Ironic Quotes

358 Ironic quotes by 307 unique authors

Some of us will probably become famous. It will be an ironic fame fashioned largely by those who have never seen our work. — Allan Kaprow
It is ironic but true: the one reality science cannot reduce is the only reality we will ever know. This is why we need art.… — Jonah Lehrer
It's ironic, but true, that in this age of electronic communications, personal interaction is becoming more important than ever. — Regis McKenna
There are people, particularly in the United States with which I am most familiar, who would say how ironic that Tehran would be the sponsor… — Cynthia McKinney
A poem needs disguises. It needs secrets. It thrives on the tension between what is said and not said; it prefers the oblique, the implied,… — J. D. McClatchy
I love Derrick Brown for the surprise of one word waking up next to another.Â One moment tender, funny or romantic, the next,Â visceral, ironic… — Janet Fitch
I don't like the word ironic. I like the word absurdity, and I don't really understand the word 'irony' too much. The irony comes when… — David
Painting can also be too earnest at times and that's a drag. You don't want to go in that direction either. It should be holistic.… — Joe Bradley
We live in an ironic society where even play is turned into work. But the highest existence is not work; the highest level of existence… — Conrad Hyers
It is ironic that Einsteins most creative work, the general theory of relativity, should boil down to conceptualizing space as a medium when his original… — Robert B. Laughlin
I'm shooting a commercial for safe sex. How ironic. Because I don't have that. — Tila Tequila
Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom. — Anatole France
By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day. — Robert Frost
The most ironic outcome of the black Civil Rights movement has been the creation of a new black middle class which is increasingly separate from… — Henry Louis Gates
It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull. — Joseph Conrad
A woman tells her doctor, 'I've got a bad back.' The doctor says, 'It's old age.' The woman says, 'I want a second opinion.' The… — Tommy Cooper
It's ironic that at age 32, at probably the greatest moment of my career, with The Godfather having such an enormous success, I wasn't even… — Francis Ford Coppola
Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors. — Quentin Crisp
The thing is, comedy's gone in a weird direction. People are really into ironic comedy and fakeness and cleverness. — Louis C. K.
You know, it's ironic to me that Christians want to keep the Ten Commandments in our schools, because Christianity has abrogated four of the Ten… — Alan Dershowitz

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