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

Quote by Christopher Fry

Topics: Comedy Quotes, Eternity Quotes, Tragedy Quotes

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...

Coffee in England is just toasted milk.

Coffee in England is just toasted milk.

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.

Has made an honest woman of the supernatural.

Has made an honest woman of the supernatural.

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.

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

The dark is light enough.

The dark is light enough.

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

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

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.

People who say you're just as old as you feel are all wrong, fortunately.

People who say you're just as old as you feel are all wrong, fortunately.

When Communist U.S.S.R. was a superpower, the world was better off. The right-wing media is...

When Communist U.S.S.R. was a superpower, the world was better off. The right-wing media is...

I can't cook. I use a smoke alarm as a timer.

I can't cook. I use a smoke alarm as a timer.

See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only...

See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only...

It's just a ride and we can change it any time we want. It's only...

It's just a ride and we can change it any time we want. It's only...