Irony Quotes

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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. — Isaac Asimov
A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times. — Lord Acton
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
Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony. — Charles Baudelaire
The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule. — Anita Brookner
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument. — Samuel Butler
People use irony as a defense mechanism. — David Byrne
I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment. — Charlie Chaplin
The irony of good customer service is that over time it will bring in more new customers than promotions and price slashing ever did! — Susan Ward
The irony is palpable - technical access has never been greater, cultural access never weaker. — Beeban Kidron
The irony is this: Our bodies react to stress in exactly the same way whether or not we have a good reason for being stressed.… — Howard Martin
The terrible thing about free soloing difficult routes that are within one's capacity, is the chance that faced with ultimate danger and need for ultimate… — Royal Robbins
The Poor Man whom everyone speaks of, the Poor Man whom everyone pities, one of the repulsive Poor from whom charitable souls keep their distance,… — Albert Camus
Civilizations die from philosophical calm, irony, and a sense of fair play quite as surely as they die of debauchery. — Joseph Wood Krutch
It may well be that we shall by a process of sublime irony have reached a state in this story where safety will be the… — Winston Churchill
If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and… — Barry Lopez
The best love affairs are those we never had. — Norman Lindsay
Science even more than the Gospel teaches us humility. She cannot look down on anything, she does not know what superiority means, she despises nothing,… — Alexander Herzen
Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument. — Rufus Choate
Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves. — Karl Kraus

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