Quotes by Tragedy The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. Arthur C. Clarke tragedy atheist religion The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. However valuable-even necessary-that may have been in enforcing good behavior on primitive peoples, their association is now counterproductive. Yet at the very moment when they should be decoupled, sanctimonious nitwits are calling for a return to morals based on superstition. Arthur C. Clarke hijacking tragedy calling Lack of something to feel important about is almost the greatest tragedy a man may have. Arthur Ernest Morgan greatness tragedy men Laughter and weeping, the Greek masks of comedy and tragedy, mark the extremes of a continuous spectrum; both provide channels for the overflow of emotion; both are Arthur Koestler laughter tragedy greek The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism. Arthur Miller tragedy life commitment Tragedy enlightens - and it must, in that it points the heroic finger at the enemy of man's freedom. The thrust for freedom is the quality in tragedy which exalts. The revolutionary questioning of the stable environment is what terrifies. Arthur Miller tragedy men enemy There is a misconception of tragedy with which I have been struck in review after review, and in many conversations with writers and readers alike. It is the idea that tragedy is of necessity allied to pessimism. Arthur Miller pessimism tragedy ideas Above all else, tragedy requires the finest appreciation by the writer of cause and effect. Arthur Miller causes tragedy appreciation The life of every individual is really always a tragedy, but gone through in detail, it has the character of a comedy. Arthur Schopenhauer details tragedy character Comedy ages quicker than tragedy, to the extent that we can't know if the 10 commandments may originally have been 10 hilarious one-liners. Arthur Smith comedy tragedy may A great tragedy passes from crest to hollow of passion, rises and sinks again, as rhythmically as sea-waves. Austin O'Malley passion tragedy sea I'm sure there are people who survive tragedy without humor, but I've never met any of them. Nor would I be particularly interested in writing about them if I did meet them. Ayelet Waldman tragedy writing people We're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics. Barack Obama tragedy together meaningful We've endured too many tragedies. And each time I learn the news I react not as a President, but as anybody else would - as a parent. Barack Obama parent tragedy president One death is a tragedy; a thousand is a statistic. Barbara Demick thousand tragedy Money talks. It starts rumors about careers and complicity and speaks of the tragedies and triumphs of our social lives. Barbara Kruger rumor careers tragedy There is a point in portraying surface vulgarity where tragedy and comedy are very close. Barbara Stanwyck vulgarity-is comedy tragedy The fact of being reported increases the apparent extent of a deplorable development by a factor of ten. Barbara Tuchman development tragedy facts For those unfortunate enough to experience it, long-term unemployment - now, as in the 1930s - is a tragedy. And, for society as a whole, there is the danger that the productive capacity of a significant portion of the labour force will be impaired. Barry Eichengreen unemployment tragedy long The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim. Benjamin E. Mays tragedy life-is lows «1234567891011»
