Quotes About Sarcasm

Why," swore Yossarian at him approvingly, "you evil-eyed, mechanicallyaptituded, disaffiliated son of a bitch, did you walk around with anything in your cheeks?

Oh, don't you worry about that," Yossarian comforted him with a toneless snicker as the engines of the jeeps and ambulance fractured the drowsy silence and the vehicles in the rear began driving away backward.

but Yossarian had proof, because strangers he didn't know shot at him with cannons every time he flew up into the air to drop bombs on them, and it wasn't funny at all. And if that wasn't funny, there were lots of things that weren't even funnier.

And if that wasn't funny, there were lots of things that weren't even funnier.

Only the good die dumb.

A brain the size of a planet," said Aristide, "and you're as fucked by Sartre as the rest of us.

What do you think you're doing?" she asks, hands on her hips. Her lips quiver a bit as she speaks, though, and I get the distinct impression she's trying not to laugh. I sigh, used to being falsely accused of wrongdoing by my naturally suspicious parents. "I fell." I attempt to shrug my shoulders, but they don't move. "And now I'm stuck," I add.

Especially when the original critique is sharply worded, the reply and the rejoinder are often exercises in what I have called sarcasm for beginners and advanced sarcasm.

D. T. Suzuki, the eminent scholar of Zen Buddhism, one day made this sarcastic comment on the Christian tradition to his friends, American mythologist Joseph Campbell and psychoanalyst Carl Jung: "Nature against Man, Man against Nature; God against Man, Man against God; God against Nature, Nature against God; very funny religion!

To Pakistan? Or Afghanistan? Or Wherever-the-fuck-istan?

My mom was sarcastic about men. She would tell me Adam was the rough draft and Eve was the final product. She was a feminist minister, an earth mom who wore a bra only on Sundays.

User, n. The word computer professionals use when they mean "idiot."

The most valuable function performed by the federal government is entertainment.

LEO: We're the last to leave. BARKEEP: Ahuhrumhuh...koff, koff, humn... LEO: Do you think he wants us to leave? KAREN: No, no, probably just a bit of sarcasm gone down the wrong way.

"Don't Kid Yourself" would be the greatest brand name for birth control pills.

Minho snickered and leaned back in his chair. "Man, you are one butt-load of sunshine, let me tell you.

Thomas jabbed a thumb over his shoulder and raised his eyebrows. "You met our new friend?" Miho responded, a smirk flashing across his face. "Real piece of work, this guy. I gotta get me one of those shuck suits. Fancy stuff." "Am I awake?" Thomas asked. "You're awake. Now eat—you look horrible. Almost as bad as Rat Man over there, reading his book.

Yeah, you're a regular Mozart...well, except for the whole music thing.

And he still has clothes on, which means it couldn't have burned his skin in too many places. He'll be fine." "Yeah, good that," Newt replied with a sarcastic chuckle. "Remind me not to hire you as my buggin' doctor anytime soon.

maybe its all gonna be over" "Yeah, right." Minho said. "And Frypan's gonna start having little babies, Winston'll get rid of his monster acne, and Thomas here'll actually smile for once

Sorry I'm so brilliant," Michael said. " 'Tis a burden I must bear.

John: "Poor John. Who says poor John? Don't everybody sob at once! My God, if I went up in flames there's not a living soul who'd pee on me to put the fire out!" Richard: "Let's strike a flint and see.

Hard at work on a new one, huh? What's this one called?" "A Feast of Souls." "A Feast of Souls," Ben said. "Classy." I slowed, unsure whether or not I had detected a hint of sarcasm in my neighbor's tone.

Granting our wish is one of Fate's saddest jokes.