And, conversely, she went on to herself, sneering at the Grand Duke's palace, poverty is wasted on the poor, who never know how to make the best of things, are only the rich without money, are just as useless at looking after themselves, can't handle their cash just like the rich can't, always squandering it on bright, pretty, useless things in just the same way.
Angela CarterMots clés money rich wealth poverty foolishness irony poor
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Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
Samuel JohnsonMots clés death irony hanging focus concentration
to travel faster than a speeding bullet is not much help if you and it are heading straight towards each other
John BrunnerWhat are all these?" Clary asked.
"Vials of holy water, blessed knives, steel and silver blades," Jace said, piling the weapons on the floor beside him, "electrum wire - not much use at the moment but it's always good to have spares - silver bullets, charms of protetion, crucifixes, stars of David-"
"Jesus," said Clary
"I doubt he'd fit."
"Jace." Clary was appalled.
Mots clés humor jesus irony clary-fray jace-wayland
It's the contradiction of life, if I were with them,I would only wish to be far away. Now that I am far away, all I do is wish for one more day surrounded by them
Laura FitzgeraldMots clés irony
I have learned that I, we, are a dollar-a-day people (which is terrible, they say, because a cow in Japan is worth $9 a day). This means that a Japanese cow would be a middle class Kenyan... a $9-a-day cow from Japan could very well head a humanitarian NGO in Kenya. Massages are very cheap in Nairobi, so the cow would be comfortable.
Binyavanga WainainaMots clés irony development cows aid kenya ngo
Hell's bells, irony blows.
Jim ButcherMots clés humor irony harry-dresden
Our world will not die as the result of the bomb, as the papers say, it will die of laughter, of banality, or making a joke of everything, and a lousy joke at that.
Carlos Ruiz ZafónMots clés irony
For with dandies, a joke is the only way of making yourself respected.
Jules Barbey d'AurevillyMots clés humor respect joke irony dandy
I will never lie again.
William FaulknerMots clés irony
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