Sometimes life is irreverent, and you accidentally…

A little bit of irreverence is necessary to have any self-esteem at all. Not irreverence for people, but rather, for what other people think.

— Sherry Argov

Irreverence is the lifeblood of freedom.

— Simon Schama

Impiety. Your irreverence toward my deity.

— Ambrose Bierce

“Little G loved stories about all things sacred laced with a bit of irreverence.”

— Michaelene McElroy

Irreverence is a way of playing hooky and remaining present at the same time.

— Mary Ruefle

Impiety, n.: Your irreverence toward my deity.

— Ambrose Bierce

The more repression there is, the more need there is for irreverence toward those who are responsible for that repression. But too often sarcasm…

— Paul Krassner

Irreverence is our only sacred cow.

— Paul Krassner

Irreverence is a most necessary ingredient of religion. Not to speak of its importance in philosophy. Irreverence is the only way left to us…

— Frank Herbert

True irreverence is disrespect for another man's god.

— Mark Twain

If we had reverence for our life, our life would take at once religious form. But as it is, in our filthy irreverence, it…

— D. H. Lawrence

Every act of irreverence for life, every act which neglects life, which is indifferent to and wastes life, is a step towards the love…

— Erich Fromm

“If there is any irreverence in my own work, I hope it is the irreverence I bear in mistrusting my own sincere self, which…

— Mary Ruefle

I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and…

— Brendan Behan

We need to restore the spirit of irreverence in music.

— Pierre Boulez