The lines marking a penalty area are a disgrace to the playing fields of a public school.

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In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment.

In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment.

In my plays I want to look at life - at the commonplace of existence-as...

In my plays I want to look at life - at the commonplace of existence-as...

Coffee in England is just toasted milk.

Coffee in England is just toasted milk.

Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

What after all, is a halo? It's only one more thing to keep clean.

What after all, is a halo? It's only one more thing to keep clean.

The best thing we can do is to make wherever we're lost in look as...

The best thing we can do is to make wherever we're lost in look as...

Imagination is the wide-open eye which leads us always to see truth more vividly.

Imagination is the wide-open eye which leads us always to see truth more vividly.

In my plays I want to look at life - at the commonplace of existence-as...

In my plays I want to look at life - at the commonplace of existence-as...

Has made an honest woman of the supernatural.

Has made an honest woman of the supernatural.

Between our birth and death we may touch understanding, As a moth brushes a window...

Between our birth and death we may touch understanding, As a moth brushes a window...

Poetry has the virtue of being able to say twice as much as prose in...

Poetry has the virtue of being able to say twice as much as prose in...

I want to look at life - at the commonplaces of existence - as if...

I want to look at life - at the commonplaces of existence - as if...

Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Comedy is an escape, not from truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

The dark is light enough.

The dark is light enough.

In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment.

In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment.

I always approach comedy roles pretending they aren't funny.

I always approach comedy roles pretending they aren't funny.

Ah, yes, divorce ... from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals...

Ah, yes, divorce ... from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals...

Why don't you climb down off the cross, take the wood to build a bridge,...

Why don't you climb down off the cross, take the wood to build a bridge,...

There's more truth in comedy than in tragedy.

There's more truth in comedy than in tragedy.

Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke

Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke

Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over......

Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over......

The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.

The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.