Ironic Quotes

358 Ironic quotes by 307 unique authors

Irony - The modern mode: either the devil’s mark or the snorkel of sanity. — Julian Barnes
Nothing in the church makes people in the church more angry than grace. It's ironic: we stumble into a party we weren't invited to and… — Mike Yaconelli
It was growing late, and though one might stand on the brink of a deep chasm of disaster, one was still obliged to dress for… — Georgette Heyer
I sip my coffee. I look at the mountain, which is still doing its tricks, as you look at a still-beautiful face belonging to a… — Annie Dillard
Irony is Fate's most common figure of speech. — Trevanian
For a time after my divorce everything began to seem profoundly ironic to me. I found myself thinking of other peoples' worries as sources of… — Richard Ford
If one cannot learn from the mistakes of others, one might as well become a Democrat. — Esther M. Friesner
Know, then, that now, precisely now, these people are more certain than ever before that they are completely free, and at the same time they… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Nothing seems crueler--or more ironic--than these upper crusters who never pay a dime for their high-priced shrinks or reflexology sessions to call those who just… — Michael Moore
I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless. — Neal Shusterman
Even things that are true can be proved. — Oscar Wilde
It is ironic that many Filipinos learn to love the Philippines while abroad, not at home. — Ambeth R. Ocampo
Ironic," Betty Lou said at last. "The cereus insists on sunlight---that's why it must be at the end of the yard. And yet it saves… — Jerry Spinelli
The struggle for a free intelligence has always been a struggle between the ironic and the literal mind. — Christopher Hitchens
How ironic, she thought, as she fell to her certain death, that at that moment she would have given anything to be a giant goose… — Michael Buckley
You told us over and over that you don’t think you could live without books, but the ironic thing is, you’d probably die before you’d… — Wendelin Van Draanen
Dammit, Vik. How can you not know what’s wrong with this thing? Can’t you commune with it or something? (Devyn) My name is not ‘Dammit,… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I, Anita Blake, scourge of the undead-the human with more vampire kills than any other vampire executioner in the country-was dating a vampire. It was… — Laurell K. Hamilton
It was ironic; he held her captive, yet she’d captivated him. — Jeaniene Frost
Barbarism? That's ironic coming from a woman helping to prepare us for slaughter. And what's she basing our success on? Our table manners? — Suzanne Collins
I've always been an ironic dreamer, unfaithful to my inner promises. Like a complete outsider, a casual observer of whom I thought I was, I've… — Fernando Pessoa
My own terror of appearing sentimental is so strong that I’ve decided to fight against it, some; but the terror is still there. . .… — David Foster Wallace
Many would be cowards if they had courage enough. — Thomas Fuller
But that's men all over ... Poor dears, they can't help it. They haven't got logical minds. — Dorothy L. Sayers
Our weapons are the ironic mind against the literal: the open mind against the credulous; the courageous pursuit of truth against the fearful and abject… — Christopher Hitchens

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