Irony Quotes

As the ironist does not have the new within his power, it might be asked how he destroys the old, and to this it must be answered: he destroys the given actuality by the given actuality itself.

As learnèd commentators viewIn Homer more than Homer knew.

As soon as they leave, Leon says to me: "I disagree, sir. There are people who aren't insane, and I'm one of them. People who generalize are mentally ill.

And yet Praecursoris is not punished the same way, only because it is not practical, and he is needed for breeding?

What is all this? Get him out of here, devil take me!” And that one, imagine, smiles and says: “Devil take you? That, in fact, can be done!” And—bang!

The whole damn century would've made more sense backwards. Where we ended is worse than where we began.

I have associated myself with failed scientists in order to associate myself with failed irony. ("Metier: Why I Don't Write Like Franz Kafka")

Irony of the day: arthritis medication with a cap that old people can't get off, because of their arthritis.

Imagine the wizened quality of a life blanched of contradiction and double standard.p 44

Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him.

While appreciating the beauty around her, Eden considered the darkness that lay ahead.

Scary discovery of the day: Most people who RT @yokoono's tweets do so without irony.

If we chose to refuse irony, we risk becoming irony's dupe.

i've heard this called st. peter's square, " arlene said. "but it isn't square. it's oval.

Nothing incites failure more than success.

He was notorious for cutting short extraneous verbiage from over-loquacious barristers".

We think, therefore we should make everyone think what we think.

But stronger and brighter than any other was his mate bond with Lana. She was in every beat of his heart, the very fire in his blood. How could anyone have ever doubted his feelings for her?

Do you get the irony?Who is now talking about, who ain't serious?Oh, we gonna do that and that and that and that?… Yeah, yeah You just wanna trick me one more time….

There's something inherently comical about the fact that most people want to change other people's lives, while they themselves remain stoic as they loiter in their own shortcomings.

Silence gives notice to the music of the senses that would otherwise not be heard.

Understand yourself, accept yourself, but do not be yourself.

I'm not a slave, man. I just gotta sign out, say where I'm going, what time I'll be back and then I gotta sign back in.

The biggest irony in the history of India is the term, "Muslim Personal Law."Law of the land could never be personal.

Once upon a time...long ago in a far-off place that everyone knows is not here or now or us.

Irony can be tiresome when what you really need is a hug.

Those who meet objections to their forcing their religion on others with cries of 'Show respect!' clearly have no grasp of irony.

Some irony. The girl who couldn't face her own bullshit . . . suddenly forcing everyone else to.

Moxie gave me a small smile. "Why do you always say that- which here means?""I'll probably outgrow it, " I said.

And it never even occurs to them their certainty that they are different is what makes them the same.

The book didn't want to be copied?I should introduce it to the house that doesn't want any occupants.

Colorless green ideas sleep furiouslythree old owls on a chest of drawerswere screwingthe daughter of the doctor.But then the mother called them, colorless green ideas slepp furiously.

You said "Hi", I to be polite will say "Bye"!

Two examples of irony:...a cheap knock-off of a Chinese Ming vase…made in China....getting murdered in a graveyard.

Peter sank. "I'd give anything to see time.

How can you ask me to keep a secret... when you can't keep it yourself?

For I must tell you, gentle reader, that Geralt the Witcher was always a modest, prudent and composed man, with a soul as simple and uncomplicated as the shaft of a halberd.

The universe loves irony even more than it loves futility.

Mercy, how we do so often love to immortalize those despised and forgotten in life.

The old Televisions had an off switch.

irony is for a traveler while traveling, happiness increases as the distance increases.

If consultants followed their own advice, they wouldn't tell anyone.

Not every problem can be solved by you trying to get yourself killed.

What’s fair and what’s true often bear no resemblance to each other.

Every atom in your body spins and danceslike a bee around the queen, like a whirling dervish, like the stars spiraling in a galaxy.Yet why do you sit motionlessly watching Dancing With the Stars?

imagine there's no heaven..." he said. "Apparently someone is taking that personally.

There's always a 'she'. Isn't there?

You see, cancer is simply nature's way of making you want to die.'Tatsu.

The day terrorists realize there acts unite us, they might switch places with Politicians.

Good luck is abnormalbad luck is common