Quotes by Irony It is an oversimplification to say that the opposite of irony is oversimplification. Jedediah Purdy oversimplification irony opposites It's no small irony that the government inevitably and invariably ends up promoting precisely that which they would most like to repress. Jock Sturges irony government artist Do you see the irony at all, Tristan?’ I stare at him and shake my head. He seems determined not to speak again until I do. ‘What irony?’ I ask eventually, the words tumbling out in a hurried heap. ‘That I am to be shot as a coward while you get to live as one. John Boyne tumbling irony coward The irony of Christmas is always upon the poor in heart; the mystery of the solstice is always upon the rest of us. John Cheever irony mystery heart Life is full of ironies and paradoxes. John Hurt irony paradox life-is Let's escape the past. The past didn't work. All we have is the future, and I'm the one who wrote "no future for you!" Don't let the irony be lost. John Lydon irony lost past It is one of the ironies of history that reformers so often misjudge the consequences of their reforms. John W. Gardner reformers irony reform When I started making movies about weird people, I knew they were weird, I was infected with irony, and I wanted New York to notice. John Waters irony new-york people irony is a way of having one's cake while appearing to eat it. John Updike irony cake way I'm the type of spiritual person that doesn't speak openly about their spirituality. Irony is probably my religion. Jonathan Raymond irony speak spiritual Language and, presumably, literature are more ancient and inevitable, more durable than any form of social organization. The revulsion, irony, or indifference often expressed by literature toward the state is essentially the reaction of the permanent-better yet, the infinite-against the temporary, against the finite. Joseph Brodsky irony organization literature I think the French have a romantic cliche that Englishmen have great style, great music, irony and sense of humour. Well, sometimes cliches are true. Josephine de La Baume irony style thinking You yourself are participating in the evil, or you are not alive. Whatever you do is evil for somebody. This is one of the ironies of the whole creation. Joseph Campbell irony alive evil Irony - The modern mode: either the devil’s mark or the snorkel of sanity. Julian Barnes irony ironic devil Irony is based on insecurity; people like to not like things because they don't understand them. Justin Vernon irony insecurity people You can say that a small attack is one in which relatively few people die, but the minute you say that, you can sense the ironies in that statement. A blast in which five people are killed is a meaningful blast. Karan Mahajan irony meaningful people Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel agility irony chaos The naive is what is or appears to be natural, individual, or classical to the point of irony or to the point of continuous alternation of self-creation and self-destruction. If it is only instinct, then it is childlike, childish, or silly; if it is only intention, it becomes affectation. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel irony self silly Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel irony ironic literature It is one of history's great ironies that capitalists built decent and humane societies on the basis of an amoral approach to the economics of pricing, whereas socialists built exploitative and inhumane societies on the basis of a morally inflamed approach to economics. Kevin D. Williamson irony decent economics «1234567891011»
