Being happy Quote by Carter Burwell

A vast percentage of the human race is literally not wired neurologically to get irony. Well more than half of humanity takes life at…

— Douglas Coupland

Irony is based on insecurity; people like to not like things because they don't understand them.

— Justin Vernon

People use irony as a defense mechanism.

— David Byrne

I feel that there's hardly any irony in my work; if there's anything, there'll be sincerity, which people sometimes find hard to deal with.

— Patricia Piccinini

There's not a lot of room for un-ironic emotion in contemporary culture. I think that irony is an important tool in dealing with the…

— John Green

Brain research tells us that only twenty percent of human beings have a sense of irony, which means that eighty percent of the world…

— Douglas Coupland

irony is an indispensable ingredient of the critical vision; it is the safest antidote to sentimental decay.

— Ellen Glasgow

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.

— Anatole France

I don't embrace irony, but I do think it's a pre-existing condition; we manage it as best we can.

— Fred Tomaselli

Irony is a qualification of subjectivity.

— Soren Kierkegaard

Irony is a great tool to deal with things. It's an intellectualization, a way to go above things, which can work.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.

— Anonymous