Art Quote by Gerhard Richter

For a time after my divorce everything began to seem profoundly ironic to me. I found myself thinking of other peoples' worries as sources…

— Richard Ford

“In an ideal world, a young man should not be an ironical person. At that age, irony prevents growth, stunts the imagination. It is…

— Julian Barnes

Optimism isnt funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. Its exaggeration.

— Steve Toltz

Optimism isn't funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. It's exaggeration.

— Steve Toltz

“...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

There's not a lot of room for un-ironic emotion in contemporary culture. I think that irony is an important tool in dealing with the…

— John Green

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Irony is the bringing together of two contradictory truths and to make out of the contradiction a new truth, with a laugh or a…

— Anne Hathaway

“The consistent optimism of our liberal culture has prevented modern democratic societies both from gauging the perils of freedom accurately and from appreciating democracy…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

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

— Fred Tomaselli

Optimism - even, and perhaps especially in the face of difficulty - has long been an American hallmark.

— Pamela Druckerman

Between "just desserts" and "tragic irony" we are given quite a lot of scope for our particular talent. Generally speaking, things have gone about…

— Tom Stoppard