Happy ending Quote by William Dean Howells Download Open image “What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.” — William Dean Howells ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Happy ending Theater Theatre Tragedy
The theatre is a tragic place, full of endings and partings and heartbreak. — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
American theatre, to me, represents zeroing down on what the need is to get inside the personal hearts of people. I think it's really… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
The trouble with Hollywood films is that they always have a pleasant ending. — Martin Parr Copy Share Image
tragedy in the theater opens our eyes so that we can discover and appreciate the heroic in reality. — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
You will permit me to say, that a greater drama is now acting on this theatre than has heretofore been brought on the American… — George Washington Copy Share Image
It's heartbreaking to see theater people be forced to accept the business side of show business. — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
I don't think theater is dying, and musicals are a great American art form. We've got apple pie, jazz and musical theater. — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
I still go to the conventions, and I like to hear the point of view of people today. I'm a little afraid they're being… — Ray Harryhausen Copy Share Image
“Theater in America is a kind of weed sprouting up in the weirdest places. It's deeply democratic and deeply human, and I think it's… — Mac Wellman Copy Share Image
A good ending is vital to a picture, the single most important element, because it is what the audience takes with them out of… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom. — William Dean Howells Copy Share Image
“How strange it (the earthquake) must all have seemed to them, here where they lived so safely always! They thought such a dreadful thing… — William Dean Howells Copy Share Image
n artistic atmosphere does not create artists a literary atmosphere does not create literators; poets and painters spring up where there was never a… — William Dean Howells Copy Share Image
Preach the blessings of our deeply incorporated civilization by the mouths of our eight-inch guns. — William Dean Howells Copy Share Image
If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank. — William Dean Howells Copy Share Image
The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number. — William Dean Howells Copy Share Image
“If he was not commonplace, it was through nothing remarkable in his mind, which was simply clear and practical, but through some combination of… — William Dean Howells Copy Share Image
Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice? — William Dean Howells Copy Share Image
The swelling and towering omnibuses, the huge trucks and wagons and carriages, the impetuous hansoms and the more sobered four-wheelers, the pony-carts, donkey-carts, hand-carts,… — William Dean Howells Copy Share Image
“Our theory of disaster, of sorrow, of affliction, borrowed from the poets and novelist, is that it is incessant; but every passage in our… — William Dean Howells Copy Share Image
Christ and the life of Christ is at this moment inspiring the literature of the world as never before, and raising it up a… — William Dean Howells Copy Share Image
Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself. — William Dean Howells Copy Share Image
You could be the leaf that never falls from the tree you could be the sun that never leaves the sky this might be… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
The happy ending is hardly important, though we may be glad its there. The real joy is knowing that if you felt the trouble… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
There are no such things as happy endings. Never. They're totally manufactured by fiction writers who choose to end the story on a high… — Peter David Copy Share Image
Harvey [Weinstein] didn't want to release [MY SON THE FANATIC]; he held it for two years because he wanted a happy ending, although I… — Hanif Kureishi Copy Share Image
“The consolation of fairy-stories, the joy of the happy ending; or more correctly of the good catastrophe, the sudden joyous "turn" (for there is… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“[pitching the proposal for Mononoke-hime (1997)] There cannot be a happy ending to the fight between the raging gods and humans. However, even in… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
Maybe my movie isn't over, I say, because sometimes moviemakers trick the audience with a false bad ending, and just when you think the… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
I don't believe in happy endings. Children have got to face death sooner or later. Granny and Grandpa die, dogs die, cats die, gerbils… — Raymond Briggs Copy Share Image
“A diamond's happy ending is on a crown, but its beauty was formed in dirt.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“How are you, Rory?' [the Doctor] asked. I [Rory]... answered him. 'It's been odd being you.' 'Isn't it?' The Doctor's smile didn't quite reach… — James Goss Copy Share Image
“I won, goddammit. I beat Kollberg. I beat you. I got everything I goddamn wanted: fame, wealth, power. Shit, I even got the girl."… — Matthew Stover Copy Share Image
![“Harvey [Weinstein] didn't want to release [MY SON THE FANATIC]; he held it for two years because he wanted a happy ending, although I don't know what that means. Does that mean the taxi driver leaves his wife or doesn't leave his wife? I think it has a happy ending.” quote by Hanif Kureishi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/434/hanif-kureishi-3233_crafts_harvey-weinstein-didn-t-want-to-release_17929.jpg)
![“[pitching the proposal for Mononoke-hime (1997)] There cannot be a happy ending to the fight between the raging gods and humans. However, even in the middle of hatred and killings, there are things worth living for. A wonderful meeting, or a beautiful thing can exist. We depict hatred, but it is…” quote by Hayao Miyazaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e3b/hayao-miyazaki-3768_happy-ending_pitching-the-proposal-for-mononoke-hime_19924.jpg)
![“How are you, Rory?' [the Doctor] asked. I [Rory]... answered him. 'It's been odd being you.' 'Isn't it?' The Doctor's smile didn't quite reach his eyes. 'How do you cope?' 'Ah...' The Doctor picked away at a scrap of loose paint on the door. 'Well, I just get as close as I can to a happy ending…” quote by James Goss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e52/james-goss-19280_amy-pond_how-are-you-rory-the-doctor-asked-i-rory_35737.jpg)
