Quotes by Irony It is one of the ironies of biographical art that some details are more relevant than others, and many details have no relevance at all. Paul Bailey irony details art Within that moment was trust, compassion, and our mutual sense of irony. He was carrying death within him and I was carrying life. We were both aware of that, I know. Patti Smith irony moments compassion Irony is the attendant of hope and the fuel of hope is innocence. Paul Fussell irony innocence fuel Irony differentiates. Cynicism never does. Paul Horgan irony cynicism doe Even things that are true can be proved. Oscar Wilde irony ironic This human nature is shabby stuff, as you may know from introspection. Peter De Vries irony stuff may The irony is that the person not taking risks feels the same amount of fear as the person who regularly takes risks. Peter McWilliams irony risk inspirational There is no paradox. There is only irony. Philip K. Jason irony paradox The irony is, going to work every day became the subject of probably my best poetry. Philip Levine best-poetry irony going-to-work Was Mann himself fully aware of all the facets of his irony? Probably not - any more than Shakespeare was fully aware of all the riches subsequent critics have found in his plays. Philip Kitcher irony riches play The irony of New Testament lordship is that only in slavery to Christ can a man discover authentic freedom. R. C. Sproul irony slavery men Heaven has fashioned a knife of irony to stab me with. Rachel Hartman irony knives heaven Irony: Don't let yourself be controlled by it, especially during uncreative moments. Rainer Maria Rilke irony cynicism moments The antidote to hubris, to overweening pride, is irony, that capacity to discover and systematize ideas. Ralph Ellison irony pride ideas Some of Mr. Gregory's poems have merely appeared in The New Yorker ; others are New Yorker poems: the inclusive topicality, the informed and casual smartness, the flat fashionable irony, meaningless because it proceeds from a frame of reference whose amorphous superiority is the most definite thing about it they are the trademark not simply of a magazine but of a class. Randall Jarrell irony magazines class Skype is a wonderful thing. The irony is that you never Skype when you're in the same country as someone. Richard Fleeshman skype irony country United Nations peacekeepers are going all over the world spreading AIDS even while they're trying to bring peace. What a supreme irony. Richard Holbrooke irony trying world I'm not much given to straight, irony-free hero-worship. Richard Dawkins irony worship hero ...his job was the very least important part of his life, never to be mentioned except in irony. Richard Yates irony important jobs What would we do without irony? Check out your own daily reliance on it, the foul-weather friend who's there for you when nothing else is. Robin Morgan irony checks weather «1234567891011»
