Charles Dickens Quotes

The great thing about irony is that it splits things apart, gets up above them so we can see the flaws and hypocrisies and duplicates.

Americans are not renowned for having a sense of irony.

Irony, I feel, is a very high form of morality.

You will always find some Eskimos ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves.

The gentleman will sit! The gentleman is correct in sitting!

A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't.

A gentleman with a pug nose is a contradiction in terms.

Irony is the word I forget the meaning of immediately after I look it up, but I kind of feel like I live in a constant state of it.

Hasn’t anyone ever told you,” Jesse asked, in a semi-amused voice, “ that a gentleman never lays a hand on a lady?” Which I thought was kind of funny, considering where Jesse had had his hand the last time I’d seen him. But I thought it better to let that slide.

irony is a way of having one's cake while appearing to eat it.

Meat!" he said scornfully. "I'm a vegetarian." You eat cheese enchiladas and aluminum cans," I reminded him. Those are vegetables.

The funniest thing about some people is that they have no sense of humor.

Irony is the bringing together of two contradictory truths and to make out of the contradiction a new truth, with a laugh or a smile.

I've noticed that when people are joking they're usually dead serious, and when they're serious, they're usually pretty funny.

John McCain said that Sarah Palin is still a force in the Republican Party. Then he got in his car and backed over his mailbox.

I've taken up the Bible again, somewhat in the spirit of W.C. Fields - looking for loopholes.

Irony - The modern mode: either the devil’s mark or the snorkel of sanity.

We wouldn't want to be like the Swiss, would we? That would be awful! We'd be rich!

My brother is undoubtedly arrogant," Tyrion Lannister replied. "My father is the soul of avarice, and my sweet sister Cersei lusts for power with every waking breath. I, however, am innocent as a little lamb. Shall I bleat for you?

[The satirist] must fully possess, at least in the world of the imagination, the quality the lack of which he is deriding in others.

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

As a comedian, I think we all look for those areas where the truth diverts from what people are saying. That's why politics is such a rich area for us, because politicians make promises, and they don't keep them, and when we point out the difference, we get the laugh.

God is only mocked by believers.

One of the greatest pleasures I get from my measly professional career is confusing people. "Wait - he beats women and seems like a Nazi, but he has impeccable grammar and keen reasoning skills and sings country music and can, from time to time, say or do something really funny?" It absolutely doesn't compute for them. I enjoy that immensely.

It's just easier to make fun and cut down. It's kind of a way of life in America. If you can make people want to hear what you're going to say, it can be cruel and funny.