Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Irony Quotes
DeceptionHonestyIronyJudgment There's one way to find out if a man is honest - ask him. If he says, 'Yes,' you know he is a crook.
FlatteryHumorIronySelf-Image I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
ConsumerismHumorIdentityIronySelf Reflection I remember the first time I had sex - I kept the receipt.
ConsequenceIronySacrifice The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower.
CriticismHuman RightsHumorIronyPolitics I can make a joke pointing out that David Cameron told off Sri Lanka for human rights abuses committed with weapons Britain sold it - like Ronald McDonald calling you a fat bastard.
HypocrisyIronySocial Critique Often, alas, the most detestable kind of bourgeois is the anti-bourgeois kind of bourgeois.
BureaucracyImportanceIronyOfficial Dignity Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.
IronyPerceptionPopularity Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?
AdversariesBiasIronyOpinionPerspective The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.
CriticismHypocrisyIronyPower I feel strange when I get applauded by people in power... because it's obvious that it's them I'm criticizing, but they can't show that in front of the cameras. It's quite funny sometimes.
BalanceConsequenceIronySkill vs HubrisVulnerability As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill.
CognitionIronyMemoryParadox If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
AuthorityIronySex Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't!
