Irony Quotes

Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Time Good Great Paradox Irony Same Same Time Form
Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony. Lionel Trilling
Impossible Humor Weapon More Generate Than Revolutionary Irony Little Ever
I love irony. Lydia Millet
Love Irony
'Friends' is easy to dismiss, but it's really good television - the art with which those actors play with comedy shouldn't be denigrated. And they also know how to play irony, which I think a lot of English actors might find quite difficult. Marianne Elliott
Art Good Comedy Difficult Think Those Television Easy Find Know Also How Lot Friends Irony Quite Which Might Really Dismiss English Actor Play
There are elements of irony in my work, of course. Martin Parr
Work Course Irony Elements
I'm most interested in finding the strangeness and irony in reality. That's my forte. Mary Ellen Mark
Reality Finding Most Irony Interested Forte Strangeness
One of the hardest things I've encountered whilst working on 'Pippin' is the consistent irony, as a reflection from the core material of the show, within my own life. Matthew James Thomas
Life Reflection Own Consistent My Own Within Material Encountered Irony Whilst Working Show Hardest Things Core
From my point of view, humour and irony include tragedy; they're two sides of the same coin. Maurizio Cattelan
Humour Sides Point Point Of View Tragedy Irony Same View Include Two Coin
That's the irony in the work: the best stories are the worst things that happen. My best times were somebody else's worst. Michael Connelly
Work Best Somebody Else Worst Were Times Irony Happen Stories Things
With obvious irony, many of the left-leaning privacy advocates who might cheer Apple's stand against the government's intrusion into its system, are now, as transparency advocates, on the side of the leakers of the Panama Papers. Michael Wolff
Government Privacy Side Papers System Intrusion Cheer Obvious Advocate Irony Against Might Stand Transparency Who Many Now Apple Panama
With silent films, you're better off avoiding irony, because the spectator is your accomplice. It's this pact that leads to emotion being created. Michel Hazanavicius
You Better Films Silent Better Off Emotion Leads Because Accomplice Off Irony Being Pact Created Your Avoiding Spectator
Henry Blodget does occasionally have a new idea. If you're making a point about aggregation or the emptiness of modern journalism, he's far from the best target. Try Huffpo - or Gawker writers whose souls have been corroded by irony. Nick Denton
Best You Try About Point Writers He Idea Journalism New Occasionally Emptiness Does Souls Making New Idea Been Target Irony Modern Far Whose Henry
By an irony of fate, my first employment was as a draughtsman. I hated drawing; it was for me the very worst of annoyances. Fortunately, it was not long before I secured the position I sought, that of chief electrician to the telephone company. Nikola Tesla
Me Fate Long First Before Telephone Worst Drawing Secured Hated Employment Sought Very Chief Irony Fortunately Electrician Company Position
In the works of Duchamp, space begins to walk and take on form; it becomes a machine that spins arguments and philosophizes; it resists movement with delay and delay with irony. Octavio Paz
Walk Space Delay Argument Machine Take Becomes Duchamp Begins Irony Movement Form Works
I adore jokes. They're a theatrical contrivance, but the irony of all fiction is that you approach reality by avoiding it a bit; you spoof it a bit. Paul Morrissey
You Jokes Reality Approach Bit Adore Spoof Irony Fiction Theatrical Avoiding
I think people under age 55 come to Vegas with a certain sense of irony. Penn Jillette
Age People Sense Think Vegas Come Irony Certain
You know, there's a real irony in U.S. assistance programs. First of all, I think it's misnamed. We're not so much trying to help people as we're trying to help ourselves. So let's be clear about this. So these are - in my view, they're cold calculations of national security and not aid programs. Richard Armitage
You People First National Think Aid Cold Programs Ourselves Security About Clear Calculations Know First Of All Real Trying National Security Irony Much View Help Help People Assistance
United Nations peacekeepers are going all over the world spreading AIDS even while they're trying to bring peace. What a supreme irony. Richard Holbrooke
Peace World United Nations AIDS Over Supreme Spreading Trying Irony Going Nations While Even United Bring
Here's an irony of the history of conservatism's relationship with business and business's relationship with conservatism: 'Wall Street' used to be the right-wing industrialists of the forties and fifties' greatest term of derision. (Wall Street was the place that humiliated them by forcing them, hat in hand, to beg for capital). Rick Perlstein
Relationship History Business Forcing Conservatism Humiliated Right-Wing Hat Term Greatest Hand Beg Wall Wall Street Irony The History Of Place Them Capital Fifties Forties Derision Used Street Here
Irony is the recourse of the weak-minded wimp, I think. I hate bands that deliver their songs with knowing smiles on their faces, so that if those songs fall flat they can say 'Ah well, we never really meant it anyway.' It's so dishonest. Robert Smith
Hate Fall Think Say Those Faces Recourse Deliver Never Songs Knowing Smiles Well Bands Irony Dishonest Flat Anyway Really Meant
There's something about Vonnegut's deadpan irony that I really like. And I like Borges' puzzle structure. Ruth Ozeki
About Something Structure Puzzle Like Irony Really
Although my life is far from perfect, the irony is that in a divorced parent's custody schedule - with days on and days off - instead of like it was before, when I felt ragged and still oddly guilty all the time, now I feel guilty but not ragged. Sandra Tsing Loh
Life Time Custody My Life Before Guilty Parent Perfect Schedule Divorced Instead Feel Days Like Although Felt Still Oddly Off Irony Far Ragged Now
Which is a wonderful irony, I have property there. I go back every chance I get. One of the main reasons I actually wrote the book, agreed to write it having never wanted to do that in my life, very intimidating by the way to write a book. Sela Ward
Life Property Book Wonderful My Life Every Back Way Intimidating Having Write Main Never Wrote Go Very Get Irony Wanted Which Reasons Agreed Actually Every Chance Chance
You don't service a big, fun premise comedy and then shoot yourself in the foot with too much irony. You need the audience to invest in the fun and the warmth and generally care about the characters. Shawn Levy
Service You Yourself Comedy Care Too Much Big Too Characters About Invest Foot Generally Audience Shoot Irony Warmth Then Much Premise Fun Need
I was not interested in irony; I wanted to emphasize the primacy of the idea in making art. Sol LeWitt
Art Primacy Idea Emphasize Making Irony Wanted Not Interested Interested
The grand irony, however, is that Southern segregation was not brought to an end, nor redneck violence dramatically reduced, by violence. Stanley Crouch
Dramatically Brought Segregation Redneck Reduced However Nor End Southern Irony Grand Violence
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