Quotes by Irony You know the great irony is that people think you have to have money to enjoy fine food, which is a shame. Ted Allen irony people thinking You should never try irony or self-effacing humour. Tim Robbins irony self trying The irony of a director going to film festivals is you never get to see any of the films. Tom Hooper irony festivals directors Between "just desserts" and "tragic irony" we are given quite a lot of scope for our particular talent. Generally speaking, things have gone about as far as they can possibly go when things have got about as bad as they reasonably get. Tom Stoppard irony talent gone The rottenness of politics in Yugoslavia didn't come as a surprise. The main lesson is that this is a war which could have easily been stopped by Europe. What was lacking was any will to do so. It's an irony of the achievement of Europe that it had lived for 40 years under the assumption of the unimaginability of internal wars, so it didn't know what to do with it when it was confronted with one close up. Tony Judt irony achievement war Van Gogh was so under appreciated in his time, he sold only one of his 900 paintings while alive. Posthumously, he became one of the most famous artists of all time and his work is now considered priceless. Oh the irony. Vincent Van Gogh irony alive artist Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved. W. Somerset Maugham irony perfection dull Irony: While we increasingly hold people more responsible if they drink and drive, we hold women less responsible if they drink and have sex. Warren Farrell irony sex people One of the ironies of the stock market is the emphasis on activity. Brokers, using terms such as 'marketability' and 'liquidity,' sing the praises of companies with high share turnover... but investors should understand that what is good for the croupier is not good for the customer. A hyperactive stock market is the pick pocket of enterprise. Warren Buffett irony investing pockets I am someone who takes everything very literally. I simply do not understand irony, a defect I have had ever since I was able to think independently. Werner Herzog irony able thinking A $20 haircut hardly ever lasts longer than a $5 haircut. Wes Smith haircuts irony lasts Crying wolf may have been the boy's undoing, but the true irony was that the wolves were always lurking nearby. Wes Fesler irony may boys I love the irony of movies. I really do. For whatever reason, I'm incredibly intrigued by the irony of reality in a motion picture. Zack Snyder irony reason reality The irony is that I use computers every day of my life to do music because I edit all of my music in a computer. But when it comes to doing live processing, I prefer, as a performer with an instrument, not just having the computer as the only thing I have. I really prefer and find it much more flexible to have the limitations of pedals. Zeena Parkins irony computer use And the irony is that they wrote better without access to my quotes. Steve Carlton wrote without better irony There's something about Vonnegut's deadpan irony that I really like. And I like Borges' puzzle structure. Ruth Ozeki puzzle something like irony I think I would explode in flames of irony if I were to option an idea that I was satirizing in a novel. Jess Walter i-think think irony novel Irony, I feel, is a very high form of morality. Jean Stafford high feel irony morality Most of all, I am struck by an irony central to the lot of a purebred dog: As it attains the hallmarks of its breed, it seems to simultaneously relinquish its basic dogginess, until it is less a dog than a Pomeranian, Collie or Bloodhound. Jean Hanff Korelitz than i-am irony dog Instagram is not a place for tone or irony. Mary H.K. Choi place irony instagram tone «1234567891011»