Distinction Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

“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

“Irony deepens a person, helps them mature. It is the entrance to salvation on a higher plane, to a place where you can find…

— Haruki Murakami

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

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

A sharp sense of the ironic can be the equivalent of the faith that moves mountains. Far more quicky than reason or logic, irony…

— Moss Hart

Far more quickly than reason and logic, irony can penetrate rage and puncture self-pity.

— Moss Hart

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

— Ellen Glasgow

Irony is a qualification of subjectivity.

— Soren Kierkegaard

“People need irony in order to build interpersonal trust based on self-knowledge, humor and critical thinking.”

— Hanzi Freinacht

“Everything in life is metaphor… We accept irony through a device called metaphor. And through that we grow and become deeper human beings. Irony…

— Haruki Murakami

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

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