All Quotes

Ironically, for the mega-rich, recession brings with it the ability to live well at a lower cost and with less of a hassle.
‐‐ Jamie Johnson

Ironically, I don't like having cameras in my face.
‐‐ Margot Robbie

Ironically, I find it harder to get a foothold in Australia than I do in the U.S. When I was in Australia, I struggled. It can be a bit of a closed shop; it can be hard for a newcomer to break in, whereas in the U.S., it has much more of an open-door policy, and they will give anyone a shot.
‐‐ Tanc Sade

Ironically, I grew up watching Indian movies as a kid in Russia. I am quite familiar with Bollywood. I grew up watching 'Disco Dancer;' I watched it some 20 times as a kid.
‐‐ Jan Koum

Ironically I think this is what sparked my interest in and passion for the NOAH, which is capable of creating all these old weird and wonderful sounds.
‐‐ Geoff Downes

Ironically, I wouldn't say I'm a massive horror fan. I love thrillers.
‐‐ Carlton Cuse

Ironically, if only because over the years I've known so many - from college deans to studio executives to European expats - who come to Los Angeles aspiring to nothing other than living in Topanga, I wound up there by accident.
‐‐ Steve Erickson

Ironically, if you look at Dianne Feinstein's profile and you look at my profile, I'm the 99 percent. Dianne Feinstein's the one percent. She appeals to one percent.
‐‐ Elizabeth Emken

Ironically, in today's marketplace successful nonfiction has to be unbelievable, while successful fiction must be believable.
‐‐ Jerry B. Jenkins

Ironically, it is exactly because we are a city that embraces freedom, that welcomes everyone and encourages their dreams, that New York remains on the front lines in the war on terror.
‐‐ Michael Bloomberg

Ironically, it is only when disaster strikes that the shuttle makes the headlines. Its routine flights attracted less media interest than unmanned probes to the planets or the images from the Hubble Telescope. The fate of Columbia (like that of Challenger in 1986) reminded us that space is still a hazardous environment.
‐‐ Martin Rees

Ironically, it is when we identify with our spirits rather than our bodies that we are most powerful on the material plane. Our overidentification with the world does not give us power within the world so much as it diminishes our power here. It makes us frightened and nervous and full of anxiety.
‐‐ Marianne Williamson

Ironically, it was because I was raised as a Muslim in the South, that I realised the value in being true to who you really are. I've just got so many things going on inside. I don't know how to resolve all of them other than being true to who I am.
‐‐ Noureen DeWulf

Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.
‐‐ Manuel Puig

Ironically, my paintings don't photograph well.
‐‐ Damian Loeb

Ironically, now that my children are older and gone quite a bit, I find it harder to work when they're not around. Too much free time!
‐‐ Alice Hoffman

Ironically, one of the clearer threats to consumer privacy is the government's largely unchecked ability to collect your sensitive information without due process.
‐‐ Marsha Blackburn

Ironically, parenting is a shame and judgment minefield precisely because most of us are wading through uncertainty and self-doubt when it comes to raising our children.
‐‐ Brene Brown

Ironically, since Obama was elected, for the first time in my life I'm sometimes not proud of my country.
‐‐ Ann Coulter

Ironically, tendency to ignore inconvenient facts and unwelcome evidence is actually President Reagan's true legacy, as I noted in 'The Nation' back in 2000, before the current right-wing mania for President Reagan gained its full force.
‐‐ Eric Alterman

Ironically, that was quite a bit of the appeal of Rumours. It's equally interesting on a musical level and as a soap opera.
‐‐ Lindsey Buckingham

Ironically, the Canadian naval vessels, aircraft and personnel in the Persian Gulf I mentioned earlier who are fighting terrorism will provide more support indirectly to this war in Iraq than most of the 46 countries that are fully supporting our efforts there.
‐‐ Paul Cellucci

Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great prophets of the past.
‐‐ Karen Armstrong

Ironically, the more intensive and far-reaching a historian's research, the greater the difficulty of citation. As the mountain of material grows, so does the possibility of error.
‐‐ Doris Kearns Goodwin

Ironically, the opportunity to go into space brings you back down to Earth big time! My decision must also take into account my children, my family and my friends. I must be at peace with this decision. And I was. I weighed the risks without letting fear feed on fear. There is no room for fear in my life.
‐‐ Guy Laliberte

Ironically, the success I've experienced at country radio has left me ostracized from pop and other formats of radio.
‐‐ Dwight Yoakam

Ironically, the very fact that democracy has such a lengthy history has actually contributed to confusion and disagreement, for 'democracy' has meant different things to different people at different times and places.
‐‐ Robert A. Dahl

Ironically, we live in times that are awash in authentic sacred music.
‐‐ Richard Morris

Ironically, when I've asked my straight friends to join me in hanging a rainbow flag, they answer, 'But someone might think we're gay,' not realizing that is exactly the point. To be mistaken for the oppressed is to momentarily become the oppressed.
‐‐ Alice Dreger

Ironically, when I was in Dubai with the BBC 'Good Food Show,' even though it's an urban area, when you see the vast panorama from the top of the Burj Khalifa, it feels remote, as if it's just sprung up out of the desert. I like Dubai. I didn't think I would, but the food and the people were great.
‐‐ Paul Hollywood

Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who have always had it.
‐‐ Carolyn Gold Heilbrun

Ironically, xenophobic nationalists are utilizing the benefits of globalization.
‐‐ Maajid Nawaz

Ironing boards are a classic example of something I find horrible about modern society: the excitementation, for want of a better word, of mundane things. Funny ironing board covers - I hate them.
‐‐ Daniel Radcliffe

Ironing is a great diversion from the reality you don't want to face.
‐‐ Melissa McBride

Ironing is comfort. It's control. I'm a nutty person who likes to make sure everything is in its place.
‐‐ Sandra Bullock

Irony became the head that bit its tail and then there is no way out.
‐‐ Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Irony has seeped into the felt of any fedora hat I have ever owned - not out of any wish of mine, but out of necessity. A fedora hat worn by me without the necessary protective irony would eat through my head and kill me.
‐‐ George W. S. Trow

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

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.
‐‐ Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Irony is a great tool to deal with things. It's an intellectualization, a way to go above things, which can work.
‐‐ Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Irony is just honesty with the volume cranked up.
‐‐ George Saunders

Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time.
‐‐ Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.
‐‐ Anatole France

Irony is the hygiene of the mind.
‐‐ Elizabeth Bibesco

Irony is the recourse of the weak-minded wimp, I think. I hate bands that deliver their songs with knowing smiles on their faces, so that if those songs fall flat they can say 'Ah well, we never really meant it anyway.' It's so dishonest.
‐‐ Robert Smith

Irony regards every simple truth as a challenge.
‐‐ Mason Cooley

Irrationality interests me more than anything: sometimes it's very dangerous, but it can be incredibly beautiful.
‐‐ John Burnside

Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.
‐‐ Thomas Huxley

Irregular contact with doctors means many men fail to receive any preventive care for potentially life-threatening conditions. In addition, when men do seek care, embarrassment can often prevent them from openly discussing health concerns with their physicians.
‐‐ Michael Crapo