Quotes About Irony

The Parisian is of all men the most sophisticated. Paris is a city of realists, unaffected by sentimentality; a city of industry and thrift; a city of irony, but rarely of laughter, of wit but never or humour, of superficial intolerance and yet of people who regard the rest of the world with more or less amiable contempt.

Every man is a prisoner, and the greatest irony of all is to be the prisoner of another man.

The great irony of the Boudreau story is that the formal judicial system constantly scolded the accused for 'taking the law into their own hands' without ever recognizing that the accused had repeatedly and unsuccessfully tried to persuade the authorities to deal with Phillip. The root causes of the tragedy include a systemic failure of the legal system itself.

Would you really have...?" said Julien. "Almost certainly," I said. "I have deep-seated problems with authority figures." "But you are one!" "I know! I can only assume the universe has a really mean sense of humour.

You know, sometimes I swear the whole universe runs on irony.

The Benders had died in a helicopter explosion but were otherwise in perfect health.

Royal Young's writing is that rare blend of irony and beauty.

He was mad, and for that, we have reason to be glad. A truly savage irony, on which it is discomforting to dwell.

Strange, when you come to think of it, that of all the countless folk who have lived before our time on this planet not one is known in history or in legend as having died of laughter.

My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the world.

He led his regiment from behind—He found it less exciting.

the ironic point of view is sometimes the only legitimate way to interpret the reality we live in.

Ah, sweet pity. Where would my love life be without it?

I love poking fun at myself. I have a rather mean sense of humor.

Objection, evasion, joyous distrust, and love of irony are signs of health; everything absolute belongs to pathology.

I love consumerism, TV culture, shopping malls. There's nothing I'd ever buy, but I like being there. It's wacky.

I love horses and I only ask-don't let me know which one we are eating today.

It is so beautifully ironic that St. Francis - the great lover of animals - is now a pigeon's target in countless yards.

I have fooled life and life has fooled me. We are quits. I say good-bye. Think sometimes in the hour of happiness of your poor, comical fool who loved you truly and so well.

Love, your own witch-daughter, Queen of the Mirror and the Highest Protector of Irony

It is an irony that the more possessive you are, the more love you demand, the less you receive, while the more freedom you give, the less you demand, the more love you will receive.

Thank you for nothing.

Then there was a man who said, 'I never knew what real happiness was until I got married; by then it was too late'

The very thing that attracts you to someone can end up putting you off.