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Quotes About Contradiction

i find nothing more depressing than optimism.
~ Paul Fussell
I saw a bank that said '24 Hour Banking,' but I don't have that much time.
~ Steven Wright
Sometimes I... No, I don't.
~ Steven Wright
Smoking cures weight problems, eventually.
~ Steven Wright
God displayed a sense of humor when he configured the region between our legs an entertainment complex built around a sewage system.
~ Neil deGrasse Tyson
An honest politician is an oxymoron.
~ Mark Twain
The ironic humor comes from the distance between what we understand about ourselves and what is truly going on in ourselves.
~ Robert Olen Butler
Eggs! They're not a food, they belong in no group! They're just farts clothed in substance!
~ Dylan Moran
One evening I sat Beauty on my knees – And I found her bitter – And I reviled her.
~ Arthur Rimbaud
Nobody comes here anymore, its too crowded
~ Yogi Berra
The other day I ... no wait, that wasn't me.
~ Steven Wright
Why are a 'wise man' and a 'wiseguy' opposites?
~ George Carlin
Why do they call it the Department of Interior when they are in charge of everything outdoors?
~ Steven Wright
Humor is almost always anger with its make-up on.
~ Stephen King, Bag of Bones
I invented the cordless extension cord.
~ Steven Wright
Dentists tell you not to pick your teeth with any sharp metal object. Then you sit in their chair and the first thing they grab is an iron hook.
~ Bill Cosby
Comedy is the kindly contemplation of the incongruous.
~ P. G. Wodehouse
I put hardwood floors on top of wall-to-wall carpet.
~ Steven Wright
I have a beard. Just not on my face.
~ Craig Ferguson
Sun is bad for you. Everything our parents said was good is bad. Sun, milk, red meat...college,
~ Woody Allen
It's funny when people say something is "unreal" about something that is, in reality, real. I'm so guilty of it, it's real!
~ Ethan Luck
You can't have it both ways. Either I'm Irish and can talk, or I'm a man and I can't.
~ Kathy Bryson, Fighting Mad
Anyone who is considered funny will tell you, sometimes without even your asking, that deep inside they are very serious, neurotic, introspective people.
~ Wendy Wasserstein
Oh, come on! Nobody's favorite color is BROWN!
~ Lee Blessing