Hypocritical Quote by Franklin P. Adams

How ironic that the Negro, who more than any other people can claim America's culture as his own, is being persecuted and repressed; that…

— Sonny Rollins

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

In our native terms, the ironic style is often compounded with the sardonic and the hard-boiled; even the effortlessly superior. But irony originates in…

— Christopher Hitchens

His wit and irony - particularly when he uses them to condemn superstition - are inimitable

— Bertrand Russell

“The marriage of irony and sincerity helps us to take the perspectives of others: the racist, the exaggerated feminist, the conservative. Each ironic position…

— Hanzi Freinacht

When irony first makes itself known in a young man's life, it can be like his first experience of getting drunk; he has met…

— Robertson Davies

“Ironic, isn’t it?” Shawn said. “It’s not ironic at all,” Gus said. “Dude, it’s so like a black fly in your chardonnay.” “How many…

— William Rabkin

One of the things that makes a Negro unpleasant to white folk is the fact that he suffers from their injustice. He is thus…

— H. L. Mencken

“Irony got dangerous when it became a habit. Wallace quoted Lewis Hyde…”Irony has only emergency use. Carried over time, it is the voice of…

— Lewis Hyde

I don't like the word ironic. I like the word absurdity, and I don't really understand the word 'irony' too much. The irony comes…

— Anonymous

Humor is based on the way a man looks at life's ironies, and being a member of a minority group can certainly be ironic.

— Nipsey Russell

Irony is the disparity between what you expect will happen, and what does happen. So raining on your wedding day isn't ironic, it's just…

— Mo Rocca