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21 " A full glass of patience with a pinch of sarcasm is all you need to deal~ "
22 " When you succumb to cynicism, darkness, pessimism and sarcasm you are amplifying imbalance and negativity. "
― Bryant McGill , Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
23 " What, everyone you know has been kidnapped by pirates and forced to chop octopus in a kitchen that smells like a whale's stomach?" " Quite a lot of them, yes," said Trudi, who appeared to be one of those people who'd heard of sarcasm but thought it was some sort of exotic fruit like a pineapple. "
24 " There are no commitments, only bargains. And they have to be made again every day. You think making a commitment is it. Finish. You think it sets like a concrete platform and it'll take any strain you want to put on it. You're committed. You don't have to prove anything. In fact you can afford a little neglect, indulge in a little bit of sarcasm here and there, isolate yourself when you want to. Underneath it's concrete for life. I'm a cow in some ways, but you're an idiot. "
25 " It’s like people immediately imagine me sitting in some gothic, sweeping castle in Edinburgh, a piece of fine bone china full of English tea next to my neat writing station. They think that my car, my purse, my everything was financed by my lucrative but somehow not too time consuming writing career. I’ve even had one guy ask me if my hand cramps at signings. While I wanted to give a snarky, “Yes, just like Tom Brady’s does,” I can’t pull off snarky. My sarcasm immediately goes into b**ch territory "
― Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney
26 " Look. Vegan, gluten-free quiche." " What exactly makes it quiche?" " Well, the shape, I guess. It's quiche shaped." " Sounds great." " Your sarcasm is not appreciated." " Sounds gross." " Thank you. Honesty. "
27 " The kind of teacher who never learned anything herself. Or taught anything, except sarcasm or fear. "
― Tanith Lee , Piratica: Being a Daring Tale of a Singular Girl's Adventure Upon the High Seas (Piratica, #1)
28 " Playful, positive sarcasm is different from negative mean sarcasm, and many people don't know the difference. "
29 " Celestia laughed wickedly. " Danny is your BBB, silly. I’d never ask you to marry him." " BBB?" Now she had to learn abbreviations? She didn’t have the patience to deal with this tonight." Bodyguard, Blood Bag, and cover Boyfriend." Celestia counted the items off one by one on her beautifully manicured fingers." Convenient." Sarcasm laced Savannah’s words, but internally her mind processed the logic behind the BBB.From Vampire Princess Rising (book two in the Winters Saga) "
30 " Had I got a dating profile, it would be like this:Looks- 6/10: I knowHumor-9/10- you’ll knowI don’t know about my sarcasm score because they haven’t come back to me just to rate me after I have rattled them. "
― Bhavik Sarkhedi
31 " That's the difference between irony and sarcasm. Irony can be spontaneous, while sarcasm requires volition. You have to create sarcasm. "
― Christopher Moore , Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
32 " You know, Gilan, sarcasm isn't the lowest form of wit. It's not even wit at all. "
33 " ... As could the sarcasm in her voice. " yes, she's bleeding to deat Lu upstairs, but i thought I'd avoid telling you right away, because I like to draw the suspense out. "
34 " I've heard that sarcasm is no substitute for cleverness "
― Meredith Duran , Wicked Becomes You
35 " If you turned your back on irony, it curdled into sarcasm. And what good was it then? Sarcasm was irony which had lost its soul. "
― Julian Barnes , The Noise of Time
36 " Kei: Is there anything else you need while I'm here, Your Highness?Cabot: No, but you can leave the sarcasm in there. "
― Stefne Miller , Collision
37 " Your sarcasm and general assholeness are not necessary,” Apollo remarked casually.I grinned at him. “I don’t think ‘assholeness’ is a word.”“It is if I say it is.” Apollo drew in a deep breath, a sure sign his temper was reaching its knock-Seth-into-the-nearby-ocean point. "
― Jennifer L. Armentrout , The Return (Titan, #1)
38 " I believe sarcasm is the passive form of rudeness and should not be tolerated in the Body of Christ. "
― , Culture of Revival: A Revivalist Field Manual: Volume 1: Perseverance with Joy
39 " The only times you say what I'm thinking, it's without any of the sarcasm and therefore the exact opposite of what I mean. "
― , 8 Bit Theater Vol. 1
40 " And involuntarily I compared the childish sarcasm, the religious sarcasm of Voltaire with the irresistible irony of the German philosopher whose influence is henceforth ineffaceable. "
― Guy de Maupassant , The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant, Part One