Give the People what they want - and they'll get what they deserve.
The KinksTags: humor rock-music wit life-lessons irony popular-culture
If she's really psychic," Zack said when he saw Tanisha's photo at school, "why does she need a doorbell?
Joan BauerTags: irony precognition
It’s sarcasm, Josh.”
“Sarcasm?”
“It’s from the Greek, sarkasmos. To bite the lips. It means that you aren’t really saying what you mean, but people will get your point. I invented it, Bartholomew named it.”
“Well, if the village idiot named it, I’m sure it’s a good thing.”
“There you go, you got it.”
“Got what?”
“Sarcasm.”
“No, I meant it.”
“Sure you did.”
“Is that sarcasm?”
“Irony, I think.”
“What’s the difference?”
“I haven’t the slightest idea.”
“So you’re being ironic now, right?”
“No, I really don’t know.”
“Maybe you should ask the idiot.”
“Now you’ve got it.”
“What?”
“Sarcasm.
Those darling byegone times, Mr Carker,' said Cleopatra, 'with their delicious fortresses, and their dear old dungeons, and their delightful places of torture, and their romantic vengeances, and their picturesque assaults and sieges, and everything that makes life truly charming! How dreadfully we have degenerated!
Charles DickensTags: humor war nostalgia torture irony medieval middle-ages fortresses
But though it had prevailed against such fierce adversaries as fire and flood, it had fallen victim softly and swiftly to television in the 1960's.
Kate MortonTags: technology funny television irony theatres
Luckily, even as a young man not yet become himself, John Bridgens had two things besides indecision that kept him from self-destruction - books and a sense of irony.
Dan SimmonsTags: books salvation irony self-destruction
The things I do for love.
George R.R. MartinTags: irony
He saw that it was an ironical thing for him to be running thus toward that which he had been at such pains to avoid.
Stephen CraneTags: war irony crane red-badge-of-courage
Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him.
John BarrymoreIrony takes nothing away from pathos.
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