Irony Quotes

705 Irony quotes by 566 unique authors

Simply put, dramatic irony is when a person makes a harmless remark, and someone else who hears it knows something that makes the remark have… — Daniel Handler
Irony has only emergency use. Carried over time it is the voice of the trapped who have come to enjoy their cage. — Lewis Hyde
Irony, perfect definition: that for which I want to possess it, I would no longer want once I possessed it. — Karen Marie Moning
Could there be irony crueler than this? How, upon his rescue, the truth had brought him here, to a house for the mad, for only… — Rick Yancey
I know the universe has a sense of irony, and sometimes you get reminded just how sadistic that can be. — Laurell K. Hamilton
Many would be cowards if they had courage enough. — Thomas Fuller
But that's men all over ... Poor dears, they can't help it. They haven't got logical minds. — Dorothy L. Sayers
And we'll call you...hmmm. Pudge." "Huh?" "Pudge," the Colonel said. "Because you're skinny. It's called irony, Pudge. Heard of it? Now, let's go get some… — John Green
Does anything on you work properly?" Asked ter Borcht. "Well, I do have a highly developed sense of irony." Replied Iggy. — James Patterson
Walking over to Iggy, he poked him with his shoe. "Does anysing on you vork properly?" Iggy rubbed his forehead with one hand. "Well, I… — James Patterson
I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare,… — Ned Vizzini
Whoop-de-do," said Ram. "What?" "I'm celebrating." "Was that irony or loss of mental function?" asked the expendable. "Was that a rhetorical questions, a bit of… — Orson Scott Card
My friend "M" says the irony of being a zombie is that everything is funny, but you can't smile, because your lips have rotted off. — Isaac Marion
You love her," Teddy observed quietly. Henry replied with an uncharacteristic lack of irony: "Yes." Teddy's eyes shifted to the plaster interlacing that decorated the… — Anna Godbersen
But mostly, I remembered what I’ve always believed. What my mom taught me. That while some things are just plain awful, most things in life… — Katherine Applegate
The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence. — Charles Bukowski
Since you and Crispin are now finished and I have a few hours to kill, how about that shag?” he asked with heavy irony. “Bite… — Jeaniene Frost
Doug returned five minutes later and shook his head. "Sorry kid. She's single, but she doesn't think you're her type. She's into the Goth and… — Richelle Mead
I'd loved in so many bodies, but never one I loved like this. Never one that I craved in this way. Of course, this would… — Stephenie Meyer
My old school, St Stella’s, only goes to Year Ten and most of my friends now go to Pius Senior College, but my mother wouldn’t… — Melina Marchetta
In these night recitations we create a space between things as we felt them at the time and as we speak them now. This is… — Don DeLillo
The only thing I can recommend at this stage is a sense of humor, an ability to see things in their ridiculous and absurd dimensions,… — Vaclav Havel
Oh,” she said. “You can rest assured that I will kill him. Mostly this is to emphasize what I said before: no more time to… — Richelle Mead
Even if that were true, it wouldn't be irony," Lucas pointed out. "Irony is the contrast between what's said and what happens. — Claudia Gray
One of the peculiar ironies of being a human self in the Cosmos: A stranger approaching you in the street will in a second's glance… — Walker Percy

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