Comedy Quote by Elbert Hubbard Download Open image “One can play comedy, two are required for melodrama, but a tragedy demands three.” — Elbert Hubbard ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Comedy Demand Humor Melodrama Play Three Tragedy Two
“Tragedy and comedy involve an audience, so they must give--sharing themselves to elicit tears and laughter. Melodrama is not such a strategist. It meets… — Yiyun Li 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 cause for… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
The constituents of tragedy may be universally acknowledged, easily invoked and deeply felt, but the elements of comedy are, I think, more widely variable… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
The life of every individual is really always a tragedy, but gone through in detail, it has the character of a comedy. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
I used to think it was clever to confuse comedy with tragedy. Now I wish I could distinguish them. — John le Carre Copy Share Image
There's obviously a lot of tragedy in comedy; I really enjoy the paradox of what a really good comedy is. — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
Is not the decisive difference between comedy and tragedy that tragedy denies us another chance? — John Updike Copy Share Image
The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
“If we cannot be happy and powerful and prey on others, we invent conscience and prey on ourselves.” — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
The poor and ignorant will continue to lie and steal as long as the rich and educated show them how. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
If I supply you with a thought, you may remember it and you may not. But if I can make you think a thought… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
The great man is not so great as folks think, and the dull man is not quite so stupid as he seems. The difference… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
What boy well raised can compare with your street gamin who has the knowledge and the shrewdness of a grown-up broker. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
'Mad TV' is one of my most favorite shows of all time and is a huge part of my obsession with sketch comedy. — Shane Dawson Copy Share Image
In the future, I would like to do more films with contemporary themes. Perhaps comedy, which is something I have done in theater but… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
“Men circle like bees around honey, buzzing to communicate their sexual despair.” — Carla H Krueger Copy Share Image
You can't cheat comedy. You know, it either is going to be there on the day you capture or it's not. — Justin Lin Copy Share Image
I think if I have any kind of unique gift, it's more in the comedy area than it is in the dramatic area. — Susan Sullivan Copy Share Image
I always worked on holidays when I had to wait tables and stuff like that, so I'm used to it, but now I just… — Chris Redd Copy Share Image
There's nothing like the energy in a small comedy club room or a small theater when it's going really well. I can see everybody's… — Drew Carey Copy Share Image
God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny. — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
