Controlled Quote by Rainer Maria Rilke

You can't use irony as a way of disengaging with the difficult or emotional aspects of life.

— D.A. Wallach

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

— Fred Tomaselli

The irony in life doing the wrong thing at the right moment

— Charlie Chaplin

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 is one of my favorite aspects of life.

— Wes Studi

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

Irony is the word I forget the meaning of immediately after I look it up, but I kind of feel like I live in…

— Maureen Johnson

I am someone who takes everything very literally. I simply do not understand irony, a defect I have had ever since I was able…

— Werner Herzog

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

— Ellen Glasgow

“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

The most dangerous irony is, people are angry with others because of their own incompetence.

— Amit Kalantri

While a particularly deft sense of irony may be one of the tools of great storytellers, I think it's also true that if irony…

— Steve Erickson