Nature Quote by Emil M. Cioran

“Irony keeps reality at a distance. It has become our primary method for combatting the external world’s incompatibility with our own desires. Today’s irony…

— Ian Bogost

irony is an indispensable ingredient of the critical vision; it is the safest antidote to sentimental decay.

— Ellen Glasgow

I don't embrace irony, but I do think it's a pre-existing condition; we manage it as best we can.

— Fred Tomaselli

“I think the main function of contemporary irony is to protect the speaker from being interpreted as naive or sentimental.”

— David Foster Wallace

“Irony is a treacherous servant; unless it's very carefully watched over, it has a tendency to expose the foolishness of its apparent master.”

— Mark O'Connell

'Irony' is such an over-used word.

— Giles Deacon

“fact, at times it seems as if The Confidence-Man has been aggressively constructed for the purpose of giving the reader the unpleasant feeling of…

— Sianne Ngai

Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do. He who does not understand…

— Soren Kierkegaard

“Irony is about contradictions that do not resolve into larger wholes, even dialectically, about the tension of holding incompatible things together because both or…

— Donna J. Haraway

Irony is a great tool to deal with things. It's an intellectualization, a way to go above things, which can work.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

“Irony that does not deem itself ironic is the most dangerous irony of all.”

— Robert Pogue Harrison

“...element of comedy is never completely eliminated from irony. But irony is something more than comedy. A comic situation is proved to be an…

— Reinhold Niebuhr