1,034 Quotes About Irony

I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.

The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do you know what I'm getting at? People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues....[But] we accept irony through a device called metaphor. And through that we grow and become deeper human beings.

And, conversely, she went on to herself, sneering at the Grand Duke's palace, poverty is wasted on the poor, who never know how to make the best of things, are only the rich without money, are just as useless at looking after themselves, can't handle their cash just like the rich can't, always squandering it on bright, pretty, useless things in just the same way.

Scriptures, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.

The irony of life is that those who wear masks often tell us more truths than those with open faces.

I paid, got up, walkedto the door, openedit.I heard the mansay, "that guy'snuts."out on the street Iwalked northfeelingcuriouslyhonored.

People who didn't need people needed people around to know that they were the kind of people who didn't need people.

What a refreshing mind you have, young man. There really is nothing quite like total ignorance, is there?

Some people do not afford a healthy diet and lifestyle because of their health insurance.