Quotes by Tragedy The popular definition of tragedy is heavy drama in which everyone is killed in the last act, comedy being light drama in which everyone is married in the last act. George Bernard Shaw lighttragedydrama Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly. George MacDonald trusttragedyfriendship What then is tragedy? In the Elizabethan period it was assumed that a play ending in death was a tragedy, but in recent years we have come to understand that to live on is sometimes far more tragic than death. George P. Baker tragedyplayyears Tragedy speaks not of secular dilemmas which may be resolved by rational innovation, but of the unalterable bias toward inhumanity and destruction in the drift of the world. George Steiner innovationtragedyworld Should any terrorist strike or act of war occur in which American lives are lost, we must be on guard for any attempt by the government to turn that tragedy into justification for sweeping action. George Takei governmenttragedywar Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy. George R. R. Martin thronestragedywind Humor is not funny. Humor is something else. Funny is a joke, sometimes silly. Comedy is deep and connected to tragedy; comedy could be deeper than tragedy, in my view. Gerald Stern tragedyviewssilly It is one of the tragedies of the half-educated that they develop late, when they are already committed to some wrong way of life. George Orwell tragedyhalfway Tragedy, he precieved, belonged to the ancient time, to a time when there were still privacy, love, and friendship, and when the members of a family stood by one another without needing to know the reason. George Orwell love-and-friendshipprivacytragedy The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough. Germaine Greer never-quittragedymen The lack of real contact between mathematics and biology is either a tragedy, a scandal or a challenge, it is hard to decide which. Gian-Carlo Rota tragedyrealchallenges There is an American tragedy in which we all have played a part. Gerald R. Ford patriotictragedy Theirs is an American tragedy in which we all have played a part. It could go on and on, or someone must write "The End" to it. I have concluded that only I can do that. And if I can, I must. Gerald R. Ford tragedygoes-onwriting I have always felt comedy and tragedy are roommates. If you look up comedy and tragedy, you will find a very old picture of two masks. One mask is tragedy. It looks like its crying. The other mask is comedy. It looks like its laughing. Nowadays, we would say, How tasteless and insensitive. A comedy mask is laughing at a tragedy mask. Gilbert Gottfried tragedylaughingtwo A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him. George Orwell triumphtragedymen With Katrina, it's almost like the sequel that doesn't live up to the original. It's certainly a shocking event and a tragedy, but somehow as a big event it doesn't seem to carry as much weight with the public as 9/11 did. Gilbert Gottfried eventstragedyweight 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 are with the victims and their families. Gilbert Gottfried disrespectjapantragedy He is a [sane] man who can have tragedy in his heart and comedy in his head. Gilbert K. Chesterton encouragementtragedyheart The little word is has its tragedies: it marries and identifies different things with the greatest innocence; and yet no two are ever identical, and if therein lies the charm of wedding them and calling them one, therein too lies the danger. George Santayana tragedytwolying It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many triumphs and tragedies, and all we see are yards and driveways. Glenn Close tragedyhousethinking«1415161718192021222324»
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