Irony Quotes

705 Irony quotes by 566 unique authors

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization. — Victor Hugo
I think people under age 55 come to Vegas with a certain sense of irony. — Penn Jillette
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. — Erica Jong
The irony is that you can't use real rain to make movies. — Greg Kinnear
When you really don't like a guy, they're all over you, and as soon as you act like you like them, they're no longer interested. — Beyonce Knowles
Certainly, it seems true enough that there's a good deal of irony in the world... I mean, if you live in a world full of… — Kenneth Koch
Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not. — Barbara Kruger
Clap an extinguisher upon your irony if you are unhappily blessed with a vein of it. — Charles Lamb
Food is an important part of a balanced diet. — Fran Lebowitz
I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up. — Tom Lehrer
I love Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart because they're bringing irony back into American humor, which is a delicious treat. The entire Colbert persona of… — John Lydon
If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or… — W. Somerset Maugham
Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. — Don Marquis
Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved. — W. Somerset Maugham
To me the biggest irony of this lifetime that I'm living is that for someone who thrives in the public eye in the creative ways… — Alanis Morissette
One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence. — Lewis Mumford
Humor is everywhere in that there's irony in just about anything a human does. — Bill Nye
What people adore about superhero movies is the signal quality of the Christopher Nolan films - their complete lack of irony when it comes to… — John Podhoretz
We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power. — Manuel Puig
Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding. — Agnes Repplier
Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I think, in a written novel, the way in which you play with the readers' emotion or the way in which you engage the readers'… — Salman Rushdie
Pictures artists staged their own images or copied or cut out others already in existence. The viewer took them in separately, in sometimes paradoxical waves:… — Jerry Saltz
Irony is just honesty with the volume cranked up. — George Saunders
I love the French for their sarcasm, their irony. I love them for their bad moods. — Marjane Satrapi

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