Ironic Quotes - Page 15

• I'm comfortable looking sexy. I don't push it with poses, although I like the ironic part of it. That's what makes it fun.

  Jessica Alba

  Sexy, Fun, Comfortable

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• The passive ironic attitude is not cool or romantic, but pathetic and destructive.

  Robert Greene

  Attitude, Passive, Destructive

  Twitter post from Apr 19, 2015

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• I don't think the nature of my poetry is satirical or even ironic, I think it's essentially lyrical but again I don't know if it's my position to say what my poetry is like.

  Kenneth Koch

  Thinking, Lyrical, Satirical

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• Defenceless under the night
  Our world in stupor lies;
  Yet, dotted everywhere,
  Ironic points of light
  Flash out wherever the Just
  Exchange their messages:
  May I, composed like them
  Of Eros and of dust,
  Beleaguered by the same
  Negation and despair,
  Show an affirming flame.

  W. H. Auden

  Lying, Night, Dust

  "September 1, 1939" l. 92 (1939) See George H.W. Bush 3

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• God hides the fires of hell within paradise.

  Paulo Coelho

  Love, Life, Fire

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• When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Witty, Funny Inspirational, Government

  P J O'Rourke (1992). “Parliament of Whores-Open Mark”, Vintage Books USA

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• [I]t is more than slightly ironic that Democrats, the fiercely pro-choice party, reserve free choice for aborting a fetus, while denying it for such matters as choosing your child's school or joining a union.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Children, Party, School

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• It's ironic that retailers and restaurants live or die on customer service, yet their employees have some of the lowest pay and worst benefits of any industry. That's one reason so many retail experiences are mediocre for the public.

  Howard Schultz

  Retail, Benefits, Pay

  "Grounds For Success". Interview with Scott S. Smith, www.entrepreneur.com. May 1, 1998.

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• One of the most difficult and ironic murder weapons is the life jacket.

  Demetri Martin

  Weapons, Murder, Difficult

  Twitter post from Mar 31, 2011

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• The irony of that is, what makes it kind of ironic, is when you do become successful as a professional athlete in particular, a lot of the young children who are emulating these stars do have a different perspective.

  Frank Shorter

  Stars, Children, Athlete

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• 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, Men

  Alan Moore (1987). “Watchmen”, Dc Comics

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• One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

  Lewis Mumford

  Intelligence, Irony, Danger

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• First, there was Confucius. Then, the sayings of Chairman Mao. And now the pithy, ironic, and humorous insights of Ai Weiwei. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this collection, which reflects a well-developed philosophy as well as a keen understanding of the Chinese Communist system. This is China made easy and interesting.

  Jerome A. Cohen

  Philosophy, Reading, Humorous

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• Die on a hilltop... eyeing the crows... waiting for your lids to close... but you want to watch as they peck your flesh... Ironic that they go for the eyes first.

  Eddie Vedder

  Fear, Eye, Waiting

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• Religion is the worst thing that ever happened to mankind - the ironic part is that it's presented as a good thing, and its effect is absolutely catastrophic to individuals and to societies.

  George Carlin

  Individual, Good Things, Mankind

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• With Dustin Hoffman, I just enjoyed the fact he was this flamboyent and very ironic person that still followed my desire to make Baldini in the Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer not simply a joke, or the funny guy, but also a personality and a character.

  Tom Tykwer

  Character, Guy, Personality

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Ohio Governor John Kasich became the 16th Republican to announce that he is running for president. During his speech he referred to Jesus Christ, which is ironic because so did Americans when they heard another Republican was running for president.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Running, Jesus, Ohio

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• I think any good cartoon sums things up for people. It's kind of ironic we appear on the editorial pages of newspapers, but now of course we're transferring over to the net, and that gets a lot more attention.

  Terry Mosher

  Thinking, People, Cartoon

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• It's ironic that we've built the beauty world around 20-year-olds, when they have no f - kin' concept about wisdom, what life is about, having a few relationships below [their] belt and feeling hardships, to grow into [their] skin and feel confident within [themselves] and to feel the value of who [they] are, not because of a man or because of something like that. And I think that's such a beautiful thing.

  Charlize Theron

  Beautiful, Men, Thinking

  Source: wwd.com

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• It would be difficult for a writer of realism to avoid suggesting a political/moral perspective in his or her fiction. "Politics" per se is absent from my writing but there is usually a moral (if ironic) compass.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Writing, Perspective, Political

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• For a time after my divorce everything began to seem profoundly ironic to me. I found myself thinking of other peoples' worries as sources of amusement and private derision which I thought about at night to make myself feel better.

  Richard Ford

  Divorce, Feel Better, Thinking

  Richard Ford (2012). “The Bascombe Novels: The Sportswriter, Independence Day, The Lay of the Land”, p.27, A&C Black

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• "Politics" per se is absent from my writing but there is usually a moral (if ironic) compass.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Writing, Moral, Compass

  "Writing Lessons From the Madly Prolific Joyce Carol Oates". Interview with Alexander Sammon, www.motherjones.com. September 10, 2016.

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• Most Russians don't treat the government, or those in power, as something close to them. They don't believe that they, as ordinary people, are able to change the development of things. That's why they have a very specific ironic sentiment towards power and the figures that represent it. I wanted to translate this irony into the cinematic language.

  Andrey Zvyagintsev

  Believe, Government, People

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• My world on the road always ends up feeling really small which is ironic because that's when I'm seeing the most places and meeting the most people!

  Tyler Hilton

  People, Feelings, World

  Source: www.hitthefloor.com

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• The moment you frame your own awareness within a second level of self -consciousness is the moment your mind is most up for grabs. ... You're safe because you have an ironic distance from the coercive techniques I'm employing. All of them that is, except this one. Are you on your guard yet? Does it feel good? Of course not.

  Douglas Rushkoff

  Distance, Self, Feel Good

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