Irony Quotes

There is no greater cruelty than a genius stumbling over something idiotic.

Every misogynist came out of a woman.

It seemed ironic to her that women were considered far too meek for the morbidity of war, and yet a child could give their life in a battle they did not even understand.

Will 2015 ever be noted as the year Ebola was decisively downgraded from a lurid horror meme to just one of many commonly treatable diseases?

Be extremely careful when using irony: bear in mind that irony might be an overture for sarcasm

You know? Ain’t it ironic how we live our entire lives without the luxury of time, only to spend an eternity in death.

Diamonds are intriscally worthless.

Be extremely careful when using irony: bear in mind that irony might bean overture for sarcasm.

When did I start feeling so safe with him? I guess knowing that my friends wouldn’t set me up with some psycho criminal helps.

When people say there is no place like home, the first to agree are the homeless.

The worst way to drown is in mainstream.

The ironist is ironical not because he does not care, but because he cares too much.

Suddenly, she employed those very English weapons: devious good manners and a rapid change of subject.

You say ‘cure.’ I hear ‘you’re not human enough.

I didn't think that Herefordshire Social Services would be best pleased about me dumping a poorly socialised pre-teen with mind control powers on them.

There are fascinating possibilities in this situation. I'd get it down on paper if I were you.

How many times do I have to tell you? We are not gangsters!

Put a tiger on your tank

There is nothing worse then being surrounded by a bunch of people telling you to do what is right, when they can't define that definition, without a lot of hatred and judgment behind it.

Metaphysics in philosophy is, of course, supposed to characterize what is real - literally real. The irony is that such a conception of the real depends upon unconscious metaphors.

It is so hard to talk with John about my case, because he is so wise, and because he loves me so.

The more people I am with, Dorrigo thought, the more alone I feel.

... the novel, arguably the author's best, had a disquieting power, like a sleeping crocodile.

Marcus and Ellie exchanged a worried look and examined the bag again. Sure enough, the gold was gone.

I think you'll find that I'm qualified to deal with practically everything, if I choose. That last part, of course, is essential. --Devyn DuChien

Regretfully, but I have to admit that A. Einstein was right. -''Who?''. Oh, there was such a guy...

Sixty years of virginity tried in vain to dam the waters of instinct as they burst through the granite of good intentions, the rock of irreproachablee conduct.

Frankly speaking, I'm not afraid of death. I don't endeavour to avert its advent. But I don't want to be a witness of it.

I got this to say. You're acting like a crowd of kids.

Sometimes, to fix something, you need to completely ruin something else

Kemp: I demonstrated conclusively this morning that invisibility--I.M: Never mind what YOU'VE DEMONSTRATED!--I'm starving, said the voice, and the night is--chilly for a man without clothes.

She trailed her fingers along the book spines as she wandered around the room. “My father thinks reading is a waste of time.” Hunter thought her father was a waste of space.

I actually feel quite self-indulgent at the moment, telling you all about me, me, me.(...) On the other hand, you're a human -you should understand self obsession.

The irony was not lost on any of us that despite the theme there was a robot on the throne.

Life is full of little ironies, but it's also pockmarked with some the size of that big rock in Australia.

Her beauty was a weapon. A loaded gun, with the barrel pointed at her own head.

When you raise the most valid of points, you will be grazed by the most hollow of souls, and the most vacant of personages.

Diamond is the hardest substance, but the Irony, it is also brittle.

I've often heard it said, a preacherMight learn, with a comedian for a teacher.

[sic] his reaction was a sign of civilization. Nobody reaches for a gun anymore, just for his lawyer.

The newly-minted captain is told to let nothing stop him but to do nothing that would risk his ship or his crew.

And now none of it could be undone. That was the exquisite irony: the act that had undone everything could not itself be undone.

I wonder if the highlighter was highlight of the career for the person who invented it?

Peace ain't worth fighting for.

I do love irony. It’s so…complicated and coincidental.

We are dancing on our irony as upon the top of glowing sparks.

I had made a friend. My second one in fourteen years. I was on a roll

In the grounds of the château was a churchsaid to date from the year 1000, and he went to look at it, but he had never really understood what people saw in oldchurches.

In the grounds of the château was a church said to date from the year 1000, and he went to look at it, but he had never really understood what people saw in old churches.

She feels "Brutal Dynasty" actually may become the Great American Novel she and her fellow critics have been looking for so long.