I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way.

Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions.

The irony here is this administration is spending more money on climate change research and development than any administration in all the rest of the industrialized world combined.

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.

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.

The problem is that once the rules of art are debunked, and once the unpleasant realities the irony diagnoses are revealed and diagnosed, "then" what do we do?

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.

Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony.

The irony of the Supreme Court hearing on these cases last week and of the outright hostility that the Court has displayed against religion in recent years is that above the head of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is a concrete display of the Ten Commandments.

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

Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's the weird irony of it.

The irony of that is, what makes it kind of ironic, is when you do become successful as a professional athlete in particular, a lot of the young children who are emulating these stars do have a different perspective.

Irony is just honesty with the volume cranked up.

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

We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power.