“Because I want to have sex with him--and because that's sinful--I'm blushing and flushing furiously under his scrutinizing scrutiny.” — Jess C. Scott Copy Share Image
The journey has been a parody of my life recently: rushing, waiting, wandering, feeling lost and losing sleep, wondering if I'm getting… — Lynn Austin Copy Share Image
“We will, of course, without hesitation use art to parody, ridicule, debunk, or criticize ideologies--but this is very different.” — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
People are so sensitive about race that they can't hear someone speaking about their life in a very true way, or doing… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can't think of a clever… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
I appreciate that the New York Daily News will show dead bodies but blur the cover of a French parody magazine. Just… — Jim Norton Copy Share Image
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. It was the future, and everything sucked.” — Greg Nagan Copy Share Image
Abortion is the Antichrist's demonic parody of the eucharist. That's why it uses the same holy words, "This is my body," with… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
Look at the fact Donald Trump cannot tie a tie. My father took me aside and taught me how to do this… — Stephen Marche Copy Share Image
“Of course, one is familiar with the experience of seeing something ambiguous. “Now it is the Taj Mahal—now it is fog.” And… — Michael Frayn Copy Share Image
“If an artist can occupy the void of artistry while simultaneously parodying its iconography, they can have their metaphorical cake and cannibalise… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
“(Parody that is often falsely believed to be a true quote of Mariah Carey's) Whenever I watch TV and see those poor… — Mad Magazine Editors Copy Share Image
Stand-up was interesting to me at the beginning, because I was trying to parody it. My early stand-up was really Andy Kaufman-esque,… — Bobcat Goldthwait Copy Share Image
“The things that had filled his days seemed now like a nursery parody of life, or like the wrangles of medieval schoolmen… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
I think a series risks straying into self-parody if you get into a fourth series... sometimes even if you get into a… — Tom Burke Copy Share Image
There is parody, when you make fun of people who are smarter than you; satire, when you make fun of people who… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“Mission motto, sir," said Carrot cheerfully. "Morituri Nolumus Mori. Rincewind suggested it." "I imagine he did," said Lord Vetinari, observing the wizard… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Penelope had read several novels about such governesses in preparation for her interview and found them chock-full of useful information, although she… — Maryrose Wood Copy Share Image
Many consider that Shostakovich is the greatest 20th-century composer. In his 15 symphonies, 15 quartets, and in other works he demonstrated mastery… — Dmitri Shostakovich Copy Share Image
Institutional psychiatry is a continuation of the Inquisition. All that has really changed is the vocabulary and the social style. The vocabulary… — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
“His words thrummed in, deep, imprinting themselves on her very deepest, deepest, deep bits. “I believe I am your destiny. You are… — Cari Silverwood Copy Share Image
“No doubt you’ve heard the phrase 'ignorance of the law is no excuse’, and are probably familiar with the statist meaning of… — Starchild Copy Share Image
“This combination of parody and seriousness reflects the contradictions of an era in which we find ourselves confronted with both the urgent… — Situationist International (English Section Copy Share Image
My own personal tastes don't really have an effect on whether song is a parody target or not. But having said that,… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
If you aim for parody right off the bat and it misses, no offense to the filmmakers, but it is Meet the… — Adam McKay Copy Share Image
To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history, but to articulate it. — Daniel Libeskind Copy Share Image
I parody myself every chance I get. I try to make fun of myself and let people know that I'm a human… — Gary Coleman Copy Share Image
In fact, when I come up with an idea for a parody I try to resist the urge to Google the idea… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
I've found that there's a pretty wide range of silly. I don't want to do outright parody, because I like keeping my… — Jim C. Hines Copy Share Image
If you told me thirty years ago that people would be parodying documentary films, I never would have believed it. It wasn't… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Born to an age where horror has become commonplace, where tragedy has, by its monotonous repetition, become a parody of sorrow, we… — Thomas Boswell Copy Share Image
Memories of the last nine years have turned Ground Zero from a site of horror, to a reminder of grief, to an… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
For such is the fate of parody: it must never fear exaggerating. If it strikes home, it will only prefigure something that… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“It is, after all, far too easy to pinch and kick the bizarre Mormon Church; to say it's ripe for satire and… — Mark Morford Copy Share Image
Literary theory has become a parody of science, generating its own arcane jargon. In the process, tragically, it discourages love of literature… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
Dear old al-Maarri was a great skeptic poet. He wrote a parody of the Koran, and his friends would tease him and… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
I fell into presenting after doing about a decade of parody shows of presenter-based shows, and a lot of it was me… — Angus Deayton Copy Share Image
At the heart of Christian ethic is humility; at the heart of its parodies, pride. Different roads with different destinations, and the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Today I realize that many recent exercises in "deconstructive reading" read as if inspired by my parody. This is parody's mission: it… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
When I walk in all eyes on me...When you on tha ground I'm calling 1,2,3…Your a parody Your a Spoof Mane you… — Lil Mike Copy Share Image
