All quotes
Every published quote, filterable by category, tone and mood.
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They take the paper and they read the headlines. So they've heard of unemployment and they've heard of bread-lines. And they philanthropically cure them all by getting up a costume charity ball. — Ogden Nash（Attribution unverified） |
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It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. — Oscar Wilde（Attribution unverified） |
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The arrow always tipped with ill nature and sarcasm is deadliest to him who sends it. — Prentice Mulford（Attribution unverified） |
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Oh, dear me." Nathalie sank back down in the chair and examined her Uggs. "The sarcasm could've started dripping off her and stained the floor. "Is it conspiracy, treachery, murder, or open warfare? I'll have to choose my lipstick accordingly. — Lilith Saintcrow（Attribution unverified） |
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sarcasm and jokes were often the bottle in which clinical depressives sent out their most plangent screams for someone to care and help them. — David Foster Wallace（Attribution unverified） |
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Few authors are so interesting as their work - they generally reserve their wit or trenchant sarcasm for their books. — Alec-Tweedie（Attribution unverified） |
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Well, I'd certainly hate to interrupt your pleasant night stroll with my sudden death." He blinked. "There is a fine line between sarcasm and outright hostility, and you seem to have crossed it. What's up? — Cassandra Clare（Attribution unverified） |
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This was why I was here. This was why I would take whatever reception waited for me when I got back. Because, underneath all the anger and the sarcasm, Jacob was in pain. Right now, it was very clear in his eyes. I didn't know how to help him, but I knew I had to try. It was more than that I owed him. It was because his pain hurt me, too. Jacob had become a part of me, and there was no changing that now. — Stephenie Meyer（Attribution unverified） |
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My parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles were all funny, and I felt that energy, that delivery, that timing, that sarcasm. All that stuff seeped into my brain. — Jeff Ross（Attribution unverified） |
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Sarcasm doesn't read sarcastic in print. — Kristen Schaal（Attribution unverified） |
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A careful blending of sarcasm, irony, and teasing, bickering has its own distinctive cadence and rhythm and is as difficult to master as French, Spanish, or any elective second language. Like Chinese, the fine points of bickering can be discerned in the subtle rise and fall of the voice. If not practiced properly, bickering can be mistaken for its less sophisticated counterpart: whining. — Linda Sunshine（Attribution unverified） |
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Malachi scowled. "I don't remember the Clave inviting you into the Glass City, Magnus Bane." "They didn't," Magnus said. "Your wards are down." "Really?" the Consul's voice dripped sarcasm. "I hadn't noticed." Magnus looked concerned. "That's terrible. Someone should have told you." He glanced at Luke. "Tell him the wards are down. — Cassandra Clare（Attribution unverified） |
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Sarcasm mascarades as the Preppy's sense of humor. — Lisa Birnbach（Attribution unverified） |
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Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. — Mark Twain（Attribution unverified） |
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My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want something around my neck that's worth more than my head. — Rita Rudner（Attribution unverified） |
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When those waiters ask me if I want some fresh ground pepper, I ask if they have any aged pepper. — Andy Rooney（Attribution unverified） |
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I don't like food that's too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef is spending too much time arranging and not enough time cooking. If I wanted a picture I'd buy a painting. — Andy Rooney（Attribution unverified） |
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What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds. — Will Rogers（Attribution unverified） |
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Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status. — Laurence J. Peter（Attribution unverified） |
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Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'. — Friedrich Nietzsche（Attribution unverified） |