#ironic

America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese. ↗

— David Riesman

#big #capacity #chinese #concealment #humorous

We were talking about the prince,' Sansa said, her voice soft as a kiss. Arya knew which prince she meant: Joffrey, of course. The tall, handsome one. Sansa got to sit with him at the feast. Arya had to sit with the little fat one. Naturally. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#a-song-of-ice-and-fire #arya #feast #funny #george-r-r-martin

Ironically, in today's marketplace successful nonfiction has to be unbelievable, while successful fiction must be believable. ↗

— Jerry B. Jenkins

#fiction #ironically #marketplace #must #nonfiction

Since my earliest childhood a barb of sorrow has lodged in my heart. As long as it stays I am ironic if it is pulled out I shall die. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#barb #childhood #die #earliest #heart

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

#canadian #countries #earlier #efforts #fighting

He gave me a look of great contempt; as I supposed, for venturing, even by implication, to draw a parallel between a lack of affluence that might, literally, affect my purchase of rare vintages, and a figure of speech intended delicately to convey his own dire want for the bare necessities of life. He remained silent for several seconds, as if trying to make up his mind whether he could ever bring himself to speak to me again; and then said gruffly: 'I've got to go now. ↗

— Anthony Powell

#ironic #verbosity #wry #life

He was one of the most supremely stupid men I have ever met. He taught me a great deal. ↗

— John Fowles

#irony #men

It seemed ironic that Lowell Levine and I, who were both Jewish, were going over to identify the remains of a man who was so anti-Semitic. ↗

— Michael Baden

#both #going #i #identify #ironic

It's also ironic that in the old days of tape and tape hiss and vinyl records and surface noise, we were always trying to get records louder and louder to overcome that. ↗

— T-Bone Burnett

#always #days #get #hiss #ironic

Scotsmen are metaphisical and emotional, they are sceptical and mystical, they are romantic and ironic, they are cruel and tender, and full of mirth and despair. ↗

— William Dunbar

#despair #emotional #full #ironic #mirth