The world is made up of kids who cant wait to grow up...and adults who wish they hadnt. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The law. we are told, is what makes us men under God instead of beasts in the ditch” — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
There's something about Vonnegut's deadpan irony that I really like. And I like Borges' puzzle structure. — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
“It is a truth widely recognized that tyranny stems from the consent of the governed as much as democracy does.” — Eric Robert Morse Copy Share Image
Americans don't understand irony? I am an intelligent person living in the United States. My entire existence is ironic. — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
The person that you trust is the one that hurts you the most and the one that you hurt is the one… — Sherrice Hodge Copy Share Image
“What irony that in these months since I've been king, not for a day have I lived like one.” — N. Gemini Sasson Copy Share Image
Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding. — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Truth offends everyone outside its definitions. But the irony of truth is that the greater its potential for offense, the greater its… — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
“There's nothing wrong with giving up all your principles for a suitable financial reward. It is indeed the basis of our society.” — Manny Rayner Copy Share Image
Melodrama is one of the most stunning art forms. These are stories where the emotions are big, and the situations are big,… — James Gray Copy Share Image
The great irony of executive compensation is, if you pay your employees more, you're gonna create more demand for your goods and… — Anthony Scaramucci Copy Share Image
Okay, so maybe I'm romantic... but somebody is supposed to be romantic. Some warrior is supposed to go to war against the… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Some [jests] are becoming to a gentleman, others are not; see that you choose such as become you . Irony better befits… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Between "just desserts" and "tragic irony" we are given quite a lot of scope for our particular talent. Generally speaking, things have… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I've always gravitated towards those ultimate lines in songs, the line you grab on to. That line in 'Smells Like Teen Spirit,'… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
I'm not a culture snob. So while, of course, I think the Mozart 'Requiem' or, say, Beethoven's 'Ninth' are some of the… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
You love her," Teddy observed quietly. Henry replied with an uncharacteristic lack of irony: "Yes." Teddy's eyes shifted to the plaster interlacing… — Anna Godbersen Copy Share Image
There are ancient and modern poems which breathe, in their entirety and in every detail, the divine breath of irony. In such… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
“Irony got dangerous when it became a habit. Wallace quoted Lewis Hyde…”Irony has only emergency use. Carried over time, it is the… — Lewis Hyde Copy Share Image
My old school, St Stella’s, only goes to Year Ten and most of my friends now go to Pius Senior College, but… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
A good friend, who knows whereof he speaks, has observed of trials, ‘If it’s fair, it is not a true trial!’ That… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Is it not a rather fantastic historical irony that the torture techniques that the North Vietnamese used against McCain that forced him… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
It is photography itself that creates the illusion of innocence. Its ironies of frozen narrative lend to its subjects an apparent unawareness… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
Changing things is not easy, and I say this without any irony. It is not that someone does not want to, but… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
It is one of history's most mocking ironies that the German customs union, which set out to dominate Europe and conquer Britain… — Enoch Powell Copy Share Image
“Irony that does not deem itself ironic is the most dangerous irony of all.” — Robert Pogue Harrison Copy Share Image
Perhaps the heaviest things we lift and carry are not our weights, but our feels... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The worst part of being lied to is knowing that you weren't worth the truth. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
![“Some [jests] are becoming to a gentleman, others are not; see that you choose such as become you . Irony better befits a gentleman than buffoonery; the ironical man jokes to amuse himself, the buffoon to amuse other people.” quote by Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/250/aristotle-78_irony_some-jests-are-becoming-to-a-gentleman-o_1343006.jpg)
