My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch

My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch

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

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

I have no race prejudice. I think I have no color prejudices or caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. Indeed, I read more

I have no race prejudice. I think I have no color prejudices or caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. Indeed, I know it. I can stand any society. All that I care to know is that a man is a human being -- that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor for it takes irony to read more

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.

Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves.

Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.

Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.

Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument.

Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.

Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.