Able Quote by Werner Herzog

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

— Maureen Johnson

Irony gives us, at little expense, the impression that we are experienced psychologists.

— Gaston Bachelard

Americans don't understand irony? I am an intelligent person living in the United States. My entire existence is ironic.

— Marc Maron

Irony is based on insecurity; people like to not like things because they don't understand them.

— Justin Vernon

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 embrace irony, but I do think it's a pre-existing condition; we manage it as best we can.

— Fred Tomaselli

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

— D.A. Wallach

I feel that there's hardly any irony in my work; if there's anything, there'll be sincerity, which people sometimes find hard to deal with.

— Patricia Piccinini

Irony can elude the genius among us, sometimes.

— Berkeley Breathed

There are elements of irony in my work, of course.

— Martin Parr

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