Ironically Quotes

My individual, psychological descent coincided, ironically, with my ascent into the public eye.
Joni Mitchell

Public, Individual, Eye

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

Life, Time, Country

The sad part about our past is that religions, ironically enough, are responsible for creating the most destructive idea that has ever been visited upon the human race: the idea that there is such a thing as 'better.'
Neale Donald Walsch

Sad, Past, Human

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

Dreams, War, Freedom

Since those who believe they need a hero/celebrity outnumber the actual heroes/celebrities, people feel safe and comfortably justified in numbers, committing egregious crimes in the name of the greater social ego. Ironically diminishing their own true hero-celebrity nature in the process.
Lauryn Hill

Nature, True, Ego

At one point, I actually, ironically, thought I might go into criminology and work with the FBI.
Monica Lewinsky

Work, Thought, Point

I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those fears usually have to do, ironically, with powerlessness and isolation.
Adam Arkin

Chance, Worse, Horror

I get letters every year from women who think Valentine's Day is an empty exercise, but are ironically pretty exercised when their boyfriends neglect or forget it.
Dan Savage

Women, Forget, Pretty

The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real.
Lucian Freud

Real, Longer, Object

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

Great, Islam, Past

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

Hope, Give, American

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

True, Ignore, Before

One of the things that separates a good genre movie from a bad genre movie, I always think, ironically, is when you care about the people. The dime a dozen ones are where you don't have any awareness of the character.
Ethan Hawke

Good, Character, Care

Depriving yourself will, ironically enough, lead to rebelling and weight gain.
Bethenny Frankel

Yourself, Enough, Lead

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

War, Fighting, Support

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

Today, Successful, While

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

Work, Time, Children

However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years.
Brian De Palma

School, However, Quaker

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

Quite, Bit, Level

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

Music, Live, Times

As they say, one thing led to another, and, ultimately, the British and Irish governments asked me to serve as chairman of the peace negotiations, which ironically began six years ago this week.
George J. Mitchell

Peace, Another, Week

President Jimmy Carter was a citizen soldier. Ironically, he was considered weak because he didn't kill anybody and he didn't get anyone killed.
Andrew Young

Soldier, Anyone, President

Ironically, for a few million people in the Far East, I did become an English teacher through my music.
Pat Boone

Music, Teacher, Through

Well ironically my last three roles have all been a mother. One was a Canadian film where the baby was taken away because she is a drug addict, in Irish Jam I play a mother to a four year old. I think in the future I'll be able to handle the role with a lot more depth.
Anna Friel

Future, Mother, Play

The beginning of my political career was not promising. I ran for junior class president at Shortridge High school and was runner up. I ran again in the senior year with the same result. But opportunity came ironically, or fortunately, when I returned to Indianapolis after serving in the Navy.
Richard Lugar

School, Political, Career

Ironically, being a coach on 'The Voice' and spending time with those kids, Xenia and Dia especially, I learned a lot about myself. It reminded me how lucky I am that this happened for me, and it kind of lit the spark inside me again for my love of music.
Blake Shelton

Love, Music, Time

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

Research, Greater, Material

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

Passion, Old, Wonderful

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

Women, Men, Power

Before getting meningitis, I was such a hypochondriac, worrying about the slightest ache. Ironically, I overlooked meningitis because the symptoms seemed like flu. I guess you don't realise how healthy you are until it is taken away from you.
Petra Ecclestone

Before, Away, Getting

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