Ironic Quotes

358 Ironic quotes by 307 unique authors

The Reagan Administration has fostered a climate in which a barest majority of the Supreme Court caters to the passions and hatreds of the American… — Carl T. Rowan
By my reckoning, I only need about 200 more takeout coffee cups to complete my bitterly ironic mosaic of Al Gore. — Merlin Mann
I myself identify as a recovering Blockhead. You'd be surprised how many twenty- and thirty-something hipster chicks have the NKOTB skeleton in their closet, albeit… — Diablo Cody
It is ironic that a nation that has never experienced a coup d'etat should be so obsessed with the idea of conspiracy. — Gore Vidal
I gloomily came to the ironic conclusion that if you take a highly intelligent person and give them the best possible, elite education, then you… — Halton Arp
Nostalgia keeps dissolving the ironic narratives in which I have contained my past. — Mason Cooley
Though collecting quotations could be considered as merely an ironic mimetism -- victimless collecting, as it were... in a world that is well on its… — Susan Sontag
Though collecting quotations could be considered as merely an ironic mimetism — Susan Sontag
I was a big and un-ironic fan of Dear Abby when I was a kid in Chicago. I think I sort of internalized her. So… — George Saunders
I find it ironic how New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is so focused on such small issues as drink sizes, while ignoring the massive… — Mark Skousen
The pathway to enlightenment leads to states of ecstasy, knowledge, and a pretty ironic sense of humor. — Frederick Lenz
The Golden Compass' became a bad experience because the studio didn't have faith in the strength of the ideas of the novel, which is ironic… — Chris Weitz
I find it ironic that happy endings now are called fairytale endings because there's nothing happy about most fairytale endings. — Joe Wright
It was not possible for us to produce the same optimism and the same kind of humour or irony. Actually, it was not irony. Lichtenstein… — Gerhard Richter
A sharp sense of the ironic can be the equivalent of the faith that moves mountains. Far more quicky than reason or logic, irony can… — Moss Hart
Being a journalist is good if you want to write books: it teaches you to get beyond the blank screen. My books have been described… — Sophie Kinsella
It's also ironic that in the old days of tape and tape hiss and vinyl records and surface noise, we were always trying to get… — T Bone Burnett
A lot of modern comedies are difficult to watch too, because they're so ironic and so detached and so quote-unquote clever. They kind of keep… — Ty Burrell
When I was a boy, unconsciously, spontaneously I learned the art of telling ironic stories. — Dario Fo
I sometimes think it ironic for an ex-seaman, longshoreman, truck driver, policeman, bus driver, etc... to find success writing children's novels. — Brian Jacques
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

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