Cynicism Quote by Thomas Hardy

“He assumed a manner that could be called circular irony. Everything he said, he said in quotes, with an artificial, exaggerated emphasis, and with…

— Stanisław Lem

“Irony alone is damning. The flesh will be bland and you will believe you are forever reading the same book.”

— Anne Garréta

“Irony sucks, you know?" Roger nodded. "That it does. Safely confined to the pages of novels, it's an interesting rhetorical device; encountered loose in…

— John Langan

“Irony is a treacherous servant; unless it's very carefully watched over, it has a tendency to expose the foolishness of its apparent master.”

— Mark O'Connell

“The literal mind can never understand the ironic mind.”

— Christopher Hitchens

“I think this goes more to the idea of 'relentless irony' than 'divine providence.”

— Donna Tartt

“He would have considered it ironic that, the more men discovered the insignificance of their planet, the more highly they would rate themselves, all…

— John Charles Pollock

“high-fiving one another without evident irony.”

— Meg Wolitzer

“ Your favorite virtue? An appreciation for irony.”

— Christopher Hitchens

“His very regard for truth melts at last into a perversion of truth.”

— George Dangerfield

“Irony, like sin, never rests.”

— Michael Bunker

“Irony cleans away all those secret stains. Irony is the path that leads safely back to official realities.”

— Geoffrey Wall