Irony Quotes

705 Irony quotes by 566 unique authors

Truth offends everyone outside its definitions. But the irony of truth is that the greater its potential for offense, the greater its potential for giving… — David Jeremiah
It is one of the ironies of this strange century that the most lasting results of the October revolution, whose object was the global overthrow… — Eric Hobsbawm
One of the tragic ironies of history is that such original and creative geniuses as Buddha and Jesus have been extolled as perfect patterns for… — Sophia Lyon Fahs
To explore the unknown and the familiar, distant and near and to record in detail with the eyes of a child, any beauty, (of the… — Dan Eldon
It's no small irony that the government inevitably and invariably ends up promoting precisely that which they would most like to repress. — Jock Sturges
Irony is about contradictions that do not resolve into larger wholes, even dialectically, about the tension of holding incompatible things together because both or all… — Donna J. Haraway
Irony differentiates. Cynicism never does. — Paul Horgan
When people affected by epilepsy are reluctant to expose their condition, the public remains in the dark about it - a tragic irony that has… — Lynda Resnick
Crying wolf may have been the boy's undoing, but the true irony was that the wolves were always lurking nearby. — Wes Fesler
She thougt of sunrise over the library slope at Cornell University that nobody out on it had seen because the slope faces west. — Thomas Pynchon
Last September 16th, I was walking in downtown Seattle when this pick-up truck pulls up in front of me. Guy leans out the window and… — Sherman Alexie
Okay, so maybe I'm romantic... but somebody is supposed to be romantic. Some warrior is supposed to go to war against the imperial forces of… — Sherman Alexie
Irony: Don't let yourself be controlled by it, especially during uncreative moments. — Rainer Maria Rilke
Irony gives us, at little expense, the impression that we are experienced psychologists. — Gaston Bachelard
There is no paradox. There is only irony. — Philip K. Jason
Between "just desserts" and "tragic irony" we are given quite a lot of scope for our particular talent. Generally speaking, things have gone about as… — Tom Stoppard
Moral self-infatuation has its own corruptions, after all. With time, almost every other principle of the magazine acquired an ironic echo, a sort of cackling… — Renata Adler
The irony of loneliness is that everybody shares it from time to time. — Lil B
There has to be irony, both in design and in the objects. I see around me a professional disease of taking everything too seriously. One… — Achille Castiglioni
You know the great irony is that people think you have to have money to enjoy fine food, which is a shame. — Ted Allen

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