Ironically Quotes
154 quotes by 142 authors
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Ironically, xenophobic nationalists are utilizing the benefits of globalization.
— Maajid Nawaz
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Sex can no longer be the germ, the seed of fiction. Sex is an episode, most properly conveyed in an episodic manner, quickly, often ironically.…
— Elizabeth Hardwick
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Ironically, the more intensive and far-reaching a historian's research, the greater the difficulty of citation. As the mountain of material grows, so does the possibility…
— Doris Kearns Goodwin
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I would rather be an artist than a leader. Ironically, a leader has to follow the rules.
— Criss Jami
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Ironically, often the thing that keeps me from experiencing joy is my preoccupation with self. The very selfishness that keeps me from pouring myself out…
— John Ortberg
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I originally came from Dresden, where Socialist Realism prevailed. Konrad Lueg and I came up with it, for the most part ironically, since I now…
— Gerhard Richter
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Prison life taught him how little one can get along with, and what extraordinary spiritual freedom and peace such simplification can bring. I remember again,…
— Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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Ironically, tendency to ignore inconvenient facts and unwelcome evidence is actually President Reagan's true legacy, as I noted in 'The Nation' back in 2000, before…
— Eric Alterman
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Before getting meningitis, I was such a hypochondriac, worrying about the slightest ache. Ironically, I overlooked meningitis because the symptoms seemed like flu. I guess…
— Petra Stunt
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Well ironically my last three roles have all been a mother. One was a Canadian film where the baby was taken away because she is…
— Anna Friel
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Owning a business is NOT about working your ass off for the sake of trying to squeeze out a living. It is NOT about making…
— Mike Michalowicz
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What we need in medical schools is not to teach empathy, as much as to preserve it - the process of learning huge volumes of…
— Abraham Verghese
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And by letting go of trying to control the uncontrollable...you ironically increase...the probability of getting what you want.
— Michael Neill
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Ironically, I think action can be the dullest part of movies nowadays - and I love action movies!
— Matthew Vaughn
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When it comes to judging individuals, I do not like remarks such as 'too good to be true.' They speak as though one is rewarding…
— Criss Jami
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History does seem to repeat itself hence it's mindboggling to still hear the 'avoid all negative people' speeches from, of all people, supposedly important spiritual…
— Criss Jami
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Hypocrisy versus authenticity among men is not always so black and white, and as is righteousness, humility is often self-proclaimed. The Church is most definitely…
— Criss Jami
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Ironically, Henry James' biography comforts me & I long to make known to him his posthumous reputation he wrote, in pain, gave all his life…
— Sylvia Plath
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Depriving yourself will, ironically enough, lead to rebelling and weight gain.
— Bethenny Frankel
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The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real.
— Lucian Freud
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