Quotes tagged ‘Irony’

(174 total)

“I'm not going to run for president. No way, no how.”

“Jo: [in the truck, discussing Bill’s current life changes] Hey, as long as you’re happy... Bill: I AM. I AM happy. I’m a happy person. I’m happy with my life. I’m happy with the way things are going in my life. I’m happy with...with... Jo: Melissa? Bill: I know her name! YES. I’m happy...with...Meli…”

— Michael Crichton, Anne-Marie Martin, Dr. Jo Harding, Helen Hunt, imdb.com

“To a casual observer, we might have looked like lovebirds. Ironic that it all started with us playing Angry Birds.”

— Mark Stasenko, Kevin McClain, Travis Tope, imdb.com

“We just kind of live. I know it sounds a little ironic, but, well, that's the only word I can think of.”

— Alan Yang, Matt Hubbard, Oscar, Fred Armisen, imdb.com

“Many are so unoriginal they study history to find mistakes to repeat.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb, amazon.com

“I don't listen to Rolling Stones albums.”

— Mick Jagger, the-talks.com

“Red: I'm trying to decide how stoned I am and just how on the verge of death am I right now. Like, am I seeing shit because I'm stone or because I have no blood left in my body. Dale Denton: Well, you've been shot like seven times.”

— Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Judd Apatow, Red, Danny McBride, imdb.com

“You will find that I’m very hard to interview.”

— Barbara Walters, vanityfair.com

“Modern culture thrives off of the ironic.”

— Virgil Abloh, 2x4.org

“Let's sit down. You know, begging you pardon, but the one who my heart goes out for is your father. There he is in that cold, heartless bank day after day, hemmed in by mounds of cold, heartless money. I don't like to see any living thing caged up.”

— Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi, Bert/Mr. Dawes, Sr., Dick Van Dyke, imdb.com

“We train young men to drop fire on people, but their commanders won't allow them to write 'fuck' on their airplanes because it's obscene!”

— John Milius, Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Herr, Colonel Walter E. Kurtz, Marlon Brando, imdb.com

“The poor dope—he always wanted a pool. Well, in the end, he got himself a pool.”

— Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr., Joe Gillis, William Holden, imdb.com

“[Bond stares at the porcelain bulldog statue on M's desk] James Bond: The whole office goes up in smoke and that bloody thing survives. M: Your interior decorating tips have always been appreciated, 007.”

— John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, M, Judi Dench, imdb.com

“The world changes, we do not, there lies the irony that finally kills us.”

— Anne Rice, Armand, Antonio Banderas, imdb.com

“Believe me, the irony of being a blind art dealer isn't lost on me.”

— Jordan Peele, Jim Hudson, Stephen Root, imdb.com

“Zao: Why are you trying to kill me? Jinx: I thought it was the humane thing to do.”

— Robert Wade, Neal Purvis, imdb.com

“I haven't proposed to anyone in years.”

— Mindy Kaling, Andy Bernard, Ed Helms, imdb.com

“And that's the irony, Marge. I loved you. You may was well know it, Marge: I loved you. I don't know... maybe it's grotesque of me to say this now, so just write it on a piece of paper or something and put it in your purse for a rainy day. 'Tom loves me.' 'Tom loves me.'”

— Anthony Minghella, Tom Ripley, Matt Damon, imdb.com

“It's not so much the heat, it's the humidity that'll kill you.”

— Lynn Siefert, Michael Goldberg, Tommy Swerdlow, Irving 'Irv' Blitzer, John Candy, imdb.com

“Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony.”

— Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Morpheus, Laurence Fishburne, imdb.com