Irony Quotes
Irony Quote of the day
Who else but me is ever going to read these letters?
Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
It is bound to be a failure, every book is a failure, but I do know with some clarity what kind of book I want to write.
Hard times' is a phrase the English love to use, when speaking of Africa. And it is easy to forget that Africa's 'hard times' were made harder by them.
In Paris they just simply opened their eyes and stared when we spoke to them in French! We never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language.
But you see, a rich country like America can perhaps afford to be stupid.
You would compliment a coxcomb doing a good act, but you would not praise an angel.
O masses, o masses! When will you assume the image and likeness of your avant-garde?
Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn’t really hurt.
I hardly think that any Socialist, nowadays, would seriously propose that an inspector should call every morning at each house to see that each citizen rose up and did manual labour for eight hours.
Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.
You ought to be ironical the minute you get out of bed. You ought to wake up with your mouth full of pity.
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I paid, got up, walkedto the door, openedit.I heard the mansay, "that guy'snuts."out on the street Iwalked northfeelingcuriouslyhonored.
How unfortunate, considering I have decided to loathe him for eternity
Sometimes, the embers are better then the campfire. It's strange, but it's true.
How strange it was to think that he, who such a short time ago dared not believe in the happiness of her loving him, now felt unhappy because she loved him too much!
I hope I know my own unworthiness, and that I hate and despise myself and all my fellow-creatures as every practicable Christian should.
In the center lay the exploded carcass of a lonely sperm whale that hadn't lived long enough to be disappointed with its lot.
I didn't know who tobelievebutone thing I doknow: when a man islivingmany claim relationshipsthat are hardlysoand after he dies, well, then it's everybody'sparty.
That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit.
He had had much experience of physicians, and said 'the only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd druther not'.
Maugham then offers the greatest advice anyone could give to a young author: "At the end of an interrogation sentence, place a question mark. You'd be surprised how effective it can be.
O, wonder!How many goodly creatures are there here!How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in't!
The list could surely go on, and there is nothing more wonderful than a list, instrument of wondrous hypotyposis.
Ironic. I'm here because of my inherent dangerousness, but it's my inherent politeness that makes me put up with this. With him.
Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony.
Even if that were true, it wouldn't be irony, " Lucas pointed out. "Irony is the contrast between what's said and what happens.
To paraphrase Oedipus, Hamlet, Lear, and all those guys, "I wish I had known this some time ago.
Whatever you are, do not even assume that you will be surrounded and gnawed by luxurious worms of an exquisite breed.
Irony cleans away all those secret stains. Irony is the path that leads safely back to official realities.
Irony serves as an alibi for a fetish.
If she's really psychic, " Zack said when he saw Tanisha's photo at school, "why does she need a doorbell?
How ya doin'?' I always think, What kind of a question is that?, and I always reply, 'A bit early to tell.
