Quotes about Irony of Life

The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive. Votes: 5

A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away. Votes: 5

... the irony of life is not that you cannot forget but that you can. Votes: 4

Accept that there are things in this world we can never explain and life will be understandable. That is the irony of life. It is also the beauty of it. Votes: 4

There are ... two kinds of people in this world, those who long to be understood and those who long to be misunderstood. It is the irony of life that neither is gratified. Votes: 4

Haven't you picked up on the irony of life by now? Things only just happen when you're not ready. When you're ready, you start trying, and gadamn I feel like trying right now. Votes: 4

Goose neck is a delicacy. You have to at least try it. In fancy restaurants people pay up to fifty dollars a plate for this stuff.' And at our house we were force-fed it for free. Just another irony of life. Votes: 4

It is part of the irony of life that the strongest feelings of devoted gratitude of which human nature seems to be susceptible, are called forth in human beings towards those who, having the power entirely to crush their earthly existence, voluntarily refrain from using that power. Votes: 4

I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment. Votes: 3

The irony of life is that those who wear masks often tell us more truths than those with open faces. Votes: 3

While we cried at birth, others were rejoicing and while we smile to death, others were crying...irony of life Votes: 3

The irony of life is we always compare our fantasies with reality, rather than accepting the reality as is and transforming it into a paradise.... Votes: 3

A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away." Votes: 3

The irony of life emerges when two categories of men give advices regarding contempt for wordly goods. One, the rich, who do not know at first hand, what poverty is and another, the poor, who never know by personal experience what luxury is. Votes: 3

One of the bitterest ironies of life is that one truly appreciates a blessing only after having been deprived of it or imagining that. Votes: 2

The best antidote I know for worry is work. The best cure for weariness is the challenge of helping someone who is even more tired. One of the great ironies of life is this: He or she who serves almost always benefits more than he or she who is served. Votes: 2

Irony is one of my favorite aspects of life. Votes: 1

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved. Votes: 1

One of the hardest things I've encountered whilst working on 'Pippin' is the consistent irony, as a reflection from the core material of the show, within my own life. Votes: 1

There's been this strange irony to my whole life. All my original bandmates have died, when I was the most wild and most reckless of us all. But I'm still here. Votes: 1

A vast percentage of the human race is literally not wired neurologically to get irony. Well more than half of humanity takes life at face value, which is to me terrifying. Votes: 1

It is one of the ironies of my life and in many lives that whenever you are the happiest, all of this stuff from the past will come pushing up and demand to be noticed. Votes: 1

The accident was a horrible thing - but that horrible thing made Chris, at the end of his life, Superman. It's a happy irony if there is such a thing. I'm proud to have known him. Votes: 1

I live a very ordinary life. The rare awards ceremonies I go to are quite fun, because I can enjoy the irony of one minute walking to the tube, and the next being driven along the same stretch of road in a limo. Votes: 1

Which is a wonderful irony, I have property there. I go back every chance I get. One of the main reasons I actually wrote the book, agreed to write it having never wanted to do that in my life, very intimidating by the way to write a book. Votes: 1

Although my life is far from perfect, the irony is that in a divorced parent's custody schedule - with days on and days off - instead of like it was before, when I felt ragged and still oddly guilty all the time, now I feel guilty but not ragged. Votes: 1

You can't use irony as a way of disengaging with the difficult or emotional aspects of life. Votes: 0

...his job was the very least important part of his life, never to be mentioned except in irony. Votes: 0

Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony. Votes: 0

Irony and pity are two good counselors: one, in smiling, makes life pleasurable; the other, who cries, makes it sacred. Votes: 0

A play is made by sensing how the forces in life simulate ignorance-you set free the concealed irony, the deadly joke. Votes: 0

The show is not a history lesson or intellectual exploration. It is entertainment based on tension, irony and storytelling that is closely related to today's life. Votes: 0

I never used to believe in fate. I used to think you make your own life and then you call it fate. That's why I call it irony. Votes: 0

Life's irony is that as soon as worldly goods and worldly success are of no concern to you, the way is open for them to flow to you. Votes: 0