irony quotes

It is pretty ironic that the so-called ‚least advanced‘ people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us, while the richest and most powerful among us are the ones who are trying to drive the society to destruction.

I feel strange when I get applauded by people in power… because it’s obvious that it’s them I’m criticizing, but they can’t show that in front of the cameras. It’s quite funny sometimes.

There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor.

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, ‚Where’s the self-help section?‘ She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.

People use irony as a defense mechanism.

Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn’t really hurt.

If it’s a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone, somewhere is making a penny.

I used to love Kurt Cobain, when he was telling people we’re a pop band. People would laugh, they thought of it as good old ironic Kurt. But he wasn’t being ironic.

This is the first age that’s ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.

Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.

The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.

He would make a lovely corpse.

I suppose that’s one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment.

Isn’t it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?