"Boston is a moral and intellectual nursery always busy applying first principles to trifles."

Irony, Intellect, Culture, Observation

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"Do you get the irony? Who is now talking about, who ain't serious? Oh, we gonna do that and that and that and that? Yeah, yeah You just wanna trick me one more time."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Irony, Truth, Power, Wisdom

"The laugh left a bitter taste in our mouths, but we laughed out all the same."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Irony, Laughter, Sadness

"I have forgotten all about my school days. I have a vague impression that they were detestable."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Irony, School, Memory, Regret, Youth

"It is only because of their stupidity that they are able to be so sure of themselves."

Franz Kafka, Austrian Novelist

Irony, Ignorance, Confidence, Stupidity, Arrogance

"Brain research tells us that only twenty percent of human beings have a sense of irony, which means that eighty percent of the world takes everything at face value."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

Irony, Research, Sense, Value

"The policeman isn't there to create disorder; the policeman is there to preserve disorder."

Richard J. Daley, American Politician

Irony, Disorder

"If there were a master of stupidity in this world, I would really love to listen to his success story."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Irony, Wisdom, Truth, Humor, Stupidity

"Sometimes life has a cruel sense of humor, giving you the thing you always wanted at the worst time possible."

Lisa Kleypas, American Novelist

Irony, Time, Desire, Life

"Irony, we want to dance like robots and want robots to dance like us."

Vikrmn, Indian Author

Irony, Dance, Technology, Humanity

"Some victories are merely defeat wearing the wrong clothing."

Kiersten White, American Author

Irony, Victory, Defeat, Perception

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"An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world."

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"I stand in philosophy exactly where I stand in daily life, I should not be honest otherwise."

Philosophy

"That life is worth living is the most necessary of assumptions, and were it not assumed, the most impossible of conclusions."

Life

"When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always different."

Man

"There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval."

Death

"The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age."

Age

"The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy."

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"Do you get the irony? Who is now talking about, who ain't serious? Oh, we gonna do that and that and that and that? Yeah, yeah You just wanna trick me one more time."

"The laugh left a bitter taste in our mouths, but we laughed out all the same."

"I have forgotten all about my school days. I have a vague impression that they were detestable."

"It is only because of their stupidity that they are able to be so sure of themselves."

"Brain research tells us that only twenty percent of human beings have a sense of irony, which means that eighty percent of the world takes everything at face value."

"The policeman isn't there to create disorder; the policeman is there to preserve disorder."

"If there were a master of stupidity in this world, I would really love to listen to his success story."

"Sometimes life has a cruel sense of humor, giving you the thing you always wanted at the worst time possible."

"Irony, we want to dance like robots and want robots to dance like us."

"Some victories are merely defeat wearing the wrong clothing."

Explore more quotes by George Santayana

"An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world."

"I stand in philosophy exactly where I stand in daily life, I should not be honest otherwise."

"Fun is a good thing but only when it spoils nothing better."

"The spirit's foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication."

"In Greece wise men speak and fools decide."

"That life is worth living is the most necessary of assumptions, and were it not assumed, the most impossible of conclusions."

"When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always different."

"There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval."

"The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age."

"The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy."