Quotes on “irony”

O, wonder!How many goodly creatures are there here!How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,That has such people in't!

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

Give the People what they want - and they'll get what they deserve.

People who didn't need people needed people around to know that they were the kind of people who didn't need people.

Nobody steals books but your friends.

Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.

If you think this Universe is bad, you should see some of the others.

Thank you for sending me a copy of your book. I'll waste no time reading it.

I quote others only in order the better to express myself.

In Paris they just simply opened their eyes and stared when we spoke to them in French! We never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language.

The irony of life is that those who wear masks often tell us more truths than those with open faces.

You could write a book about things that you can't find on-line.

With every mistake, we must surely be learning.

Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.