Poignancy Quotes

YOKE, n. An implement, madam, to whose Latin name, _jugum_, we owe one of the most illuminating words in our language --a word that defines the matrimonial situation with precision, point and poignancy. A thousand apologies for withholding it. - Ambrose Bierce

There's a wonderful sadness and poignancy about those Finnish films. They have people adrift at the mercy of fate. They're heartwarming. I also find them funny. I suppose that makes me an optimist. - Bill Bailey

There was a reluctance to go forward until everyone felt there was a script that echoed the kind of sincerity and values the first one had, and had some poignancy like the first one had. - Sylvester Stallone

The fact that this raised the hopes of patients and then did not deliver that promise has special poignancy. Science should be based on truth. - Laurie Zoloth

The fact that she would have been 40 has added to the poignancy this year and I just hope we are doing the best we can for her without having her around any more. - Earl Spencer

It's the poignancy and sadness in things that gets to me. - Tracey Ullman

I enjoy dialogue that leads to something more comical, and at the same time I like the added poignancy, too. - Lars Von Trier

I am used to doing exhibits in very charged locations, but none has more poignancy than Ground Zero. - Steve Tobin