69 Quotes About Ironic

Discovering the hidden humor in everyday situations is an essential part of life. Our lives are full of so many oddities, but we often miss them because they’re so subtle. Here are some of the best ironic quotes to give you the humorous perspective to the world around you.

Two wrongs don't make a right, but don't three lefts...
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Two wrongs don't make a right, but don't three lefts make a right? Two wrongs don't make a right, but don't two negatives make a positive? Andrew Clements
And a beautiful world we live in, when it is...
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And a beautiful world we live in, when it is possible, and when many other such things are possible, and not only possible, but done-- done, see you! -- under that sky there, every day. Charles Dickens
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What is your advice to young writers?” “Drink, fuck and smoke plenty of cigarettes. Charles Bukowski
Cam's wings were so bright they were almost blinding as...
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Cam's wings were so bright they were almost blinding as they pulsed. "Holy Hell, " Callie whispered, blinking." More or less, " Arriane said Lauren Kate
The most dangerous irony is, people are angry with others...
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The most dangerous irony is, people are angry with others because of their own incompetence. Amit Kalantri
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It was the essence of life to disbelieve in death for one's self, to act as if life would continue forever. And life had to act also as if little issues were big ones. To take a realistic attitude toward life and death meant that one lapsed into unreality. Into insanity. It was ironic that the only way to keep one's sanity was to ignore that one was in an insane world or to act as if the world were sane. Unknown
Famine sometimes increases the number of people who are overweight.
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Famine sometimes increases the number of people who are overweight. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
They would sweep their poverty under the carpet if only...
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They would sweep their poverty under the carpet if only they had one. Ljupka Cvetanova
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Sometimes when everything seems atits worstwhen all conspiresand gnawsand the hours, days, weeksyearsseem wasted — stretched there upon my bedin the darklooking upward at the ceilingi get what many will consider anobnoxious thought:it’s still nice to be Bukowski. Charles Bukowski
Pure wisdom is the 'fruit of life' banal platitudes are...
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Pure wisdom is the 'fruit of life' banal platitudes are the 'bane of existence'. Criss Jami
I'm bad and I'm going to hell, and I don't...
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I'm bad and I'm going to hell, and I don't care. I'd rather be in hell than anywhere where you are. William Faulkner
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Shouldn't someone give a pep talk or something?' Minho asked..." Go ahead, " Newt replied. Minho nodded and faced the crowd. 'Be careful, ' he said dryly. 'Don't die.' Thomas would have laughed if he could, but he was too scared for it to come out.' Great. We're all bloody inspired, ' Newt answered. James Dashner
If anything attacked us, we could just panic at it...
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If anything attacked us, we could just panic at it until it went away. Seanan McGuire
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-"He loved her... It was noble of him. It was beautiful."-" It was stupid. Lloyd Alexander
And it's really very difficult to kill someone when all...
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And it's really very difficult to kill someone when all your inner instincts would oblige you to take off your hat first! Susan Kay
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I was making pancakes the other day and a fly flew into the kitchen. And that's when I realized that a spatula is a lot like a fly swatter. And a crushed fly is a lot like a blueberry. And a roommate is a lot like a fly eater. Demetri Martin
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We were talking about the prince, ' Sansa said, her voice soft as a kiss. Arya knew which prince she meant: Joffrey, of course. The tall, handsome one. Sansa got to sit with him at the feast. Arya had to sit with the little fat one. Naturally. George R.r. Martin
People who didn't need people needed people around to know...
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People who didn't need people needed people around to know that they were the kind of people who didn't need people. Terry Pratchett
A new baby! Why, Scarlett, this is a surprise! ”...
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A new baby! Why, Scarlett, this is a surprise! ” he laughed, leaning down to push the blanket away from Ella Lorena's small ugly face." - Rhett Butler Margaret Mitchell
Just to keep the bad dreams at bay, she took...
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Just to keep the bad dreams at bay, she took a swig out of a bottle that smelled of apples and happy brain-death. Terry Pratchett
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...it’s just another one of those things I don’t understand: everyone impresses upon you how unique you are, encouraging you to cultivate your individuality while at the same time trying to squish you and everyone else into the same ridiculous mould. It’s an artist’s right to rebel against the world’s stupidity. E.a. Bucchianeri
(About sweeping).... What he was in FACT doing was moving...
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(About sweeping).... What he was in FACT doing was moving the dirt around with a broom, to give it a change of scenery and a chance to make new friends. Terry Pratchett
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I gather you weren't keen on going back to Scotland with your brother at this time of year. I don't say I blame you. Terribly bleak and cutoff in the winter."" Oh no, Mom, " I said, as her words sunk in. "My brother is not going back to Scotland. He and my sister-in-law are going to the Riviera."The Riviera? I had no idea."" For my sister-in-law's health. She's feeling rather frail at the moment."" I don't think that frail would ever be a word to describe your sister-in-law, " the Queen said, looking up with a half smile on her lips as a tray of coffee was reeled into the room." I managed to have six children without making a fuss. One just got on with it. . Rhys Bowen
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Before I only wanted to change the world. I still want that, but it was ironic how I never wanted to change myself. Yet that's where revolutions start! And it's the only way revolutions can continue, if we keep looking inward, looking at how others might see us. That's what happened when I met Sofia. I saw myself the way she saw me. Viet Thanh Nguyen
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There is this common notion that young conservatives are the few, that most people had liberal worldviews when they were young. If this is true, then it is with great irony that a number of old liberals must never had progressed into conservatives as they grew older. Criss Jami
He stirred my soul in the most subtle way and...
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He stirred my soul in the most subtle way and the story between us wrote itself. Nikki Rowe
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No one plows the field just by thinking about it. Ljupka Cvetanova
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If you want to know how negative you are, pay attention to how much you hate negativity in other people. Fragile, artificial positivity needs always to be surrounded by more positivity in order to stay positive, but the ability to be positive, happy, and even, at times, appreciative around 'negative people' is the mark of real positivity. Criss Jami
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The more power you have, the less you can truly say. That’s the irony. Michael Soll
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This world made by humans for themselves is most unfriendly towards humans. What irony. Pooja Perumal
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I've never written a quote I feel would be suitable for my gravestone. Wouldn't it be ironic if it were this one? Oh, and could you pull a few weeds while you're here? Ryan Lilly
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Dream big! But not so big that it becomes a mess, and you may never reach reality. Hasil Paudyal
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I don't understand this irony - valuable things like cars, gold, diamond are made up of hard materials but most valuable things like money, contracts and books are made up of soft paper. Amit Kalantri
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We were young, she continued, while she had a bad heart. Did we not want to earn our tips, she asked us and, cowed, we refrained from introducing the subject again. Her bad heart, I noticed, did not force her to abstain from smoking, or from eating large portions of puddings. Every time I heard her opening how she could not carry anything heavy, I thought sourly "except yourself". Toni Maguire
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They thought more before nine a.m. than most people thought all month. I remember once declining cherry pie at dinner, and Rand cocked his head and said, 'Ahh! Iconoclast. Disdains the easy, symbolic patriotism.' And when I tried to laugh it off and said, well, I didn't like cherry cobbler either, Marybeth touched Rand's arm: 'Because of the divorce. All those comfort foods, the desserts a family eats together, those are just bad memories for Nick.' It was silly but incredibly sweet, these people spending so much energy trying to figure me out. The answer: I don't like cherries. Gillian Flynn
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It takes strength to become weak! Evinda Lepins
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The irony of life is a twisted game; but my god you learn fast, the ins and outs of how to play your part the best you can. Nikki Rowe
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The irony of sensory deprivation tanks is that in order to think outside the box, you must first go inside one. Ryan Lilly
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I always found it so ironic, how the people from the past would do anything to see what happened everywhere else in the world that they lost so much of their own life watching this little screen. Silje Jensen
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The best advice anyone has ever given me, was to never take advice from anyone. J.R. Rim
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Isn't it ironic that a nightmare can masquerade as a dream? Ken Poirot
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Ive learnt the most about myself through the people and places i no longer visit, such an ironic exprience. The greatest lessons are from those we give the keys of our hearts to & trust all too easily; realising later on, they are just apart of this grande' story and not everyone gets to make it to the end chapter & happy ever after. Nikki Rowe
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It is not enough that your designs, nay that your actions, are intrinsically good, you must take care they shall appear so. Henry Fielding
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Never ask an elf for help; they might decide your better off dead, eh? Christopher Paolini
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Your advice seems a little ironical."" Oh, you may either follow it or reverse it–that is its chief beauty. It is equally good taken either way. Thomas Henry Lister
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Life is about more that quotes about life John Chaplin
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There are few things more discomfiting than a spontaneous outburst of genuine decency from someone you’re determined to dislike for no good reason. Gregory David Roberts
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I don't use big words to show off because it's ostentatious. Don Roff
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Democracy was supposed to champion freedom of speech, and yet the simple rules of table decorum could clamp down on the rights their forefathers had fought and died for. E.a. Bucchianeri
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Fate has a twisted sense of humor. Amelia AtwaterRhodes
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After torturing our adrenaline by watching a horror movie for a couple of hours the places we are most afraid of are the doors and windows of the room even though they are the only ways for us to escape in case of occurrence such an event. Sanhita Baruah
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It is quite ironic that those calling the loudest for 'morality' are typically the most immoral of all. Christina Engela
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The bible is so simple you have to have someone else help you misunderstand it.. Harmon Okinyo
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You know something is wrong when the government declares opening someone else’s mail is a felony but your internet activity is fair game for data collecting. E.a. Bucchianeri
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He’s always complaining about the fucking recession and how the government is working against people like him. He calls himself working class, which I think is a bit ironic since he doesn’t work. Unknown
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It is odd that the Bible says, ‘God created man, ’ whereas it is the other way round: man has created God. It is odd that the Bible says, ‘The body is mortal, the soul is immortal, ’ whereas even here the contrary is true: the body (its matter) is eternal; the soul (the form of the body) is transitory. Unknown
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It seems ironic, expecting the unexpected, like she had fabricated pieces of her story to make it more interesting. Considering my boredom with the current version, I can't imagine the first draft. Kayla Krantz
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Life is ironic. Some people use their terrible childhood as an excuse of their unfortunate rest of the life… while others create a masterpiece out of their terrible childhood, they create a story loved by the entire world. Nino Varsimashvili
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You know? Ain’t it ironic how we live our entire lives without the luxury of time, only to spend an eternity in death. Jason Medina
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Diamond is the hardest substance, but the Irony, it is also brittle. Pushkar Saraf
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How ironic it would be, to die at his hands while trying to save him, when he first came to me because he was trying to save me. Beth Revis
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It is ironic that the only thing separating 'friend' from 'fiend' - is a single letter. Christina Engela
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I didn’t know if his art was helping. But Moses’s pictures were like that, glorious and terrible. Glorious because they brought memory to life, terrible for the same reason. Time softens memories, sanding down the rough edges of death. But Moses’s pictures dripped with life and reminded us of our loss. Amy Harmon
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Don't fucking quote me! Roni Batti Kajou
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The whole universe is like some big FedEx box. Haruki Murakami
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Interest makes some people blind and others quick-sighted. Francis Beaumont
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Hyperbolic statements will be the death of us all William McGregor Robson
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I'm not some character from a boys' manga." ~Yukio Kazue Kato