Comedy Quote by George Bernard Shaw

A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a…

— Aristotle

A tragedy is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself . . . with incidents…

— Aristotle

What then is tragedy? In the Elizabethan period it was assumed that a play ending in death was a tragedy, but in recent years…

— Anonymous

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

Definition of tragedy: A hero destroyed by the excess of his virtues

— Aristotle

Tragedy is an imitation of a whole and complete action of some amplitude...Now a whole is that which has a beginning, a middle, and…

— Aristotle

I have changed my definition of tragedy. I now think tragedy is not foul deeds done to a person (usually noble in some manner)…

— Rita Mae Brown

“Tragedy is the shattering of the forms and of our attachment to the forms; comedy, the wild and careless, inexhaustible joy of life invincible.”

— Joseph Campbell

Tragedy is a close-up; comedy, a long shot.

— Buster Keaton

Tragedy is a literary concept.

— David Hockney

We all know what tragedy is. "Yes, I'd rather not have any more tragedy, please. I'll have comedy, please." Comedy, in the Greek sense,…

— Eric Drooker

There is no tragedy, only the unavoidable. Everything has its reason for being: you only need to distinguish what is temporary from what is…

— Paulo Coelho