- By Ridam Sharma
- Thu, 11 Sep 2025 10:06 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Ironic Quotes About Life: Sometimes it’s better not to take life seriously; do the hard work, do what’s needed and let it go. Overthinking most of the time brings no good to anyone. However, not feeling exhausted, not thinking too much in this competitive world, is not always easy. In such circumstances, a few humorous words can lighten up your whole mood. Humour doesn’t always need to be silly; sometimes the funniest jokes teach you the hardest lessons of life. Therefore, here we bring to you a list of more than 50 funny yet ironic quotes about life by some of the greatest writers, comedians, philosophers and many more famous people to make you laugh out loud and reflect deeply on yourself and your life.
List Of 50+ Funny And Ironic Quotes About Life That Will Make You Laugh Out Loud And Reflect Deeply
1."I can resist everything except temptation." – Oscar Wilde
2."Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes." – Jim Carrey
3."I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure." – Unknown
4."If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of payments." – Earl Wilson
5."The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces." – Will Rogers
6."People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day." – A. A. Milne
7."I want to live forever. So far, so good." – Steven Wright
8."Life is hard. After all, it kills you." – Katharine Hepburn
9."The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets." – Al McGuire
10."Everything is funny, as long as it’s happening to somebody else." – Will Rogers
11."I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work." – Thomas Edison
12."Age is something that doesn’t matter, unless you are a cheese." – Luis Buñuel
13."If you’re going through hell, keep going." – Winston Churchill
14."Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans." – John Lennon
15."I’m not afraid of death; I just don’t want to be there when it happens." – Woody Allen
16."Everyone has a purpose in life. Perhaps yours is watching television." – David Letterman
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17."If you want your children to listen, try talking softly to someone else." – Ann Landers
18."The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age." – Lucille
Ball
19."Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It’s already tomorrow in Australia." – Charles Schulz
20."The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." – Albert Einstein
21."I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong." – Benjamin Franklin
22."The best way to teach your kids about taxes is by eating 30% of their ice cream." – Bill Murray
23."By the time a man realises that his father was right, he has a son who thinks he’s wrong." – Charles Wadsworth
24."Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired." – Jules Renard
25."The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat." – Lily Tomlin
26."Life doesn’t imitate art, it imitates bad television." – Woody Allen
27."Marriage is a great institution, but who wants to live in an institution?" – Groucho Marx
28."All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand." – Steven Wright
29."Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow." – Mark Twain
30."If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you." – Steven Wright
31."I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." – Lily Tomlin
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32."The early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese." – Steven Wright
33."I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food." – W. C. Fields
34."Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please." – Mark Twain
35."Thinking is to humans as swimming is to cats; they can do it, but they’d prefer not to." – Terry Pratchett
36."The four most beautiful words in the English language: I told you so." – Gore Vidal
37."A day without sunshine is like, you know, night." – Steve Martin
38."The best things in life are actually really expensive." – Unknown
39."Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family… in another city." – George Burns
40."If life gives you lemons – squirt someone in the eye." – Cathy Guisewite
41."The safest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it in your pocket." – Kin Hubbard
42."Don’t worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you." – Winston Churchill
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43."My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them." – Mitch Hedberg
44."Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back." – Oscar Wilde
45."Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?" – Robin Williams
46."Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save." – Will Rogers
47."Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died." – Erma Bombeck
48."If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito." – Bette Reese
49."Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children." – Sam Levenson
50."Blessed are the children, for they shall inherit the national debt." – Herbert Hoover
51."The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history." – George Bernard Shaw
52."Life is a sexually transmitted disease and it is 100% fatal." – R.D. Laing
53."When life gives you lemons, order tequila and salt." – Unknown
54."If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." – Derek Bok
55."Life is like a sewer – what you get out of it depends on what you put into it." – Tom Lehrer
The above-mentioned list not only adds a flair of humour to your life but also gives you major life lessons to lead life mindfully. These ironic and witty one-liner quotes by famous people remind us that no matter how chaotic life gets, there is always room for humour and wisdom. Therefore, the next time you get stressed or feel overwhelmed over something, read this list aloud, let it go and know everything will turn out just fine. Life happens, and things sometimes go downhill. But you've got to get up because isn't life itself the greatest irony of all?