Sarcastic Quotes - Page 19

• DISOBEDIENCE, n. The silver lining to the cloud of servitude.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Clouds, Silver, Servitude

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.58, University of Georgia Press

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• Women with pasts interest men because they hope history will repeat itself.

  Mae West

  Funny, Witty, Humorous

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• She was developing what Mom called a bit of a sarcastic streak.

  Jeannette Walls

  Mom, Streaks, Developing

  Jeannette Walls (2009). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.151, Simon and Schuster

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• That is what I like about you, Mr. Dashwood," she said. "You are so decisive. It saves me the bother of thinking for myself." "That is what I like about you, Mrs. Dashwood," he said. "You are so sarcastic. It saves me the trouble of trying to be tactful and charming.

  Loretta Chase

  Thinking, Trying, Trouble

  Loretta Chase (2006). “Lord Perfect”, p.126, Penguin

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• Are you kidding? He's arrogant, sarcastic, likes to intimidate people, and—oh." Okay. Maybe she had a point.

  Richelle Mead

  People, Arrogant, Likes

  "Vampire Academy Complete Series". Book by Richelle Mead, December 31, 2013.

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• He is really not so ugly after all, provided, of course, that one shuts one's eyes, and does not look at him.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Eye, Doe

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.266, Wordsworth Editions

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• I am in full possession of the amazing power of being sarcastic.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Sarcasm, Possession, Being Sarcastic

  Sarah Rees Brennan (2010). “The Demon's Covenant”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

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• I was so furious I was actually dizzy with it. There were so many bitchy, sarcastic observations to make, I was having a sarcasm stroke. "My God! You people! You're - you're so stupid you're making my eyeballs throb. They're throbbing, dammit!

  MaryJanice Davidson

  Stupid, Sarcasm, People

  MaryJanice Davidson (2010). “Undead and Unfinished: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.114, Penguin

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• Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?

  Ernest Hemingway

  Music, Clever, Sarcasm

  Quoted in A. E. Hotchner, Papa Hemingway (1966)

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• Getting married is like trading in the adoration of many for the sarcasm of one.

  Mae West

  Marriage, Witty, Humorous

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• Love is like a booger, you pick and pick at it. Then when you get it you wonder how to get rid of it.

  Mae West

  Funny, Witty, Humorous

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• I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.

  Mae West

  Witty, Humorous, Would Be

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• Hey, pretty thing," he said. "What's in the bag?" "Holy water," said Jace, reappearing beside her as if he'd been conjured up like a genie. A sarcastic blond genie with a bad attitude. "Oooh, a Shadowhunter," said the vampire. "Scary." With a wink he melted back into the crowd. "Vampires are such prima donnas," Magnus sighed from the doorway. "Honestly, I don't know why I have these parties." "Because of your cat," Clary reminded him. Magnus perked up. "That's true. Chairman Meow deserves my every effort.

  Cassandra Clare

  Attitude, Party, Cat

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• You know, when most girls say they want a big rock, they don't mean, you know, literally a big rock." "Very amusing, my sarcastic friend. It's not a rock, precisely. All Shadowhunters have a witchlight rune-stone.

  Cassandra Clare

  Girl, Mean, Rocks

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.279, Simon and Schuster

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• Aw, now look at that, you're being sarcastic, aren't you?

  Alyson Noel

  Looks, Being Sarcastic

  Alyson Noel (2013). “The Immortals Bundle 1-3: The Immortals: Evermore, The Immortals: Blue Moon and The Immortals: Shadowland”, p.283, Pan Macmillan

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• He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.

  William Faulkner

  Music, Sarcasm, Use

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• It's all right for a perfect stranger to kiss your hand as long as he's perfect.

  Mae West

  Witty, Humorous, Kissing

  Mae West (1967). “The wit and wisdom of Mae West”

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• You may admire a girl's curves on the first introduction, but the second meeting shows up new angles.

  Mae West

  Girl, Witty, Humorous

  Mae West (1967). “The wit and wisdom of Mae West”

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• very funny my sarcastic friend

  Cassandra Clare

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• This worked out perfectly for me in college, because what nineteen-year-old Virginia boy doesn't want a wide-hipped, sarcastic Greek girl with short hair that's permed on top? What's that you say? None of them want that? You are correct.

  Tina Fey

  Girl, Boys, College

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• A nasty letter or a sarcastic one can make you righteously angry, but what can you do about a polite letter of rejection? Nothing, really, except cry.

  E. L. Konigsburg

  Rejection, Letters, Nasty

  E.L. Konigsburg (2015). “From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler”, p.79, Pushkin Press

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• The snow may be falling in the winter of my discontent, but at least I've got sarcastic company.

  John Green

  Fall, Winter, Snow

  John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.74, Penguin

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• Plain women are always jealous of their husbands. Beautiful women never are. They are always so occupied with being jealous of other women's husbands.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Beautiful, Jealousy

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• diplomacy, n.: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Country, Art, Lying

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.47, 谷月社

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• Beethoven always sounds to me like the upsetting of a bag of nails, with here and there an also dropped hammer.

  John Ruskin

  Music, Sarcasm, Upset

  1881 Letter.

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