Irony Quotes

705 Irony quotes by 566 unique authors

Steiner has here transformed the vaporous conceptions of his life, the vapors of what never was and never will be, from their aeriform state to… — Nick Tosches
Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do. He who does not understand irony… — Soren Kierkegaard
What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact. — Donald E. Williams, Jr.
There are two qualities that make fiction. One is the sense of mystery and the other is the sense of manners. You get the manners… — Flannery O'Connor
We are all tourists in history, and irony is what we win in wars. — Anatole Broyard
The Principle of Uncertainty fixed once for all the realisation that all knowledge is limited. It is an irony of history that at the very… — Jacob Bronowski
It could draw from a greater reservoir of freedom. The irony could develop an even greater ease. — Elfriede Jelinek
There's a certain amount of what I wear that I wear for irony. — Lily Allen
Itâ€™s dangerous to assume that because a person is drawn to holiness in his study that he is thereby a holy man. There is irony… — R C Sproul
In a sense, a cyborg has no origin story in the Western sense â€“ a â€˜finalâ€™ irony since the cyborg is also the awful apocalyptic… — Donna J. Haraway
I don't mock things, which makes me more vulnerable to mockery myself. If you're cynical, you're protected from mockery. But I have to be nice.… — Michel Gondry
It is one of the great ironies of corporate control that the corporate state needs the abilities of intellectuals to maintain power, yet outside of… — Chris Hedges
You see, the secret of the gospel is that we become more spiritually mature when we focus less on what we need to do for… — Tullian Tchividjian
If sub specie aeternitatis there is no reason to believe that anything matters, then that does not matter either, and we can approach our absurd… — Thomas Nagel
Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment. — Edwin Percy Whipple
But that night as I drove back to Montreal, I at least discovered this: that there is no simple explanation for anything important any of… — Hugh MacLennan
What is called music today is all too often only a disguise for the monologue of power. However, and this is the supreme irony of… — Jacques Attali
The green prehuman earth is the mystery we were chosen to solve, a guide to the birthplace of our spirit, but it is slipping away.… — E. O. Wilson
The irony of that is, what makes it kind of ironic, is when you do become successful as a professional athlete in particular, a lot… — Frank Shorter
Step by step, you make your way forward. Thatâ€™s why practices such as daily writing exercises or keeping a daily blog can be so helpful.… — Gretchen Rubin

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