Irony Quotes

I would never dream of killing an excellent tailor, not even to keep a secret that could endanger my life.

I'd know if I wasn't fully human, wouldn't I? Wouldn't there be some sort of sign, pointed ears or wings or something like that?--Meghan Chase

You ought to give up detecting and try fantasy writing, Strike

Funny, though, I don't feel too bad.

To condemn slavery was one thing—that I could do in my own individual heart—but female ministers!

There is at least one advantage to being an Indonesian citizen: With this country's expanse of land and even greater expanse of sea, it's not difficult finding space for one's grave.

Wouldn't it be ironic if everyone who got a radio up and running just sat around waiting for everyone else to transmit a message?

Doakes had a first name! It was Albert - had anyone ever really called him that? Unthinkable. I had assumed his name was Sergeant.

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

It's funny how a person can be right all the time and still be wrong.

Oh - a diamond ring - and Rhett, do buy a great big one!

Haw! Haw! Inconceivable stupidity is just what you're going to get! (Brigadier-General Henry Wilson, on being challenged in 1910 about the likelihood of a European war)

All of which does not alter the fact that Pnin was on the wrong train.

Crazy things seem normal, normal things seem crazy.

The Lethean Library, for all its incalculable volumes, is, I know, sadly incomplete without Mr. Goodman's effort.

There's no such thing as an ex-marine.

You have to understand, having a good time is not my idea of having a good time.

Ridiculous, " he said breathlessly. "You ought to give up detecting and try fantasy writing.

I hear Mr. Palmer tell Hannah that it was an electrical fault. Five arsonists in one school and it ends up being something so technically boring.

...You know, one good apple can spoil the rest, ” Colonel Korn concluded with conscious irony.

General Peckem even recommends that we send our men into combat in full-dress uniform so they'll make a good impression on the enemy when they're shot down".

Put something new on the table and everyone wants a piece of it.

I'll hide it on the Internet

So your High Priest and Sacerdote propose to kill Death.” Edroc

I think the main function of contemporary irony is to protect thespeaker from being interpreted as naive or sentimental.

So we came to say hello. To the world’s grouchiest person. Because that’s such fun.

I got mixed up with some oddness in my youth, and the long and short of it is that I can't shuffle off this mortal coil until I have read the ten most boring classics.

She talks about how she can't exercise because of the ailments-a bad back, sore knees, breathing difficulties-all caused by her weight gain.

The worst thing about irony for me is that it attenuates emotion.

Oh, I’m sorry. Did you want a fan club? You are right. I loved the movie, and you were perfect in it, you were absolutely amazing. Definitely Oscar material.

Irony and hip ennui are extremely authoritarian.

I scrupulously hide every legitimate reason for people to hate me, and it turns out they don’t need legitimate reasons. Heaven has fashioned a knife of irony to stab me with.

Acceptable hypocrisy is often called politeness.

I live in my mind, such that whatever destroys me shall be a creature of my own invention.

I’m not sure how people drink out of skulls, ” Jinx added. Calvin had too many holes in him to make a good cup.

You're worse than decent. You're virtuous.

Good judgment comes by way of experience, which comes of bad judgment.

It wasn't long after the discovery of modern anesthesia that people began to die of it.

Mundane, boring stories--not interesting ones--are the ideal in an operating room.

War pacifies itself.

Do not pollute my perfectly acceptable figurative speech with irrelevant facts!

Once you hold the hand of Death, the only thing in life that can scare you is a sense of humor.

I'm not saying you're weak, but you brawl like a couple of girls having a pillow fight.

A united front announcing a split.

The Cinderella story in reverse. I only wish there were ashes in the fireplace so I could order you to sweep them out.

My momma always said, 'You and Elvis are pretty good, but y'all ain't no Chuck Berry.

Seven pillars of wisdom propping the roof of the temple. Always remember what there's beyond the pillars.

Reword and its an Innovation. Irony

Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.

You are a book being read every moment, By someone or the other, Though only in parts! But, you are extremely safe, Rather, unfortunate For no one has ever read the entire book!