The surest sign that two people no longer speak the same language is that both say ironic things to one another but… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
It's one of the ironies of investing. The rich can afford to take risks, but they don't need to. The poor need… — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
It's funny how when I'm loud, people tell me to be quiet. But when I'm quiet, people ask me what's wrong. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
irony is an indispensable ingredient of the critical vision; it is the safest antidote to sentimental decay. — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
Time changes all things and cultivates even in herself an appreciation of irony, and, therefore, why shouldn't I have changed a trifle? — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
“I hear Mr. Palmer tell Hannah that it was an electrical fault. Five arsonists in one school and it ends up being… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Society teaches boys not to cry or show their feelings, then act surprised when some men act heartless. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I really think [the Bush Administration]'s foreign policy agenda is to spread irony through the world. — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
ISIS and radical Islam have declared war on us not because of anything we have done - not because we are a… — Tom Tancredo Copy Share Image
I live a very ordinary life. The rare awards ceremonies I go to are quite fun, because I can enjoy the irony… — Jonathan Pryce Copy Share Image
“Oooh, intrigue?' Sylvie said playfully. 'Want to know a secret? I am someone else. Nobody knows the real me.' Jess opened the… — Kirsty Eagar Copy Share Image
“I was just chased through St. Willibald’s, and you know why? Because I was kind to a quig. I scrupulously hide every… — Rachel Hartman Copy Share Image
The irony here is that the Latino left had criticized the conservative movement for years that they were not doing outreach to… — Daniel Garza Copy Share Image
Most of all, I am struck by an irony central to the lot of a purebred dog: As it attains the hallmarks… — Jean Hanff Korelitz Copy Share Image
I don't think I see the world in terms of stupid or clever, but in terms of being able to get irony.… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
“VLADIMIR: Moron! ESTRAGON: Vermin! VLADIMIR: Abortion! ESTRAGON: Morpion! VLADIMIR: Sewer-rat! ESTRAGON: Curate! VLADIMIR: Cretin! ESTRAGON: ( with finality ). Crritic! VLADIMIR: Oh!… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
Not every book has to be loaded with symbolism, irony, or musical language, but it seems to me that every book-at least… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Honesty and unpopular opinions are the toughest sell in a country with an irony-deficiency. — Greg Proops Copy Share Image
“I'm a survivor, " I said. But I didn't think that claim would carry much weight in an obituary.” — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
“In order to grow, I promise you'll have to let go of some habits. 10 times out of 10, they'll be the… — Brandi L. Bates Copy Share Image
“Once you hold the hand of Death, the only thing in life that can scare you is a sense of humor.” — Lionel Suggs Copy Share Image
Because he had nothing to hide, he did perhaps appear to have forfeited a little of his strength. But that is the… — Patrick White Copy Share Image
Life and love are like hide and seek; people spend their whole lives looking for love, but when they finally seek it… — Babloo Copy Share Image
LOVE is when someone is dying to be hated by you but still you stick with them coz u know while theyre… — Joanne Lobedica Copy Share Image
“I'd know if I wasn't fully human, wouldn't I? Wouldn't there be some sort of sign, pointed ears or wings or something… — Julie Kagawa The Iron King Copy Share Image
The irony of having to let go of someone you love is that it takes a lot of love to be able… — Blondie Copy Share Image
We Americans only voted for George Bush to prove to the British that Americans understand irony. Unfortunately, it kinda backfired. — Scott Capurro Copy Share Image
“Often we withhold our affections, waiting first for love to be extended to us. The irony is that we are loved for… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“But the irony is that unless God's in the center of it, you can get singed pretty badly. ” — Julie Lessman Copy Share Image
“Show me somebody who really knows what irony means and I’ll show you a bullshit artist.” — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
When you are single, all you see is happy couples and when you are in a relationship all you see is happy… — Punkinhead Abhishek Copy Share Image
He had had much experience of physicians, and said, the only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“I want to own this transition, not to simply swallow the shame of it entire. I will push for every little irony.” — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
It is one of history's ironies that Communism, advertised as a classless society, tended to breed a privileged class of feudal proportions. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“And yet Praecursoris is not punished the same way, only because it is not practical, and he is needed for breeding?” — Naomi Novik Copy Share Image
It's funny how a person can break your heart, and you can still love them with all the little pieces. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Its funny how when we are born the first thing we see is the light, and before we die that's the last… — Alex Talman Copy Share Image
The presence of irony does not necessarily mean that the earnestness is excluded. Only assistant professors assume that. — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
The irony is that the more unapologetically sexist men are in movies, the more women tend to be attracted to them in… — Jon Favreau Copy Share Image
You can't use irony as a way of disengaging with the difficult or emotional aspects of life. — D.A. Wallach Copy Share Image