The ironic thing about legalism is that it not only doesn't make people work harder, it makes them give up. Moralism doesn't… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
Art is the easiest thing in my life, and that's ironic. It doesn't mean I've worked little on it, but it's the… — Eva Hesse Copy Share Image
You know, it's ironic to me that Christians want to keep the Ten Commandments in our schools, because Christianity has abrogated four… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
It is ironic that Samuel Berger learned of this espionage in exactly the same month that Al Gore was attending his now… — Lamar Alexander Copy Share Image
I think Donald Trump was successful in capturing "drain the swamp, change Washington, a big screw-you to the status quo" - which… — Neera Tanden Copy Share Image
How strange that the nature of life is change, yet the nature of human beings is to resist change. And how ironic… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
Certainly, anyone whom I've witnessed, who has gone through something horrible and life-changing, has a sense of ironic humor, or an ability… — Christopher Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
I don't like the word ironic. I like the word absurdity, and I don't really understand the word 'irony' too much. The… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's ironic that this amazing invention of the Internet has made information gathering easier available than ever, but that this platform also… — will.i.am Copy Share Image
[Maigret] is terribly self-contained, not that I would ever wish him to be any more comic, particularly, but in the second film… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
Feynman once said, 'Science is imagination in a straitjacket.' It is ironic that in the case of quantum mechanics, the people without… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
I'm actually excited about being in my 40s. I mean, that's ironic considering the show I'm on, but I have never felt… — Sutton Foster Copy Share Image
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
“I don't understand this irony - valuable things like cars, gold, diamond are made up of hard materials but most valuable things… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“...it’s just another one of those things I don’t understand: everyone impresses upon you how unique you are, encouraging you to cultivate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
They say right when they flood the house and they tear it to shreds that...destruction is a form of creation, so the… — Donnie Darko Copy Share Image
You know, I think it's so ironic that we're calling hard work, striving for excellence, don't blame others, you know, don't give… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
You see how Hillary Clinton tried to jump on Jeb Bush for talking about "anchor babies"? Hillary tweeted, "They aren't called 'anchor… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
[As an actor] you're looking to crawl into an anonymous fictional person's skin, but then you have the ironic obligation to promoting… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
My direction is very anti-contemplative. If you thought I was for commercial products, you'd think there was no irony. The irony isn't… — Roy Lichtenstein Copy Share Image
I sit watching the brown oceanic waves of dry country rising into the foothills and I weep monotonously, seasickly. Life is not… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
“Whats ironic,” he adds, shaking his head, “is that everyone’s so busy trying not to look like they’re looking at you that… — K.L. Going Copy Share Image
Is it not ironic, oh my husband? Your wife an adulteress. Your mother an adulteress. Your uncle an adulterer. Your friend an… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A poem needs disguises. It needs secrets. It thrives on the tension between what is said and not said; it prefers the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At the moment about 350,000 students return to China from abroad each year - 350,000 young and educated people. I know about… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
It was ironic that there I was finally painting the pictures I'd always wanted to paint and feeling very much at home… — Brian Froud Copy Share Image
One of the most ironic things about capitalism is that the capitalist will sell you the rope to hang himself with. Actually… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
There are people, particularly in the United States with which I am most familiar, who would say how ironic that Tehran would… — Cynthia McKinney Copy Share Image
We face a conflict between civilisation and culture, which used to be on the same side. Civilisation means rational reflection, material wellbeing,… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
I find it bitterly ironic that the bulk of the money a medical-malpractice jury awarded to Terri [Schaivo] for use in making… — Wesley J. Smith Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll trust my gut more than my head. Logical information might lead me in one direction and my feelings in another.… — Donna Shalala Copy Share Image
It is more than a little ironic that "capital accumulation" once a rather tendentious Marxian view of a supposed capitalist obsession, should… — Robert Kuttner Copy Share Image
Bonobo studies started in the '70s and came to fruition in the '80s. Then in the '90s, all of a sudden, boom,… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
It is an old and ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way; and we grasp… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
The person sending ironic text messages has no idea that their voice does not sound so great in text. There's no dry… — Natasha Lyonne Copy Share Image
I find it ironic to read stories about myself which have never occurred and are simply so absurd that they are comical.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
[I]t is more than slightly ironic that Democrats, the fiercely pro-choice party, reserve free choice for aborting a fetus, while denying it… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
“But let me tell you something, Harrigan - sooner or later City Hall is gonna catch up to your action, and they're… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I find it ironic that now water is more expensive than music. On the one hand, record companies can't go crying when… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
It's ironic that at age 32, at probably the greatest moment of my career, with The Godfather having such an enormous success,… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
![“[Maigret] is terribly self-contained, not that I would ever wish him to be any more comic, particularly, but in the second film we've made you see he's a little more ironic from time to time. But as I say, that's just work in progress.” quote by Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b2/rowan-atkinson-3883_comic_maigret-is-terribly-self-contained-not-t_2801004.png)
![“[As an actor] you're looking to crawl into an anonymous fictional person's skin, but then you have the ironic obligation to promoting the movie in such a public way that it almost undermines the initial intention of going under the radar.” quote by Jesse Eisenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bba/jesse-eisenberg-2642_actors_as-an-actor-you-re-looking-to-crawl-into_1504086.jpg)
![“I find it bitterly ironic that the bulk of the money a medical-malpractice jury awarded to Terri [Schaivo] for use in making her better instead went into Mr. Felos's pocket to make her dead.” quote by Wesley J. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f9/wesley-j-smith-62237_ironic_i-find-it-bitterly-ironic-that-the-bulk_1294434.jpg)
![“[I]t is more than slightly ironic that Democrats, the fiercely pro-choice party, reserve free choice for aborting a fetus, while denying it for such matters as choosing your child's school or joining a union.” quote by Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07f/charles-krauthammer-1232_children_i-t-is-more-than-slightly-ironic-that-de_1951623.png)
