Quotes About Sarcasm

Yes, I will promise you anything your little elector heart desires... Of course, I have no intention of keeping any promise I make.

She laughed with thrilling scorn. Sophisticated-God, I'm sophisticated!

she laughed with thrilling scorn. 'Sophisticated—God, I'm sophisticated!

To dodge the rules and say useless things sums up the essentially modern attitude.

Feed the lettuce to the bunny and eat the bunny.

Smartphones. Who cares? Smartphones. I only have dummy phones.

I don't know why I ever come in here. The flies get the best of everything.

A lot of people say to me, 'Why did you kill Christ?' I dunno, it was one of those parties, got out of hand, you know.

Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy.

Rather than setting yourself a New Year's resolution, why not simply pick a reason for hating yourself for the next 365 days? Takes less time, and it's easier to stick to.

Northern Irish people tend to have this sharp, dark sense of humour.

Comedy tends to come out of things which are quite painful and serious.

I never said I'm not a feminist! I wrote one column where I was being sarcastic, and I called myself a 'wombist'. Now which sane person would say that 'wombist' is a better term than feminist? I was being sarcastic, and perhaps it was my fault in not getting the point across as clearly as I would have liked to. I don't think there's any doubt.

'Arab Labor' was light, snappy. We got emotional over things, but from a safe place, from the terrace.

I remember when humor was gentle pokes. I used to call it 'arm around the shoulder' humor. Now they go for the jugular and they take no prisoners. It's mean, mean stuff.

You are ill? No. Just Stupid. Ah. Nothing new there. Well, you haven't died from that so far.

People say satire is dead. It's not dead; it's alive and living in the White House.

What are you doing here?" All right, he was standing in front of an easel, holding a paint palette and brush. "Taxidermy?" he responded with just a touch of his own sarcasm.

I will take care of that, sir. I will take care of that, sir, Jonas mimicked in a cruel, sarcastic voice. I will do whatever you like, sir. I will kill people, sir. Old people? Small new born people? I'd be happy to kill them, sir. Thank you for your instructions, sir. How may I help y- He couldn't seem to stop.

Am I horny enough to hump a bedpost? Mica asked. Not quite yet. Should I consult with you first, Doctor? Sarcasm lay thick and heavy in her voice. I believe a consult would be a good idea. Ely nodded with mocking solemnity as Mica lifted herself onto the gurney. You never know what you may end up hurting if the act isn't done properly.

Me, I got patted down! I felt rather flattered that he thought I could have an AK-47 concealed in my pants leg or a bomb strapped to my Wal-Mart bra.

This is what happened in love. One of you cried a lot and then both of you grow sarcastic.

She colored angrily, but took no other notice of that girlish sarcasm, and answered with unexpected amiability... It shall be as you please, Mrs. Chester. I'll give up my place here at once, and attend to the flowers, if you like.

Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, a bespectacled Republican with a grizzled beard, who was born in Concord, Massachusetts, and attended Harvard College and Law School. A former member of the Free-Soil Party, an upright gentleman of starchy integrity, he had served on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court where he used sarcasm to savage lesser mortals. "When on the bench," wrote an observer, "he was said to be unhappy because he could not decide against both litigants.