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Quotes About Irony

It's true that every time you hear a bell, an angel gets its wings. But what they don't tell you is that every time you hear a mouse trap snap, an angel gets set on fire.
~ Unknown
There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine.
~ p g wodehouse
You look like a talent scout for a cemetery.
~ Henny Youngman
My uncle's dying wish - he wanted me on his lap. He was in the electric chair.
~ Rodney Dangerfield
Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant? I'm halfway through my fish burger and I realize, Oh my God....I could be eating a slow learner.
~ Unknown
He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that he really is dead.
~ Voltaire
I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old age.
~ Voltaire
This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.
~ Arthur C Clarke
I was going to buy a copy of The Power of Positive Thinking, and then I thought: What the hell good would that do?
~ Ronnie Shakes
Our comedies are not to be laughed at.
~ Samuel Goldwyn
Have you noticed that all the people in favour of birth control are already born?
~ Benny Hill
You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named 'Bush', 'di..', and 'Colon'.
~ Chris Rock
When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.
~ Henry Youngman
The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill.
~ Peter Ustinov
I'm as pure as the driven slush.
~ Tallulah Bankhead
Breasts like granite and a brain like swiss cheese.
~ Billy Wilder
If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living asking 'Do you want fries with that?'
~ John Cleese
While he was talking at Baylor University, President Bush said, Times are kind of tough. He also pointed out that Bill Gates is kind of rich, that water is kind of wet, and that Elvis is kind of dead.
~ Unknown
Joan Collins unfortunately can't be with us tonight. She's busy attending the birth of her next husband.
~ Unknown
In the end, everything is a gag.
~ Charlie Chaplin
If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the Up button.
~ Sam Levenson
Good taste and humour...are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.
~ Malcolm Muggeridge
There's terrific merit in having no sense of humour, no sense of irony, practically no sense of anything at all. If you're born with these so-called defects you have a very good chance of getting to the top.
~ Peter Cook
Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.
~ Will Rogers