Best 841 quotes in «irony quotes» category

Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Never joke with the press. Irony does not translate into newsprint.

Nobody gets irony anymore, as we are now living in the post-ironic age. Once George Bush gets a library, our irony is dead.

Nobody these days holds the written word in such high esteem as police states do.

One of the persistent ironies of reform is the impossibility of predicting the full consequences of change.

Okay, so maybe I'm romantic... but somebody is supposed to be romantic. Some warrior is supposed to go to war against the imperial forces of cynicism and irony. I am a sentimental soldier.

One of the bitter ironies of the 20th century was that communism, which began as an egalitarian doctrine accusing capitalism of selfishness and calloused sacrifices of others, became in power a system whose selfishness and callousness toward others made the sins of capitalism pale.

One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

One of the ironies of the stock market is the emphasis on activity. Brokers, using terms such as 'marketability' and 'liquidity,' sing the praises of companies with high share turnover... but investors should understand that what is good for the croupier is not good for the customer. A hyperactive stock market is the pick pocket of enterprise.

On a throne at the center of a sense of humor sits a capacity for irony. All wit rests on a cheerful awareness of life's incongruities. It is a gentling awareness, and no politician without it should be allowed near power.

One of the bitterest ironies of life is that one truly appreciates a blessing only after having been deprived of it or imagining that.

One of the ironies of courage, and the reason why we prize it so highly, is that we find it easier to be brave for someone else than we do for ourselves alone.

Some of Mr. Gregory's poems have merely appeared in The New Yorker ; others are New Yorker poems: the inclusive topicality, the informed and casual smartness, the flat fashionable irony, meaningless because it proceeds from a frame of reference whose amorphous superiority is the most definite thing about it they are the trademark not simply of a magazine but of a class.

Our universities are so determined to impose tolerance that they'll expel you for saying what you think and never notice the irony

Sadness is the matrix from which wit and irony spring; sadness is uncomfortable and creative, which is why consumer society cannot tolerate it.

Some people tell me that they like what I do, which is great, of course. The perfect irony and truth is that I need them much more than they need me.

Part of the irony of environmentalism is questing for solutions when you know you're part of the problem.

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved.

Perhaps the saddest irony of depression is that suicide happens when the patient gets a little better and can again function sufficiently.

Sacred cows make great hamburgers.

Skype is a wonderful thing. The irony is that you never Skype when you're in the same country as someone.

Solemnity and a complete absence of irony also mark kitsch.

The great thing about irony is that it splits things apart, gets up above them so we can see the flaws and hypocrisies and duplicates.

That's the irony in the work: the best stories are the worst things that happen. My best times were somebody else's worst.

That's the trouble with honorable mentions: they let everyone know you applied and didn't win.

The great irony to Dirk [Gently] is that he sees connections in everything, but the one thing he fails and struggles with most is connecting with other people.

The irony about Charles II is not that he came to the throne because England needed a successor to Charles I, but because England needed a successor to Oliver Cromwell.

The irony of loneliness is that everybody shares it from time to time.

The ironies in the commonplace are my inspiration and delight.

The irony of prison is that it takes years and years and years to plan an elaborate escape, but all you have is years and years and years.

The irony of Christmas is always upon the poor in heart; the mystery of the solstice is always upon the rest of us.

The irony is that science has served only to show how small human knowledge is.

... the irony of life is not that you cannot forget but that you can.

The irony of good customer service is that over time it will bring in more new customers than promotions and price slashing ever did!

The irony of the matter is that the future generations do not have a vote. In effect, we hold their proxy.

There is no paradox. There is only irony.

There are a million ways to make money in the markets. The irony is that they are all very difficult to find.

The reason ... our pervasive cultural irony is at once so powerful and so unsatisfying is that an ironist is impossible to pin down.

The mystery of life--its inexplicability, beauty, cruelty, tenderness, folly . . . has occupied the greater part of my waking thoughts; and in reverence or rage or irony, as the moment or situation might dictate, I have pondered and even demanded of cosmic energy to know Why.

The process of creativity, absorbing aspects of life and channeling it into something shared or tangible - that's my ideal brain food. The irony to this is that the more creative I have became, the less I listen to of other peoples music.

This condition [irony] has nothing to do with writer's block, a psychological syndrome, which is one of the few I have not diagnosed for myself!

The significance of man is that he is insignificant and is aware of it.

The universe tends toward maximum irony. Don't push it.

Truth offends everyone outside its definitions. But the irony of truth is that the greater its potential for offense, the greater its potential for giving hope.

To drag a man in fetters into the grand illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in joyous anthems, were inhuman mockery and sacrilegious irony.

Van Gogh was so under appreciated in his time, he sold only one of his 900 paintings while alive. Posthumously, he became one of the most famous artists of all time and his work is now considered priceless. Oh the irony.

We didn't understand irony yet in the '80s; we just kind of existed at face value, so there was no nerd cool yet because the digital revolution was still in its infancy.

Waiting is a huge part of being a refugee. You're waiting at borders to get across. You're waiting for transportation. The waiting that people do in Turkey to get aboard one of these boats is incredible. And then when they finally do get aboard, it's the last place they want to be. It's harrowing. That is the horrible irony of a refugee's life. You wait and wait for the next step, and when you get to the next step, it's awful. You don't want to be doing it. But you have to. You have to keep moving forward.

Was Mann himself fully aware of all the facets of his irony? Probably not - any more than Shakespeare was fully aware of all the riches subsequent critics have found in his plays.