Quotes About Irony

The irony about Charles II is not that he came to the throne because England needed a successor to Charles I, but because England needed a successor to Oliver Cromwell.

I want to write a book which is the history of comedy.

Somewhere, something incredible happened in history - the wrong guys won.

It is one of history's greatest ironies that, over the centuries, the pursuit of pleasure has resulted in more pain than enjoyment.

Fun-run" indeed,what a misnomer. That'd be like saying "calm gremlin" or "pleasant hag." Or 'entertaining history textbook.

Sometimes, when I'm feeling down because nothing seems to be going right, I like to take a home pregnancy test. Then I can say, 'Hey, at least I'm not pregnant.'

As the world gets dumber and dumber, I feel more and more at home.

Honesty and unpopular opinions are the toughest sell in a country with an irony-deficiency.

When I swore that you're getting more and more beautiful everyday. Well, I was only kidding, honey.

Satire today has become a flat 'tyre'.

Come on in girls, and leave all hope behind.

I hope the Vandals had thorns in their sandals

I don't know who St. Valentine was, but I hope he died alone, surrounded by couples.

My dad is so unique in what he does. It's not like I'm taking a torch from him and doing his thing. I hope I've carried from him a little bit of a sense of irony, a little bit of a wink.

Humanity adores only those who cause it to perish.

Well, there are times when one would like to hang the whole human race and finish the farce.

It is the height of irony to prejudge someone of prejudice.

Yesterday I accidentally hit a little kid with my car. It wasn't serious — nobody saw me.

If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?

I have a rare form of body dysmorphia in which I absolutely can't stand how good I look.

All humor is rooted in pain.

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.