Ironic Quotes
358 Ironic quotes by 307 unique authors
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The univers is statistically more likely to be ironic than not,
— Orson Scott Card
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Rebecca was an academic star. Her new book was on the phenomenon of word casings, a term she'd invented for words that no longer had…
— Jennifer Egan
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Ironic, isn't it, what religion does to people?" "I guess it's more ironic what people do to religion.
— Susan Elizabeth Phillips
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It was ironic, but when you scratched the surface, most successful men were working for one thing only--to retire--and the sooner the better. Whereas women…
— Candace Bushnell
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When dreaded outcomes are actually imminent we don't worry about themwe take action. Seeing lava from the local volcano make its way down the street…
— Gavin de Becker
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He was one of the most supremely stupid men I have ever met. He taught me a great deal.
— John Fowles
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But mostly, I remembered what I’ve always believed. What my mom taught me. That while some things are just plain awful, most things in life…
— Katherine Applegate
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I once sent a dozen of my friends a telegram saying 'flee at once - all is discovered.' They all left town immediately.
— Mark Twain
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It was not a big smile, not particularly bold or polite or ironic or glib, not asking for anything or offering anything, not stringy or…
— Meg Rosoff
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It is ironic to think that man might determine his own future by something so seemingly trivial as the choice of an insect spray.
— Rachel Carson
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People who didn't need people needed people around to know that they were the kind of people who didn't need people.
— Terry Pratchett
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I had always had a little problem looking out for myself in love. I was afraid people would leave me. So I sort of clung…
— Deb Caletti
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It’s ironic that as scientists that don’t believe in god, were the ones that are closest to god.
— Hiromu Arakawa
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But I have told the truth. Isn't that ironic? They sent me because I am so good at telling lies. But I have told the…
— Elizabeth Wein
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They went inside. The young ones shuffled to a stop as their ironic sensibilities, which served them in lieu of souls, were jammed by a…
— Neal Stephenson
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Funny thing is, until I met you all I wanted to do was to get as far away from here as I could. Kind of…
— Kami Garcia
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It's ironic, isn't it? Our goal was great. Our path was dark.
— Christopher Pike
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teenagers are never joking. when seeking to prove a point, principals and teachers should remember that teenagers are never, ever sarcasic or ironic. if they…
— David Levithan
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I'm being ironic. Don't interrupt a man in the midst of being ironic, it's not polite. There!
— Ray Bradbury
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It’s ironic. At last I have my freedom. But at a price. Now my destiny is mine to choose. - Stanley aka Nine
— Pittacus Lore
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For me, the most ironic token of [the first human moon landing] is the plaque signed by President Richard M. Nixon that Apollo 11 took…
— Carl Sagan
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My mate Karl once told me he’d been looking after this five-year-old boy who – not knowing enough to have an ironic inflection to his…
— Russell Brand
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What an ironic tragedy that an affluent, “Christian” minority in the world continues to hoard its wealth while hundreds of millions of people hover on…
— Ronald J. Sider
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It was ironic how love could awaken them to the wonders of the universe, while at the same time confine their attention to one another.
— Alexandra Adornetto
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Qhuinn looked at each of the hoods again. How ironic, he thought. Nearly two years ago, an Honor Guard of black robes had been sent…
— J R Ward
Who Wrote These Ironic Quotes
307 authors contributed a total of 358 Ironic Quotes, led by these top contributors: