I don't doubt that God can bring good out of tragedies, but the Bible is clear that God is not the author of evil!
Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy as a just imitation of nature, of character, of the passions and their operations in diversified situations.
You never have a comedian who hasn't got a very deep strain of sadness within him or her. Every great clown has been very near to tragedy.
I try to find humor in everything I do, because I think all great plays - even great tragedies - have enormous humor in them.
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
The film, 'Aftershock,' for me is really about how the minor problems in life that we think are so major ultimately mean nothing when a tragedy happens, when a real problem happens.
While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die - whether it is our spirit, our creativity or our glorious uniqueness.
When people look at me outside, they think, 'She's so lucky,' but no one's exempt from tragedy.
The tragedy of bold, forthright, industrious people is that they act so continuously without much thinking, that it becomes dry and empty.
Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights.
Like everyone else in the first weeks after the tragedy of 9/11, I was looking frantically for some way to help.
The main cause of my difficulties stemmed from the tragedy of my daughter's unsound birth and my inability to face my feelings.
My first job was a Greek tragedy, and ever since, one job just seemed to roll onto the next. I've been terribly lucky.
To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ.
o endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ.
Comedy and tragedy are two sides of the same coin. A talent in one area might also lead to a predisposition in the other.
My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have the potential to be comic stories the next.
I think comedy is drama, often. It's hard to have comedy over a period of time - commercials are one thing, but over a period of time - comedy and tragedy go hand in hand.
Ever since the Greek tragedies, artists have, from time to time, asked themselves how they might influence ongoing political events.
In all natural disasters through time, man needs to attach meaning to tragedy, no matter how random and inexplicable the event is.
Yuri Orlov: [narrating] There are two types of tragedies in life. One is not getting what you want, the other is getting it.
