Irony Quotes - Page 31

• It's true that what is morbid is highly valued today, and so you may think that I am only joking or that I've devised just one more means of praising Art with the help of irony.

  Czeslaw Milosz

  Art, Mean, Thinking

  Czeslaw Milosz (2017). “Selected and Last Poems 1931-2004”, p.126, Penguin UK

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• There's a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying in to Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hands saying that they're going to be trimming down and streamlining their businesses. There's a message there.

  Gary Ackerman

  Hands, Luxury, People

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• The ironies in the commonplace are my inspiration and delight.

  Mason Cooley

  Inspiration, Delight, Commonplace

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• 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

  Pockets, Investing, Praise

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