Quotes
Quotes about Comedy
The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those who feel.
Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.
Farce follow'd Comedy, and reach'd her prime. In ever-laughing Foote's fantastic time; Mad wag! who pardon'd none, nor spared the best, And turn'd some very serious things to jest. Nor church nor state escaped his public sneers, Arms nor the gown, priests, lawyers, volunteers; "Alas, poor Yorick!" now forever mute! Whoever loves a laugh must sigh for Foote. We smile, perforce, when histrionic scenes Ape the swoln dialogue of kings and queens, When "Chrononhotonthelogos must die," And Arthur struts in mimic majesty.
A long, exact, and serious comedy; In every scene some moral let it teach, And, if it can, at once both please and preach.
The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.
The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
Applaud friends, the comedy is over.
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
Comedy deflates the sense precisely so that the underlying lubricity and malice may bubble to the surface.
Tragedy and comedy are but two aspects of what is real, and whether we see the tragic or the humorous is a matter of perspective.
The pleasing punishment that women bear. -The Comedy of Errors. Act i. Sc. 1.
A wretched soul, bruised with adversity. -The Comedy of Errors. Act ii. Sc. 1.
Every why hath a wherefore. -The Comedy of Errors. Act ii. Sc. 2.
Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast. -The Comedy of Errors. Act iii. Sc. 1.
One Pinch, a hungry lean-faced villain, A mere anatomy. -The Comedy of Errors. Act v. Sc. 1.
A needy, hollow-eyed, sharp-looking wretch, A living-dead man. -The Comedy of Errors. Act v. Sc. 1.
Let 's go hand in hand, not one before another. -The Comedy of Errors. Act v. Sc. 1.
We participate in tragedy. At comedy we only look.
Comedy is tragedy - plus time
Tragedy and comedy are but two aspects of what is real, and whether we see the tragic or the humorous is a matter of perspective.
The world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.
Once you can laugh at your own weaknesses, you can move forward. Comedy breaks down walls. It opens up people. If you're good, you can fill up those openings with something positive. Maybe you can combat some of the ugliness in the world.
There is a point in portraying surface vulgarity where tragedy and comedy are very close.
