Ironic Quotes

358 Ironic quotes by 307 unique authors

It's kind of ironic when I broke in at 17, I was told I was too small, too slow and I wouldn't make the NHL — Wayne Gretzky
It's tiny out there...it's inconsequential. It's ironic that we had come to study the Moon and it was really discovering the Earth. — William Anders
Did you ever have a conversation with someone who misunderstood everything you had to say? It's exhausting, and the ironic part is that the more… — Francois Mauriac
Those who condemn the self-righteous for the sake of self-discovery do so with ironic self-righteousness. — Timothy Keller
I'm comfortable looking sexy. I don't push it with poses, although I like the ironic part of it. That's what makes it fun. — Jessica Alba
It's ironic that retailers and restaurants live or die on customer service, yet their employees have some of the lowest pay and worst benefits of… — Howard Schultz
I don't think the nature of my poetry is satirical or even ironic, I think it's essentially lyrical but again I don't know if it's… — Kenneth Koch
How much truth is contained in something can be best determined by making it thoroughly laughable and then watching to see how much joking around… — Peter Sloterdijk
It’s pretty ironic that the so-called ‘least advanced’ people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us, while the richest… — Noam Chomsky
I love the combination of smartness, pain, and what one might call conscious postmodern trashiness in this book: a version of the erotic full of… — Alicia Ostriker
The passive ironic attitude is not cool or romantic, but pathetic and destructive. — Robert Greene
The significance of man is that he is insignificant and is aware of it. — Carl L. Becker
Count Hermann Keyserling once said truly that the greatest American superstition was the belief in facts. — John Gunther
Large increases in cost with questionable increases in performance can be tolerated only in race horses and fancy women. — Lord Kelvin
Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
It might be a good idea if the various countries of the world would occasionally swap history books, just to see what other people are… — Bill Vaughan
I would not wish to be Prime Minister, dear. — Margaret Thatcher
The team that makes the most mistakes usually wins. — Unknown Author
You don't have to be interesting. You have to be interested. — John M. Gottman
Knowing what is and knowing what can be are not the same thing. — Ellen Langer
Certainty is a cruel mindset. — Ellen Langer
What we have learned to look for in a situation determines mostly what we see. — Ellen Langer
Ideas that spread win. — Seth Godin
I wish to have as my epitaph: 'Here lies a man who was wise enough to bring into his service men who knew more than… — Andrew Carnegie
Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do. He who does not understand irony… — Soren Kierkegaard

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