Ironies Quotes

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It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman. — Tallulah Bankhead
I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment. — Charlie Chaplin
It is one of the strange ironies of this strange life that those who work the hardest, who subject themselves to the strictest discipline, who… — Brutus Hamilton
Passonate, irreverent, utterly relevant, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk offers an unforgettable portrait of a reluctant hero. Ben Fountain writes like a man inspired and… — Margot Livesey
It is one of history's ironies that Communism, advertised as a classless society, tended to breed a privileged class of feudal proportions. — Henry A. Kissinger
It is the oldest ironies that are still the most satisfying: man, when preparing for bloody war, will orate loudly and most eloquently in the… — Alan Moore
It is one of the great ironies of human history that some mortals with incorrect understanding of God and life's purposes sometimes scold God because… — Neal A. Maxwell
It is one of the ironies of religious history that many mortals err in their understanding of the nature of God and end up rejecting… — Neal A. Maxwell
It is one of the great ironies of corporate control that the corporate state needs the abilities of intellectuals to maintain power, yet outside of… — Chris Hedges
Step by step, you make your way forward. Thatâ€™s why practices such as daily writing exercises or keeping a daily blog can be so helpful.… — Gretchen Rubin
It is one of the ironies of this strange century that the most lasting results of the October revolution, whose object was the global overthrow… — Eric Hobsbawm
One of the tragic ironies of history is that such original and creative geniuses as Buddha and Jesus have been extolled as perfect patterns for… — Sophia Lyon Fahs
One of the bitterest ironies of life is that one truly appreciates a blessing only after having been deprived of it or imagining that. — Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi
It's one of the ironies of investing. The rich can afford to take risks, but they don't need to. The poor need to take risks,… — Jonathan Clements
It is the cruelest of all ironies that moderns imagine themselves to be (abstractly understood) "individuals," because in actuality moderns are "types," abstracted and self-abstractive… — Kenny Smith
In the end, the Labour party could cease to represent labour. Stranger historic ironies have happened than that. — Enoch Powell
That books, a commodity little changed since Caxton's day, should have turned out to be the trailblazers of retailing on the internet is one of… — Bryan Appleyard
It is one of the ironies of history that reformers so often misjudge the consequences of their reforms. — John W. Gardner
It is one of the ironies of the ministry that the very man who works in God's name is often hardest put to find time… — Vance Havner
Well, certainly one of the ironies of the success of affirmative action is that the middle class within the black community no longer lives within… — Henry Louis Gates

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