Sarcasm Quotes - Page 19

• I have only one ambition left: I should like to have a good epitaph.

  Otto von Bismarck

  Funny, Sarcastic, Ambition

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• I love the French for their sarcasm, their irony. I love them for their bad moods.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Bad Mood, Irony, Mood

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• Some sarcasm is best told simply.

  Kevin Hart

  "Kevin Hart Talks ABOUT LAST NIGHT, Edging out Other Romantic Comedies, Pushing the Envelope, Balancing Comedy and Drama, and Improvising on Set". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 24, 2013.

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• From a private gentlewoman you have made me first a marchioness, then a queen; and, as you can raise me no higher in the world, you are now sending me to be a saint in Heaven.

  Anne Boleyn

  Queens, Heaven, Saint

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• What with the reviews of critics, the sarcasms of one's friends, the reproaches of one's own taste, there's precious little peace after publishing a book.

  Winifred Holtby

  Book, Littles, Taste

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• don't be angry with the gentleman for thinking, whatever be the cause, for I assure you he makes no common practice of offending in that way.

  Fanny Burney

  Thinking, Offending, Practice

  Frances Burney, Fanny Burney (2015). “Complete Works of Frances Burney (Delphi Classics)”, p.397, Delphi Classics

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• A married woman is a slave you must know how to seat upon a throne.

  Honore de Balzac

  Sarcastic, Wife, Thrones

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• Some people pay a compliment as if they expected a receipt.

  Kin Hubbard

  Funny, Sarcastic, People

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• Poison." he said, deadpan. "That's an unusual name to give your child. You must love her very much." She's a treasure." Bram agreed, blithely ignoing the sarcasm. .... Then went a few dozen feet in silence, until they were out of eaarshor of the gaurd. She's a treasure." Poison mimicked, and Bram burst out laughing.

  Chris Wooding

  Children, Names, Feet

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• The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.

  Erica Jong

  Funny, Love You, Simple

  Erica Jong (2013). “Becoming Light: Poems New and Selected”, p.406, Open Road Media

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• Yet, I didn't understand that she was intentionally disguising her feelings with sarcasm; that was usually the last resort of people who are timid and chaste of heart, whose souls have been coarsely and impudently invaded; and who, until the last moment, refuse to yield out of pride and are afraid to express their own feelings to you.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Heart, Pride, Yield

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• How did that go?’ he asked. ‘Your first lengthy conversation with a girl your own age?’ ‘Fabulous,’ said Artemis, voice dripping with sarcasm. ‘We’re planning a June wedding.

  Eoin Colfer

  Girl, June, Voice

  Eoin Colfer (2008). “Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony”, Miramax

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• Sarcasm, as it turned out--even when it was instinctive and quick--cut into the time one had to manufacture one's escape.

  Mel Odom

  Cutting

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• When a young man begins to go down hill everything seems to be greased for the occasion.

  Josh Billings

  Funny, Sarcastic, Men

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• Acting is like roller skating. Once you know how to do it, it is neither stimulating nor exciting.

  George Sanders

  Sarcastic, Acting, Skating

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you don't advertise yourself you will be advertised by your loving enemies.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Funny, Sarcastic, Enemy

  Elbert Hubbard (1929). “Advertising and Advertisements”

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• I always get the better when I argue alone.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Funny, Sarcastic, Arguing

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• The word aerobics comes from two Greek words: aero, meaning “ability to,” and bics, meaning “withstand tremendous boredom.

  Dave Barry

  Sarcastic, Fitness, Blessing

  Dave Barry (1985). “Dave Barry's Stay Fit and Healthy Until You're Dead”, p.13, Rodale

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• You see, that is the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm. It's really funny.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Sorry, Terrible, Terrible Things

  Brandon Sanderson (2016). “Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians”, p.113, Macmillan

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• Sarcasm is always at someone's expense.

  Veronica Roth

  Expenses

  Veronica Roth (2013). “Divergent Trilogy”, p.22, HarperCollins UK

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• I did not understand that she was hiding her feelings under irony, that this is usually the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded, and that their pride makes them refuse to surrender till the last moment and shrink from giving expression to their feelings before you. to have guessed the truth from the timidity with which she had repeatedly approached her sarcasm, only bringing herself to utter it at last with an effort.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Pride, Expression, People

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• Critics are reprimanded when they get sarcastic. How absurd! Is the torch of criticism supposed to shine without burning?

  Franz Grillparzer

  Sarcastic, Shining, Criticism

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• I sighed; as comforting as it may be to some of us, sarcasm, like youth, is wasted on the young.

  Jeff Lindsay

  Comforting, May, Youth

  Jeff Lindsay (2011). “Double Dexter: Dexter Morgan (6)”, p.79, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• Did you hear about the recently discovered temple in the Sudan ?" I stared at him. "Yeah. I'm a regular reader of National Geographic." Ol' Frankie's brows quirked. "You wield sarcasm, madam, as well as a master swordsman does." "Gee, thanks." I smiled at him and batted my lashes. Quit flirting . Patrick flicked the command into my head. He sounded half-annoyed, half-amused. I'm not flirting. Quit being cute and likeable. An impossible request. I've always been too adorable for words.

  Michele Bardsley

  Cute, Flirting, Adorable

  Michele Bardsley (2006). “I'm the Vampire, That's Why”, p.107, Penguin

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• how does she know it's the right room?' wondered Descant. Oh, I don't know; mabye it's the magical red glow coming from the doorway, or perhaps it's the deafening howl of the temporal winds.' said Mervall. Descant nodded.'You could be right, brother. And don't think I don't know sarcasm when I hear it.

  Eoin Colfer

  Brother, Thinking, Wind

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