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

Quote by Christopher Fry

Topics: Comedy Quotes, Eternity Quotes, Tragedy Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Coffee in England is just toasted milk.

Coffee in England is just toasted milk.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

The dark is light enough.

The dark is light enough.

Tragedy is a close-up; comedy, a long shot.

Tragedy is a close-up; comedy, a long shot.

People are constantly saying, 'How's it feel to have such an impact?' I just want...

People are constantly saying, 'How's it feel to have such an impact?' I just want...

The most protean aspect of comedy is its potentiality for transcending itself, for responding to...

The most protean aspect of comedy is its potentiality for transcending itself, for responding to...

And to answer the question that people have about this conspiracy theory that he has...

And to answer the question that people have about this conspiracy theory that he has...

A mind is like a parachute. If it doesn't open, you're fucked!

A mind is like a parachute. If it doesn't open, you're fucked!

Holiness is the very principle of eternal life, the very beginning of eternal life in...

Holiness is the very principle of eternal life, the very beginning of eternal life in...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...