Agony column may refer to:
- The Agony Column, a novel by Earl Derr Biggers
- A column of a newspaper that contains advertisements of missing relatives and friends
- The Agony Column, an alternative title to the 1918 film The Blind Adventure
- Advice column in a newspaper
Famous quotes containing the words agony and/or column:
“Zorba: Why do the young die? Why does anybody die?
Basil: I don’t know.
Zorba: What’s the use of all your damn books? If they don’t tell you that, what the hell do they tell you?
Basil: They tell me about the agony of men who can’t answer questions like yours.
I spit on their agony.”
—Michael Cacoyannis (b. 1922)
“Averageness is a quality we must put up with. Men march toward civilization in column formation, and by the time the van has learned to admire the masters the rear is drawing reluctantly away from the totem pole.”
—Frank Moore Colby (1865–1925)