Irony Quote by Richard Corliss

Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.

— Anonymous

Irony is the birth-pangs of the objective mind (based upon the misrelationship, discovered by the I , between existence and the idea of existence).…

— Soren Kierkegaard

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 qualification of subjectivity.

— Soren Kierkegaard

Sometimes I think that no situation actually fits the technical definition of irony, and that the word just sort of hangs out in the…

— Mike Duncan

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

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

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

People are always saying, 'You use irony,' and it's like, actually, we don't use irony: we use wit and playfulness and irreverence.

— Giles Deacon

The trouble with talking about irony is, it's such a slippery thing that the second you start talking about it, you're a better example…

— Daniel Handler

I don't like irony and sarcasm very much. But I do like it when you think someone is telling you a joke, and then…

— Jens Lekman

Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument.

— Rufus Choate