#irony

Read through the most famous quotes by topic #irony




The fool's crime is the crime that is found out and the wise man's crime is the crime that is not found out.


Wilkie Collins


#reality #irony

Irony has only emergency use. Carried over time it is the voice of the trapped who have come to enjoy their cage.


Lewis Hyde


#alcohol

His name is Christian,” he calls back. “Can you believe that? We came all this way so Clara could save a guy named Christian.” “I’m aware of the irony.


Cynthia Hand


#clara #jeffrey #irony

Whoever named Himmel Street certainly had a healthy sense of irony. Not that is was a living hell. It wasn't. But is sure as hell wasn't heaven, either.


Markus Zusak


#irony

When Maimonides says that the Messiah will come but that 'he may tarry,' we see the origin of every Jewish shrug from Spinoza to Woody Allen.


Christopher Hitchens


#irony #judaism #maimonides #messiah #woody-allen

There's nothing wrong with giving up all your principles for a suitable financial reward. It is indeed the basis of our society.


Manny Rayner


#sociology #irony

It is the oldest ironies that are still the most satisfying: man, when preparing for bloody war, will orate loudly and most eloquently in the name of peace.


Alan Moore


#peace #war #irony

So, now I've been to see a drug counselor who told me I need to lay off the drugs and talk about my feelings, and a shrink who heard what I had to say and immediately put me on drugs.


Libba Bray


#irony #irony

[startling Giles by walking in on him singing] (Spike) You know, for someone who's got "Watcher" on his résumé, you might wanna cast an eye to the front door every now and again.


Doug Petrie


#humour #irony #snark #irony

God hides the fires of hell within paradise.


Paulo Coelho


#god #hell #irony #paradise #paulo-coelho