Peter Hook Quotes

Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it.

Sarcasm is like cheap wine - it leaves a terrible aftertaste.

You know, sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.' 'And yet it is still extremely funny.

I have some sarcastic sides of me.

Humor can be an incredible lacerating and effective weapon. And that is the way I use it.

I'm really sarcastic. Not Morgan Webb sarcastic. She's dry, 100%. I'm different from her.

Sometimes you say things with a smile with the precise intention of making it clear that you are not being serious, and are only kidding. If I salute a friend with a smile and say, 'How are you, you old scoundrel!' clearly I don't really mean he's a scoundrel.

But I'm English. We don't do uplifting.

I am pretty sarcastic and pretty dry.

I can be very dry and sarcastic.

I'm keeping my acerbic wit completely fueled.

I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the British sense of humor at its best, which is to be wry and ironic and self deprecating.

My humor was Victorian - and still is.

I do, I love to mock stuff. I am a British person.

I guess my sense of humour leans more towards irony and tongue-in-cheek performance.

Wit goes for the jugular, not the jocular, and it's the opposite of football; instead of building character, it tears it down.

I have a great sense of humor, but it has an ironic twist to it.

Sarcasm doesn't appear to work on him. If that's true, I'm in trouble: It's my normal mode of communication.

All humor is based on hostility - that's why World War Two was funny.

Ironic people always dissolve when confronted with earnestness, it's their kryptonite

The English take everything with an exquisite sense of humour. They are only offended if you tell them that they have no sense of humour.

What are you, Zen Master Fang?

There's always this weird dark humor within a lot of Depeche Mode songs that people miss, tongue-in-cheek and also very British.

At the best, sarcasms, bitter irony, scathing wit, are a sort of swordplay of the mind. You pink your adversary, and he is forthwith dead; and then you deserve to be hung for it.

I'm sure that we can handle this situation maturely, just like the responsible adults that we are. Isn't that right, Mr... Poopy Pants?