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• Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions.

  E. O. Wilson

  Blessed, Enemy, Energy

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• Irony is based on insecurity; people like to not like things because they don't understand them.

  Justin Vernon

  People, Insecurity

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Art and irony would disintegrate the personality, kitsch makes it whole.

  Mike Curran

  Art, Personality, Kitsch

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• Irony can elude the genius among us, sometimes.

  Berkeley Breathed

  Genius, Elude, Sometimes

  "Bill is Back (Thank You Berkeley Breathed)". Interview With Seira Wilson, www.amazonbookreview.com. October 21, 2016.

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• Humor brings insight and tolerance.

  Agnes Repplier

  Tolerance, Ironic, Events

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• I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way

  John Zorn

  Humor, Way, Use

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• The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.

  Francis Chan

  God, Jesus, Thought Provoking

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.42, David C Cook

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• A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.

  Ellen Glasgow

  Success, Independence, Credit

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• Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.

  Victor Hugo

  Smile, Jesus, Civilization

  "Centenaire de Voltaire" (1878)

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• Clap an extinguisher upon your irony if you are unhappily blessed with a vein of it.

  Charles Lamb

  Blessed, Veins, Clapping

  Charles Lamb (1838). “Essays of Elia. Rosamund Gray. Recollections of Chirst's hospital. Essays on the tragedies of Shakspeare [etc.] Letters under assumed signatures published in the Reflector. Curious fragments. Mr. H”, p.75

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• The dogs in our lives, the dogs we come to love and who (we fervently believe) love us in return, offer more than fidelity, consolation, and companionship. They offer comedy, irony, wit, and a wealth of anecdotes, the "shaggy dog stories" and "stupid pet tricks" that are commonplace pleasures of life.

  Marjorie Garber

  Dog, Stupid, Believe

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• One of the great ironies of the social media era is that some of the least social people in the world created it.

  Sarah Lacy

  Media, People, World

  "The Irony of the Social Media Era: It Was Created By the World’s Least Social People" by Sarah Lacy, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 15, 2012.

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• Irony is always the best weapon against fascism.

  Scott Westerfeld

  Weapons, Fascism

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• One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

  Lewis Mumford

  Ironic, Intelligence, Danger

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• Irony: Don't let yourself be controlled by it, especially during uncreative moments.

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  Moments, Cynicism, Controlled

  Rainer Maria Rilke (2001). “Letters to a Young Poet”

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• Crying wolf may have been the boy's undoing, but the true irony was that the wolves were always lurking nearby.

  Wes Fesler

  Boys, May, Cry

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• Nobody these days holds the written word in such high esteem as police states do.

  Italo Calvino

  Police, States, These Days

  Italo Calvino (2012). “If on a winter's night a traveler”, p.247, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Far more quickly than reason and logic, irony can penetrate rage and puncture self-pity.

  Moss Hart

  Self, Logic, Pity

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• It is one of history's greatest ironies that, over the centuries, the pursuit of pleasure has resulted in more pain than enjoyment.

  Mardy Grothe

  Pain, Pleasure, Century

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• Changing things is not easy, and I say this without any irony. It is not that someone does not want to, but because it is a hard thing to do. Take Obama, a forward-thinking man, a liberal, a democrat. Did he not pledge to shut down Guantanamo before his election? But did he do it? No, he did not. And may I ask why not? Did he not want to do it? He wanted to, I am sure he did, but it did not work out. He sincerely wanted to do it, but did not succeed, since it turned out to be very complicated.

  Vladimir Putin

  Men, Work Out, Succeed

  Source: en.kremlin.ru

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• Whoop-de-do," said Ram. "What?" "I'm celebrating." "Was that irony or loss of mental function?" asked the expendable. "Was that a rhetorical questions, a bit of humor, or a sign that you are losing confidence in me?" "I have no confidence in you, Ram," said the expendable. "Well, thanks." "You're welcome.

  Orson Scott Card

  Thank You, Loss, Rams

  Orson Scott Card (2011). “Pathfinder”, p.64, Simon and Schuster

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• The definition of black irony is Pro-lifers killing Doctors who do abortions

  Bill Hicks

  Funny, Humor, Doctors

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• I've learned not to hide behind a veil of irony - to talk about my work in a more honest way.

  Florence Welch

  Veils, Way, Honest

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• It would no doubt be very sentimental to argue - but I would argue it nevertheless - that the peculiar combination of joy and sadness in bell music - both of clock chimes, and of change-ringing - is very typical of England. It is of a piece with the irony in which English people habitually address one another.

  A. N. Wilson

  Sadness, People, Joy

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• The unhappy irony is that, while 'Glee' is hitting the heights, school arts funding is being slashed across the country due to the steep recession and declining tax revenues.

  James Wolcott

  Country, Art, School

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