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Quotes About Irony

For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lillies that fester smell far worse than weeds.
~ William Shakespeare
In jest, there is truth.
~ William Shakespeare
A little more than kin, a little less than kind.
~ William Shakespeare
For what says Quinapalus? Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
~ William Shakespeare
thy wit is a very bitter sweeting; it is a most sharp sauce.
~ William Shakespeare
Were't not for laughing, I should pity him.
~ William Shakespeare
Still better, and worse.
~ William Shakespeare
This wimpled, whining, purblind, wayward boy, this Senior Junior, giant dwarf...Cupid.
~ William Shakespeare
I marvel your ladyship takes delight in such a barren rascal. I saw him put down the other day with an 80   ordinary fool that has no more brain than a stone. Look you now, he's out of his guard already; unless you laugh and minister occasion to him, he is gagged. I protest I take these wise men, that crow so at these set kind of fools, no better than the fools' zanies.
~ William Shakespeare
Merely, thou art death's fool, For him thou labor'st by thy flight to shun, And yet run'st toward him still.
~ William Shakespeare
That I chose Independence Day as the moment to strike was of course a piece of deliberate irony.
~ William Styron
An old battleax of a woman said to Winston Churchill, If you were my husband I would put poison in your tea. Churchill's response, Ma'am if you were my wife I would drink it.
~ Winston S. Churchill
?ycie pisze najbardziej oryginalne, najbardziej komiczne a jednocze?nie najbardziej dramatyczne scenariusze.
~ Wis?awa Szymborska
PoszedÅ'em do modnego sklepu Ostende i kupiÅ'em parÄ™ bucików ?óÅ'tych, które okazaÅ'y siÄ™ za ciasne. WróciÅ'em wiÄ™c do sklepu i wymieniÅ'em tÄ™ parÄ™ na innÄ…, tego samego fasonu i numeru i w ogóle identycznÄ… pod ka?dym wzglÄ™dem, która okazaÅ'a siÄ™ równie ciasna. Bywa, i? sobÄ… zdumiewam siebie.
~ Witold Gombrowicz
Przypatrzcie siÄ™ ich zdaniom, które przygniatajÄ… terminologiÄ… dernier cri, gdy ich budowa, znakowanie, poprawno?? gramatyczna, bywa pod zdechÅ'ym Medorem. WspaniaÅ'y krawat, brudna koszula.
~ Witold Gombrowicz
Why did the chicken cross the road? there already was a chicken on this side of the road.
~ Wolfgang Pauli
I'd never join a club that would allow a person like me to become a member.
~ Woody Allen
How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?
~ Woody Allen
I'd call him a sadistic, hippophilic necrophile, but that would be beating a dead horse.
~ Woody Allen
Sun is bad for you. Everything our parents said was good is bad. Sun, milk, red meat...college
~ Woody Allen
My luck is getting worse and worse. Last night, for instance, I was mugged by a Quaker.
~ Woody Allen
If I got a paper cut, that's a tragedy. If you fell down an open manhole and died, that's comedy.
~ Woody Allen
O'Rouke'un orada bir bira içerken olanlar?n bir muhasebesini yapmaya çal??t?m. İşler kar???kt?. Sokrates intihar etmiÅŸti... Ya da öyle olduÄŸunu söylüyorlard?. İsa öldürülmüÅŸtü. Nietzsche ise delirmiÅŸti. EÄŸer yukar?da biri varsa bile kimsenin bunu bilmesini istemiyor gibiydi.
~ Woody Allen
Justo castigo Un maleficio, eso es. Cuando dos personas se aman y tienen que separarse por culpa de una aberración casi cómica, ¿qué otra cosa puede ser?
~ Woody Allen