The tragedy, the true catastrophe, is that humanity continues

There is nothing in human affairs that is a true subject for ridicule. Beneath comedy lies the ferment of tragedy; the farcical is but a cloak for coming catastrophe.

A single death is a tragedy, are million deaths is a statistic.

The fairy-tale continues, it's unbelievable what they did. It's a true miracle,

The tragedy's not that humanity's violent by nature; the tragedy's that we know we are and are capable of changing, but don't.

The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same—dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque skits—the repetition through the ages is comedy.