Collection of phrases to play down, self-deprecating quotes about yourself, biting irony aphorisms to lighten any situation, making self-irony with funny thoughts.
Self-mocking phrases about themselves
- Laughing at yourself is used to play down and it is good, to be laughed at behind hurts.
- Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you might miss the joke of the century. (John Barry Humphries)
- The probability of meeting a mega pussy at the bus stop is inversely proportional to the possibility that he can leave you the phone number.
- A man with an open mind is sitting over there. You can hear the draft from here. (Groucho Marx)
- The sense of irony is a strong guarantee of freedom. (Maurice Barres)
- If in a meeting you want attention to be paid to you, do not introduce yourself.
- Laughing at what is ridiculous is not really a sin. (Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin)
- Whoever says a secret to others is a traitor, who says his own is a fool.
- Irony is the sure eye that can grasp the wrong, the absurd, the vain of existence. (Soren Kierkegaard)
- The ability to retain physiological needs is inversely proportional to the distance from the toilet.
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- If we learn to laugh at ourselves then we can laugh at others too. (Karra Elejalde)
- The organization of each bureaucracy is very similar to a cloaca: the biggest pieces always emerge.
- The perfect combination? Take work seriously and be ironic. (Dame Judi Dench)
- I see him on Monday, I greet him on Tuesday, I speak to him on Wednesday, we get together on Thursday, we kiss on Friday, we give up on Saturday, another on Sunday.
- Irony makes the inevitability of life bearable. (Otil Farg)
- If you are happy, don't shout it out to the whole world ... the bad luck feels good.
- You don't always have to take yourself seriously. (Evan Rachel Wood)
- When, after a moment of crisis, you think you have solved all your doubts, you realize that you asked yourself the wrong questions.
- I think the world is an illusion and that we shouldn't take ourselves so seriously. (Jim Carrey)
- Light travels faster than sound, is that why many people appear bright until you hear them speak?
Biting irony phrases
- I have to keep an eye on it, because sometimes something serious may come out of my mouth. (Leslie Nielsen)
- After a whole day of silence, your cell phone will ring in the only 10 minutes you give yourself in the bathroom.
- Do not take anything seriously, in the end everything is resolved. (David Niven)
- It is useless to try to drown the sorrows in alcohol ... some of them swim very well.
- I don't take myself as seriously as I used to, but the work has improved and I enjoy it more. (William Sadler)
- Sooner or later the worst combination of circumstances is bound to occur.
- If only we could laugh at ourselves, for better or for worse, it would be a better world. (Jena Malone)
- Better to shut up and act like a WITNESS than to talk and remove all doubts.
- Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the original sin of the world. If the caveman had been able to laugh, history would have followed another course. (Oscar Wilde)
- Everyone knows their own troubles. Just because it goes wrong doesn't mean it gets better for others.
- When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him. (Thomas Stephen Szasz)
- Don't take yourself too seriously. You must learn not to be dismayed for the mistakes made. No human being can avoid failures. (Lawrence G.Lovasik)
- The important thing is not to participate, but to win ... but you won't be the one to do it.
- I think laughter is the best medicine. If you can't laugh at yourself, then you can't laugh at the life and stupidity of everything. (David Hasselhoff)
- If you are late for work, you will find a place no less than 2 km from the office. if you are early, you will find a place right in front.
- The first time you laugh at a joke at your expense, you can say that you have become an adult. (Ethel Barrymore)
- If you have an ass in life, the bad luck is always there to watch it.
- Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to maintain a slight comic attitude. Ultimately, you shouldn't forget to laugh.(Katharine Hepburn)
- If something fails you the first time, destroy any evidence of your attempt.
- Humor brings intuition and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding. (Agnes Repplier)
Phrases to play down
- As much as one looks for and inquires before buying any item, he will find it cheaper elsewhere as soon as he has bought it.
- Irony is that state of mind that dominates everything and that rises infinitely on everything that is limited: even on one's art, virtue or genius.
(Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel)
- If the gift of flowers is allergic, if the gift of chocolates is on a diet.
- Without irony, the world would be like a forest without birds. (Anatole France)
- The length of a minute depends on which side of the bathroom door you are on.
- When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him. (Thomas Szasz)
- The shits that meet in the street are sometimes beaten and greet each other.
- Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you might miss the joke of the century. (Dame Edna Everage)
- Get married ... if you get a good wife you will be happy, if you get a bad wife you will become a philosopher.
- From my earliest age, an arrow of pain stuck in my heart. As long as it remains there, I am ironic - if it is torn, I die. (Sören Kierkegaard)
- Luck is blind, but the bad luck sees us very well. And sometimes it takes aim, even in the dark.
- For my part I think that no innocent type of wit or joke should be suppressed: and that a good cold can be admitted among the small excellences of a lively conversation. (James Boswell)
- When you find and correct an error, you will see that it was better before.
- Irony is the sure eye that can grasp the wrong, the absurd, the vain of existence. (Soren Kierkegaard)
- The proposals are always understood by others in a different way from how those who make them conceive them.
- Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slight ironic attitude. Ultimately, you shouldn't forget to laugh. (Katharine Hepburn)
- If things seem to be going better, there is something we are not taking into account.
- Freedom begins with irony. (Victor Hugo)
- If only I had known that you were so unpleasant, if only I had known that you were so fluttering, if only I had known that you were so pungent, I would not have put my hand in the wasp nest.
- Irony is the cheerfulness of reflection and the joy of wisdom. (Anatole France)
