Ironic Quotes

358 Ironic quotes by 307 unique authors

What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact. — Donald E. Williams, Jr.
It is ironic that people of modest means sometimes become conservative out of a scarcity fear bred by the very capitalist system they support. — Michael Parenti
What is ironic is that Allen Ginsberg's importance was in its twilight for so many years that it took his death to bring it to… — Rita Dove
It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defence, we would sanction the subversion of one of those liberties which make the… — Earl Warren
Pertaining to a certain order of architecture, otherwise known as Normal American. Most of the public buildings of the United States are of the Ramshackle… — Ambrose Bierce
The ironic life is a life keenly alert, keenly sensitive, reacting promptly with feelings of liking or dislike to each bit of experience, letting none… — Randolph Bourne
The ironic thing about legalism is that it not only doesn't make people work harder, it makes them give up. Moralism doesn't produce morality; rather,… — Tullian Tchividjian
It's ironic how I drop some 'DOUGH' (Doh) when I got them Homer Simpsons. — Unknown Author
The reason you might choose to embrace the artist within you now is that this is the path to (cue the ironic music) security. — Seth Godin
It is ironic that the scientific facts throw Darwin out, but leave William Paley, a figure of fun to the scientific world for more than… — Fred Hoyle
Scotsmen are metaphisical and emotional, they are sceptical and mystical, they are romantic and ironic, they are cruel and tender, and full of mirth and… — William Dunbar
I think people resist freedom because they're afraid of the unknown. But it's ironic....That unknown was once very well known. It's where our souls belong....The… — Jim Morrison
The irony of that is, what makes it kind of ironic, is when you do become successful as a professional athlete in particular, a lot… — Frank Shorter
Its the most breathtakingly ironic things about living: the fact that we are all-identical twins included-alone. Singular. And yet what we seek-what saves us-is our… — Wally Lamb
I think it is very ironic that most people think that the banjo is a southern white instrument. It came from Africa and even for… — Bela Fleck
It's kind of ironic that my character is a doctor who acts very gay with his best friend. I don't see how gays could ever… — Zach Braff
How ironic for peacemaking efforts to discover that hatred is stronger for many than love; that the longing to achieve power through military victories makes… — Oscar Arias
It's ironic, I used to ride my bike to make a living. Now I just want to live so that I can ride. — Lance Armstrong
Moral self-infatuation has its own corruptions, after all. With time, almost every other principle of the magazine acquired an ironic echo, a sort of cackling… — Renata Adler
Art shows and the institutions end up being the couriers for culture for the next generation and are an important component as well. It may… — Shepard Fairey
It is fateful and ironic how the lie we need in order to live dooms us to a life that is never really ours. — Ernest Becker
It's kind of ironic that the two sports with the greatest characters, boxing and horse racing, have both been on the decline. In both cases… — Dick Schaap
It's ironic that Olympic spectators will never have seen Yiannis Kouros, the greatest Greek athlete since Pheidippides — Ed Ayres
Biblical convictions are essential for spiritual growth and maturity. What is ironic today is that people often have strong convictions about weak issues (football, fashion,… — Rick Warren
I live a perfectly happy and comfortable life in Blair's Britain, but I can't work up much affection for the culture we've created for ourselves:… — Jonathan Coe

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