Top 1200 Ironic Things Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

Does anyone find it ironic how a program aimed at old people is called 'Countdown'?

Which is mightily ironic since one of the most common criticisms of American women novelists (it's a load of crap but it gets bandied about a good bit) is that they don't write the "big" stories about "universal" or "worldly" concepts...Jesus. Um, when we do? We get told to get back in the kitchen and bedroom - go back to writing about love-y wife-y mother-y things.

It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way.

The pathway to enlightenment leads to states of ecstasy, knowledge, and a pretty ironic sense of humor.

Ironic, huh? To keep that part of me alive, I have to be close to that which kills it.

When I was a boy, unconsciously, spontaneously I learned the art of telling ironic stories.

It is ironic that a nation that has never experienced a coup d'etat should be so obsessed with the idea of conspiracy.

It's so ironic that you often hear these right-wing people talking about the Constitution.

This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.

I'm a street photographer, but I'm interested in any ironic, whimsical images, and there's something very romantic about a circus.

I went to school at the University of Rhode Island and pursued a degree in journalism, which is a little bit ironic.

I just want to be good at soccer and have a normal life; it is a little ironic that you can't have both.

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.

It's ironic that Olympic spectators will never have seen Yiannis Kouros, the greatest Greek athlete since Pheidippides

It is so beautifully ironic that St. Francis - the great lover of animals - is now a pigeon's target in countless yards.

I just really don't like being the center of attention that much. It's kind of ironic.

It’s ironic. At last I have my freedom. But at a price. Now my destiny is mine to choose. - Stanley aka Nine

'Neotenty' is 'remaining young,' and it may be ironic that it is so little known, because human evolution has been dominated by it.

The most ironic thing is that The Pirate Bay's enemies include not just the U.S. government but also many European and the Russian one.

It is ironic that many Filipinos learn to love the Philippines while abroad, not at home.

A lot of being a writer doesn't have anything to do with writing. It's ironic - I have to squeeze the books in, even though that's what it's all about.

It is ironic that it doesn't matter how successful I am in any other capacity. Ultimately, my parents marker is do you have a wife? And do you have children?

Nostalgia keeps dissolving the ironic narratives in which I have contained my past.

There's something I find very satisfying about a nice ironic twist.

After ages of bombast, the rhetoric of virtue has become ironic and shy.

It's so ironic. When you finally achieve recognition, you hide behind dark glasses.

I was sick a lot, and doctors told my grandmother I'd never grow up to be big and strong. Isn't that ironic?

The Arabic music I listen to is extremely edgy. Ironic, sarcastic, sensual, erotic.

And an anteater plus a large hungry mutant ant? An ironic way to die.

It is ironic that it doesn't matter how successful I am in any other capacity: ultimately, my parents' marker is 'Do you have a wife?' and 'Do you have children?'

He had come to believe that life was a series of ironic ambushes. - Doctor Sleep

But mostly, I remembered what I’ve always believed. What my mom taught me. That while some things are just plain awful, most things in life can be seen either tragic or comic. And it’s your choice. Is life a big, long, tiresome slog from sadness to regret to guilt to resentment to self-pity? Or is life weird, outrageous, bizarre, ironic, and just stupid? Gotta go with stupid. It’s not the easy way out. Self pity is the easiest thing in the world. Finding the humor, the irony, the slight justification for a skewed, skeptical optimism. That’s tough. - Marco, Animorphs #35: The Proposal

One of the most disturbing things I heard was that women's issues weren't "hot." Which is so ironic, because women are constantly being judged on some "hot" level. The conversation is not hot enough for them to do anything about. We have to make it hot, make them feel the fire. Until then, a lot of them aren't going to do anything.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it without a sense of ironic futility.

It's ironic how I drop some 'DOUGH' (Doh) when I got them Homer Simpsons.

It is fateful and ironic how the lie we need in order to live dooms us to a life that is never really ours.

We used to hustle over the border for health care we received in Canada. And I think now, isn't that ironic?

It's ironic to watch a dress on a mannequin or a model on a catwalk who's not anything like the person that's going to buy it.

Pulls readers in with an ironic, breezy portrait of sinister high school competitiveness. Deft and extraordinarily accomplished.

I think people tend to feel odd when I do my act. Unless you are an ironic person, it's not a good place for you to be.

Humor is based on the way a man looks at life's ironies, and being a member of a minority group can certainly be ironic.

Isn't it ironic that after 70 years Russia wants God back while we are trying to kick him out?

Knee-Jerk Irony: The tendency to make flippant ironic comments as a reflexive matter of course in everyday conversation.

I know it might be kind of ironic, but I like funny films and documentaries.

Lyrically I'm very ironic and silly, but I hope I'll touch your heart

It's so ironic - when you finally achieve recognition, you hide behind dark glasses.

Misery loves company which is ironic because it rarely throws dinner parties.

It's so ironic that life is all about love, yet we live most of it either searching, never finding, or messing it up.

The reason you might choose to embrace the artist within you now is that this is the path to (cue the ironic music) security.

Ironic and jittery, we are puzzled by the old heroes with their fighting, boasting, and cocksure lovemaking.

All of Iraq's oil fields are under U.S. control which is ironic considering all the gas stations here are run by Middle Easterners.

It's tiny out there...it's inconsequential. It's ironic that we had come to study the Moon and it was really discovering the Earth.

I don't watch much British television at all. I mean, it's ironic because I used to work in it for years.

Putting myself out there knowing I can be criticized - it's ironic, but to me, that's the most empowering thing.

It's ironic, but true, that in this age of electronic communications, personal interaction is becoming more important than ever.

It is easy to keep secrets by being honest in an ironic tone of voice.

It's ironic that no matter where I go, I meet people from Brooklyn. I'm proud of that heritage. It's where I'm from, who I am.

Americans don't understand irony? I am an intelligent person living in the United States. My entire existence is ironic.

The humor is the sort born of ironic necessity; they use it to salve the wounds in insensitity.

Scotsmen are metaphisical and emotional, they are sceptical and mystical, they are romantic and ironic, they are cruel and tender, and full of mirth and despair.