Sarcasm Quotes - Page 18

• Sarcasm is always at someone's expense.

  Veronica Roth

  Expenses

  Veronica Roth (2013). “Divergent Trilogy”, p.22, HarperCollins UK

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• I'd better get going or Valek will be wondering where I am." "Yes, by all means go. I noticed you and Valek have become close. Tell him, for me, not to kill anybody, will you?" Sarcasm rendered Rand's voice sharp. I lost control and slammed the oven door shut. It echoed in the quiet kitchen. "At least Valek has the decency to inform me when he's poisoning me.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Mean, Doors, Voice

  Maria V. Snyder (2012). “Poison Study”, p.209, Harlequin

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• I did not understand that she was hiding her feelings under irony, that this is usually the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded, and that their pride makes them refuse to surrender till the last moment and shrink from giving expression to their feelings before you. to have guessed the truth from the timidity with which she had repeatedly approached her sarcasm, only bringing herself to utter it at last with an effort.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Pride, Expression, People

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• And sometimes, if I was really, really lucky, he’d smile at me. A real smile, too—not the dry one that accompanied the sarcasm we tossed around so often. I didn’t want to admit it to anyone—not to Lissa, not even to myself—but some days, I lived for those smiles.

  Richelle Mead

  Real, Lucky, Dry

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.79, Penguin

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• This looks like one of those unwelcome social summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Lying, Humorous, Men

  Arthur Conan Doyle, Scott McKowen (2004). “The Adventures and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes”, p.230, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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• Keep up," said an irritable voice in her ear. It was Jace, who had dropped back to walk beside her. "I don't want to have to keep looking behind me to make sure nothing's happened to you." "So don't bother." "Last time I left you alone, a demon attacked you," he pointed out. "Well, I'd certainly hate to interrupt your pleasant night stroll with my sudden death." He blinked. "There is a fine line between sarcasm and outright hostility, and you seem to have crossed it.

  Cassandra Clare

  Hate, Night, Voice

  Cassandra Clare (2008). “City of Bones”, p.216, Simon and Schuster

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• Oh yeah, you’re a regular sage. Shouldn’t you be sitting on a mountain somewhere cultivating a long white beard waiting for knowledge seekers to come to you?” “Have I mentioned that sarcasm has the potential to be detrimental to the natural beauty of your face?” he countered.

  Jacquelyn Frank

  White, Long, Waiting

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• As I said, this was my sarcastic summer. It was only long after that I recognized sarcasm as the protest of people who are weak.

  John Knowles

  Summer, Sarcastic, Long

  John Knowles (2014). “A Separate Peace”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

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• But I'll be fine. I'll be with Tod. He's a good guy, you know." He just hides it under all the sarcasm and curls.

  Rachel Vincent

  Guy, Curls, Fine

  Rachel Vincent (2012). “Before I Wake”, p.121, Harlequin

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• What's in the cave, Russell?' Madigan asked with heavy sarcasm. I shrugged. 'Rocks. Lots of 'em.' 'Don't patronize me.' His voice lowered to a hiss. 'What else is in the cave?' I looked him straight in the eye and spoke one word. 'Mud.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Eye, Rocks, Voice

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• Sarcasm doesn't suit you, Melissa,' Graham growled. 'Really? I've always thought it brings out my eyes.

  Christine Warren

  Eye, Suits You, Melissa

  Christine Warren (2012). “On the Prowl”, p.221, Macmillan

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• The best way to measure the loss of intellectual sophistication - this "nerdification," to put it bluntly - is in the growing disappearance of sarcasm, as mechanic minds take insults a bit too literally.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  Loss, Mind, Intellectual

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• There are too many confusing things present. Things I know. Thoughts I have. Sarcasm. Things I think I ought to be doing and places I ought to be going. Always other places.

  Erlend Loe

  Thinking, Confusing, Ought

  Erlend Loe (2011). “Naïve. Super”, p.33, Canongate Books

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• That's because we keep weapons int the attic, silly boy. Do you think this is the first time monsters have attacked our family?" "Weapons," Frank grumbled. "Right. I've never handled weapons before." Grandmother's nostrils flared. "Was that sarcasm, Fai Zhang?" "Yes, Grandmother." "Good. There may be hope for you yet.

  Rick Riordan

  Silly, Grandmother, Thinking

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• Some people pay a compliment as if they expected a receipt.

  Kin Hubbard

  Funny, Sarcastic, People

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• Acting is like roller skating. Once you know how to do it, it is neither stimulating nor exciting.

  George Sanders

  Sarcastic, Acting, Skating

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When a young man begins to go down hill everything seems to be greased for the occasion.

  Josh Billings

  Funny, Sarcastic, Men

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• I have only one ambition left: I should like to have a good epitaph.

  Otto von Bismarck

  Funny, Sarcastic, Ambition

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• I always get the better when I argue alone.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Funny, Sarcastic, Arguing

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• If you don't advertise yourself you will be advertised by your loving enemies.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Funny, Sarcastic, Enemy

  Elbert Hubbard (1929). “Advertising and Advertisements”

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• A married woman is a slave you must know how to seat upon a throne.

  Honore de Balzac

  Sarcastic, Wife, Thrones

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• don't be angry with the gentleman for thinking, whatever be the cause, for I assure you he makes no common practice of offending in that way.

  Fanny Burney

  Thinking, Offending, Practice

  Frances Burney, Fanny Burney (2015). “Complete Works of Frances Burney (Delphi Classics)”, p.397, Delphi Classics

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• What with the reviews of critics, the sarcasms of one's friends, the reproaches of one's own taste, there's precious little peace after publishing a book.

  Winifred Holtby

  Book, Littles, Taste

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• From a private gentlewoman you have made me first a marchioness, then a queen; and, as you can raise me no higher in the world, you are now sending me to be a saint in Heaven.

  Anne Boleyn

  Queens, Heaven, Saint

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• Some sarcasm is best told simply.

  Kevin Hart

  "Kevin Hart Talks ABOUT LAST NIGHT, Edging out Other Romantic Comedies, Pushing the Envelope, Balancing Comedy and Drama, and Improvising on Set". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 24, 2013.

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