Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Irony Quotes
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!
Good IntentionsHumanityIronyOppression Everyone who wants to do good to the human race always ends in universal bullying.
AgingHubrisIronyNostalgiaSelf-awareness Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.
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.
IronyPerceptionPopularity Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?
BureaucracyImportanceIronyOfficial Dignity Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.
AdversariesBiasIronyOpinionPerspective The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.
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.
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.
HypocrisyIronySocial Critique Often, alas, the most detestable kind of bourgeois is the anti-bourgeois kind of bourgeois.
