There's a tacit agreement today that the white male is the only legitimate target for any and all satire, criticism, and so… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
Satire is a composition of salt and mercury; and it depends upon the different mixture and preparation of those ingredients, that it… — Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey Copy Share Image
There is nothing that more betrays a base ungenerous spirit than the giving of secret stabs to a man's reputation. Lampoons and… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
There's certainly satire written about techies, but it's so snarky and snide and doesn't treat him as a whole person. The people… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
The end of satire is the amendment of vices by correction; and he who writes honestly is no more an enemy to… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
“Oh, those hateful sods will never make it to Heaven. They’re all on an express elevator to the gay spit-roast dungeon in… — Michael Logan Copy Share Image
We're never going to be the ultimate-insider look. You can do 50 insider looks at this Hollywood business, and the satire didn't… — Barry Levinson Copy Share Image
A lot of political music to me can be rather pedantic and corny, and when it's done right - like Bruce Springsteen… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
“Eli Willard just looked at her for a long moment, and then he announced, ' Lady of the Lake strikes iceberg in… — Donald Harington Copy Share Image
Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. This religious totalitarianism has… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
"Moksha" is really a satire of myself. I've always been interested in Eastern spirituality. I'm particularly interested in enlightenment and the spiritual… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
“Sex is mathematics. Individuality no longer an issue. What does intelligence signify? Define reason. Desire -- meaningless. Intellect is not a cure.… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
Note even Jonathan Swift would dare to write a satire in which politicians argued that - in a world where species are… — Matt Ridley Copy Share Image
“They always loved my sense of humor. There used to be a light switch inside one of the nurseries that was a… — Chase Brooks Copy Share Image
THE DYING GAUL is a Hollywood satire. But Hollywood is not the real subject matter here. My play uses that world of… — Craig Lucas Copy Share Image
“Many obese people spend a significant amount of their energy on suppressing the urge to tell some of the people who are… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Can anyone be arrested for being such an asshole as him? Should they pass a law, legislate for just such things, make… — Chassis Albuquerque Copy Share Image
“Loneliness tortures many if not most of the elderly more intensely and more frequently than it torments many if not most of… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“I don’t even pretend to believe I know everything; I just believe in arguments God told me I had a pretty good… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Hippo in a skirt: this was a comic reference to one of Solomon's principal wives, the one from Moab. Childish? Yes. But… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
“He would be a consul no doubt by and by, at some foreign port, of the language of which he was ignorant;… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The universe seems to be a lot like a car or a computer, in that it's designed to be user-friendly, which doesn't… — Michel Templet Copy Share Image
“Lisa blamed Twilight , and the preconceived notions about men (especially dangerous men) that it tended to form in the impressionable adolescent mind.” — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
What you want to do is talk about ideas, you write a novel, you have a lecture about those ideas. Satire and… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
The reason I wrote political satire was because I thought it - politics - was important... that public policy was important. Then… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that… — Moliere Copy Share Image
The trouble with most comedians who try to do satire is that they are essentially brash, noisy and indelicate people who have… — Imogene Coca Copy Share Image
“When selecting a one-night stand, a heterosexual woman who is materialistic is a trillion times more likely to choose a sexually unattractive… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Private Benjamin lives next door but one to Bob Cryer from The Bill. I once saw him crouching down behind a sycamore… — St. John Morris Copy Share Image
It's supposed to feel good to throw a brick at the right people. There is a long tradition of naming and ridiculing… — John Cusack Copy Share Image
“There was Arctic John, a businessman from Salisbury who doesn’t hold water, Bruce Knott, a social worker from Cumberland who spends his… — St. John Morris Copy Share Image
“The way I saw it, if my students were willing to pretend I was a teacher, the least I could do was… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“A lot of people come up here and they thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one… — Kathy Griffin Copy Share Image
“General assumptions often lead to erroneous conclusions, but one cannot go far wrong in always assuming that whatever one's government is saying… — Michel Templet Copy Share Image
“In the event that your feminist activities are discovered, quick diversions include bursting into song, asking him how to fix something in… — Reductress Copy Share Image
“Biologists are diligently unraveling the mystery of how such formidable creatures like dinosaurs vanished from the face of the Earth. Meanwhile, our… — Muhammad Ijaz Ul Haq Copy Share Image
“I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Not another word, not another thought, not another sniffle. If you need to pass gas, I pray you'll clench your backside and… — S.C. Barrus Copy Share Image
“Your relationship or marriage is dead or dying, if you almost always have to remind your partner to miss you (and/or they… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
It's an old Elizabethan idea. The fool is the only one who is allowed to make fun of the king because he… — Harry Anderson Copy Share Image
