Two things are infinite ~ @AlbertEinstein
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity;
humanity, irony, Albert Einstein quotes, Albert Einstein, humor, humor quotes, universe, universe quotes, humanity quotes, irony quotes, stupidity, stupidity quotes #PICTUREQUOTES, #QUOTES
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Jason (Age 12): I’m not gonna die from inhaling cigarette smoke, quit worrying, B.
Jason (Age 15): *dies from smoke inhalation*
Jason (Age 19): Well, it wasn’t the cigarettes.
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Anne Carson, from "Glass, Irony and God," originally published in 1995
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“You remember too much,
my mother said to me recently.
Why hold onto all that? And I said,
Where can I put it down?”
― Anne Carson, Glass, Irony and God
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“Above all, don’t lie to yourself.”
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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"You remember too much, my mother said to me recently. Why hold onto all that? And I said, Where can I put it down?"
– Anne Carson, "Glass, Irony and God"
"You know what truly aches? Having so much inside you and not having the slightest clue of how to pour it out."
– Karen Quan, "Write like no one is reading"
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A truly free and magnanimous person will speak as consciousness and knowledge bid him without regard for anything but the truth of his statement and untroubled by how it is received.
Søren Kierkegaard, The Concept of Irony
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Prayer Can Be Anything, Karen Elizabeth Sharpe
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In Principal Weems’ office on Wednesday, February 22, 2023.
Weems: You were ‘observing the religious holiday.’
Enid: Yup! And then a building just mysteriously caught on fire. Totes weird.
Weems: Mysteriously.
Enid: *enthusiastic nod*
Weems: *pinches bridge of nose* Did you at least call the fire department?
Enid: Well, uh… super conveniently, they were like, already there.
Weems: 🤨
Enid: 😗
Weems: *grits teeth* She set fire to the fire station, didn’t she?
Enid: *innocently* I’m sorry Principal Weems, but I’m not sure who you’re talking about.
Weems: Of course she—
The principal angrily turns her gaze onto a soot-coated Wednesday Addams.
Weems: Miss Addams. Just— why?
Ash Wednesday: Irony to go with my homonyms.
Weems:
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— Anne Carson, “The Fall of Rome: A Traveller’s Guide”, from Glass, Irony and God
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Billy: Hey, have either of you been arrested?
William, the lord of crime: No
Sherlock, a detective: Yes
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You can never be overdressed ~ @oscarwilde
You can never be overdressed
Oscar Wilde, irony, Oscar Wilde quotes, humor, humor quotes, irony quotes, overdressed, overdressed quotes, overeducated, overeducated quotes #PICTUREQUOTES, #QUOTES
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ok ok everyone please, ignore for a moment that this is a clip of The Quote. please just ignore the words and look at dans body language cuz its killing me LMAOOOO
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Anne Carson, from "Glass, Irony and God," originally published in 1995
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Letter III: Viareggio, near Pisa (Italy), April 23rd 1903
Rainer Maria Rilke. Letters to a Young Poet
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“What is to give light must endure burning.”
— Viktor E. Frankl
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