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Quotes About Irony

The fact Locke didn't die instantly may be taken as proof that a human male can survive having every last warm drop of blood within his body rush instantly to the vicinity of his cheeks.
~ Scott Lynch
I am utterly emboldened in my cowardice.
~ Scott Lynch
Liquor does this? Even after you're sober?" "A cruel joke, isn't it? The gods put a price tag on everything, it seems.
~ Scott Lynch
May they all be stricken with the screaming fire-shits." He sipped his
~ Scott Lynch
Oh...ow! Gods, Please. Ow! You said you...wouldn't kill me!" "And I meant it. I'm not going to kill you, you cabbage-brained twit. I'm just going to kick you until it stops feeling good!" "Ow! Agggh! Please! Aaaaow!" "I have to say, it's still pretty fascinating." "Aiiiah! Ow!" " Still enjoying myself." "Oooof! Agh!
~ Scott Lynch
A man is stumbling down the street with one foot on the curb and one foot in the gutter. A cop pulls up and says, "Mister, I've got to take you in. You're clearly drunk." The man asks, "Officer, are you absolutely sure I'm drunk?" "Yeah," the cop says, "I'm sure. Let's go." Obviously relieved, the man says, "Thanks a million, officer. I thought I was a cripple.
~ Scott McNeely
Anna is part of a generation that often seems frozen in place by their unreleting sense of irony. Virtually everything people believe in can be exposed as possessing laughable inconsistencies. And so they laugh. And stand still.
~ Scott Turow
At home in Ireland, there's a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure.
~ Seamus Heaney
One wife is too much for most husbands to bear, But two at a time there's no mortal can bear.
~ John Gay
It's sad and upsetting when you see somebody crying hysterically, but at the same time it's real funny.
~ Seth Green
It was ironic how love could awaken them to the wonders of the universe, while at the same time confine their attention to one another.
~ Alexandra Adornetto
I once got sacked for laughing ... mind you, I was driving a hearse at the time.
~ Bernard Manning
It's ironic: In movies, the most successful films of all time have been sci-fi or fantasy. By far. But a lot of people won't even read science fiction books.
~ David S. Goyer
What looks tragic might be comic on second consideration, and what is comic might bring tears in time.
~ Dean Koontz
I happen to like things that are funny and dramatic at the same time. I don't see the difference.
~ Drew Goddard
The irony of good customer service is that over time it will bring in more new customers than promotions and price slashing ever did!
~ Susan Ward
'Buried Alive' is a little scary, but also a comedy at the same time.
~ Tobin Bell
Some people have a perverse talent; they're capable of shooting themselves in the foot and stabbing themselves in the back at the exact same time.
~ Mardy Grothe
Hollywood is a place of great irony at all times.
~ Mark Canton
To place man properly at the present time, he stands somewhere between the angels and the French.
~ Mark Twain
Nature should have been pleased to have made this age miserable, without making it also ridiculous.
~ Michel de Montaigne
The source of all humor is not laughter, but sorrow.
~ Mark Twain
I take my only exercise acting as a pallbearer at the funerals of my friends who exercise regularly.
~ Mark Twain
Well, there are times when one would like to hang the whole human race and finish the farce.
~ Mark Twain