joseph Stalin
This is one of the great tragedies of the Bush administration. The more successful theyâ€™ve been at intercepting and stopping bad guys, the less proof… — Newt Gingrich
Peace is not just safety or lack of war, violence, conflict and contention. Peace comes from knowing that the Savior knows who we are, knows… — Quentin L. Cook

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