Irony Quotes

705 Irony quotes by 566 unique authors

In the end, there is no absence of irony: the integrity of what is sacred to Native Americans will be determined by the government that… — Winona LaDuke
Cervantes is the most important Spanish writer. But he is not the most representative of the Spanish. His irony, his sense of humor - they… — Antonio Munoz Molina
I am obsessed with story. I had a late awakening in life. In college was the first time that I understood what you could do… — Shane Carruth
I like to have my characters talking in an up-to-date way, and I like their essentially modern self-awareness, which means we can have lots of… — Jonathan Stroud
In mainstream literature, a trope is a figure of speech: metaphor, simile, irony, or the like. Words used other than literally. In SF, a trope… — Edward M. Lerner
The irony is that the more we fight age, the more it shows. Paint on a 50-year-old face brings to mind a Gilbert and Sullivan… — Karen DeCrow
In a world where irony reigns, where you have to separate, protect and laugh at anything that is honest or has an emotional charge, I… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Irony became the head that bit its tail and then there is no way out. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
The Academy Awards ceremony is designed to be without irony, but Chris Rock supplied it anyway with filmed movie-theater interviews with black men and women… — Suzanne Fields
And the irony is that they wrote better without access to my quotes. — Steve Carlton
The irony is, going to work every day became the subject of probably my best poetry. — Philip Levine
Which is a wonderful irony, I have property there. I go back every chance I get. One of the main reasons I actually wrote the… — Sela Ward
Irony, I feel, is a very high form of morality. — Jean Stafford
The irony is that the more unapologetically sexist men are in movies, the more women tend to be attracted to them in person. — Jon Favreau
As I write, I control my anxiety and anguish thanks to the invaluable aid of irony and humor. But every night I am subdued by… — Enrique Vila-Matas
I think I would explode in flames of irony if I were to option an idea that I was satirizing in a novel. — Jess Walter
Everything in life is connected somehow. You may have to dig deep to find it but its there. Everything is the same even though its… — Anthony Brandt
With supreme irony, the war to make the world safe for democracy ended by leaving democracy more unsafe in the world than at any time… — James Harvey Robinson
Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have,… — Elbert Hubbard
My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a bitch. — Jack Nicholson
He exists in the public mind as bits and pieces of his characters-Butch Cassidy's charm, Ben Quick's machismo, Cool Hand Luke's defiance, Harper's irony, Hud's… — Maureen Dowd
There's terrific merit in having no sense of humour, no sense of irony, practically no sense of anything at all. If you're born with these… — Peter Cook
But the irony is that because the band isn't the focus any more, it allows me the chance to enjoy being a member of Def… — Rick Allen
Yes, of course that's true but you know, the irony of all that is that before the accident, I'd pretty much lost interest in playing… — Rick Allen
I love Sell Out, I think it's great. I love the jingles. The whole thing as an album is a wonderful piece of work. The… — Roger Daltrey

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