Irony Quotes

705 Irony quotes by 566 unique authors

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
My father could be very witty, even if the humor was always on the darker side of irony. — Maurice Sendak
The irony is, the advertising industry knows everyone hates what they produce. This is why they keep looking for new ways to force people to… — Simon Sinek
Irony is the recourse of the weak-minded wimp, I think. I hate bands that deliver their songs with knowing smiles on their faces, so that… — Robert Smith
The irony is that it was tougher to rent a car from Cerberus when it owned Alamo than to buy a semi-automatic. To rent a… — Eliot Spitzer
I have survivor skills. Some of that is superficial - what I present to people outwardly - but what makes people resilient is the ability… — Amy Tan
Life is that perfect fine line between ironies. — Serj Tankian
It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise. — Sara Teasdale
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. — Voltaire
The great thing about irony is that it splits things apart, gets up above them so we can see the flaws and hypocrisies and duplicates. — David Foster Wallace
The problem is that once the rules of art are debunked, and once the unpleasant realities the irony diagnoses are revealed and diagnosed, 'then' what… — David Foster Wallace
I've learned not to hide behind a veil of irony - to talk about my work in a more honest way. — Florence Welch
A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is… — Jessamyn West
It would no doubt be very sentimental to argue - but I would argue it nevertheless - that the peculiar combination of joy and sadness… — A. N. Wilson
Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my… — E. O. Wilson
The unhappy irony is that, while 'Glee' is hitting the heights, school arts funding is being slashed across the country due to the steep recession… — James Wolcott
The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I've parodied over the years. — Al Yankovic
Bad Religion has never been about criticizing people who are Christian. But we've always been about pointing out the irony and contradictions in Christian theology… — Greg Graffin
I think fiction lends itself to messiness rather than the ideal, and plays well with the ironies surrounding what happens versus what should happen. — Colm Toibin
What cannot be said above all must not be silenced but written. — Jacques Derrida
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit. — Oscar Wilde
Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony. — Douglas Coupland
Let neither tear nor reproach besmirch this declaration of the mastery of God who, with magnificent irony, granted me both the gift of books and… — Jorge Luis Borges
The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person. — Chuck Palahniuk

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