“Whether it is big or small, the size of a poor man’s yard incessantly reminds him that he is poor.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Satire or sense, alas! Can Sporus feel? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
“Some people talk about other people’s failures with so much pleasure that you would swear they are talking about their own successes.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others; for myself, I never could find amusement in killing flies. — Madame Roland Copy Share Image
“Pay attention,” Gareth said to Moxie. “If it comes down to a choice of gettin’ captured or killed by Saxons or brigands,… — Hank Quense Copy Share Image
There follows a little obscenity here, a dash of philosophy there, considerable whining overall, and a modern satirical novel is born. — Renata Adler Copy Share Image
Really, I protest-what is left for the satirical mind to invent when reality so surpasses it? — Jude Morgan Copy Share Image
“Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I think 'Death Race 2000' is a classic, but it's a classic from the 1970s, and I think it's a particular kind… — Paul W. S. Anderson Copy Share Image
I would say probably Paris [Hilton]. Because to me that's her in character and she kind was always sort of winking at… — Alexa Chung Copy Share Image
'Dear White People' started a conversation about race. It's such a difficult thing to talk about, especially in America because of our… — Tessa Thompson Copy Share Image
“I denounce the do-gooders, the feel-gooders, the “activist clubs,” and anyone else who makes people feel like the problem is being taken… — Blake Nelson Copy Share Image
If you write satire, the guilty pleasure these days is that there's just so much material about. On the other hand, if… — Carl Hiaasen 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
I like whimsy and satire, and that's what Americans like so much about Brits. We bring subtlety and sense of humor that… — Milo Yiannopoulos Copy Share Image
If you're an activist trying to do something important, I salute you. Most of us just give ourselves ethical brownie points for… — Frankie Boyle Copy Share Image
The Saga of Dharmapuri is one of the great works of modern Indian literature. (...) Set against Vijayan's heroic and scatological Candide… — David Selbourne Copy Share Image
“How rude of me, we haven’t even introduced ourselves. We’re the Andersons. I’m Evan, the lovely size-zero lass in the floppy sun… — Colin Nissan Copy Share Image
“By educating me at home, my parents were able to give me individualized attention without the usual distractions that kids in regular… — Colin Nissan Copy Share Image
It has been said that the historian is the avenger, and that standing as a judge between the parties and rivalries and… — Herbert Butterfield Copy Share Image
There have been brilliant satires about the tax bureaucracy before, from the Beatles song ‘The Taxman’ to the film ‘Harry’s War,’ but… — John Fund Copy Share Image
“In an age when designer labels and celebrity names are used to sell everything from cars to lipstick, when meaningless slogans and… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
There is yet another kind of matrimonial dialect (which naturally succeeds this of talking at each other), which may very properlybe styled… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share Image
“Picture this broad: 22 going on 18. Half the guys in my class would have given their left testicle to date her.… — Ted Gargiulo Copy Share Image
Satire exists for the purpose of killing the social being [for the sake of] the true individual, the real human being. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“The path of least resistance is paved with high-fructose corn syrup and palm oil.” — Hosam Zidan Copy Share Image
“Oh, I don’t mean to infer that you’re not a great guy. I’m sure you’re the exception to the rule.” — Jaye Frances Copy Share Image
Satire that is seasonable and just is often more effectual than law or gospel. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
“After riding like a moron all over the place, observes the face of an Indian when he crashes. He is stunned.” — Manu Joseph Copy Share Image
“When the world has once begun to use us ill, it afterwards continues the same treatment with less scruple or ceremony, as… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
“Incidentally, it’s easy to write prescriptions, but difficult to come to an understanding with people.” — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
The idea of 24-hour news, if you really step back, is pretty insane. Just even saying '24-hour news' almost has satire laced… — Adam McKay Copy Share Image
I think you're born with a comedy gene, and you can't teach timing, and you can't teach satire, pathos. — Brad Garrett Copy Share Image
“Many a death was precipitated by the food, the job, or the medication whose main function was to postpone it.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Satire about any and all professionals with a special vocabulary has been a staple of fiction and popular ridicule since the 18th… — Paul Fry Copy Share Image
The sole purpose of a crown is to make anyone not wearing one feel like an insignificant pauper. They're obscene to the… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
If you look at 'Network' or any kind of satire, it's fundamentally unemotional in some ways. — Sam Levinson Copy Share Image
“She wore an A-line bridal gown with a V-shaped neckline while Apollo playing Bach's Air on the G string.” — Tai Odunsi Copy Share Image
Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
“The least we each ought to do for someone who treats us like a king or a queen is to treat them… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
![“I would say probably Paris [Hilton]. Because to me that's her in character and she kind was always sort of winking at the camera. There was satire I think involved in what she was doing. I like to think there was.” quote by Alexa Chung](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/218/alexa-chung-4049_cameras_i-would-say-probably-paris-hilton-becaus_70085.jpg)
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