1,113 Quotes About Tragedy

The Greeks said very, very extreme things in their tragedies.

It is one of the great tragedies of the US, that most learn most of what they know about the government from the government.

I love John Irving's stuff. It's that marriage of comedy and tragedy. It's really terrific.

Does history repeat itself, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce? No, that's too grand, too considered a process. History just burps, and we taste again that raw-onion sandwich it swallowed centuries ago.

The tragedy of 9-11 weighed heavily on him.

It's so laughable that it's somewhere beyond comedy and right into tragedy again.

Tragedy is what happens to me; comedy is what happens to you.

Comedy is tragedy plus time, but the time is different for everybody.

Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.