Satirical Quotes · Page 3

I want to be part of movies that have important and interesting subjects but are not depressing and are rather satirical and…

— Terence Lewis

You can't write good satirical fiction in America because reality will quickly outdo anything you might invent.

— Philip Roth

“The birthing wolf, Her heart fed with tenderness, Gave forth from ripe brown nipples, Food to feed the universe.”

— Roman Payne

“One of the main functions of a push-up bra is to lower the number of mothers who seem like mothers.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Love is the worst curse, and greatest blessing ever bestowed upon us humans”

— Robi Alexandria Stones

“Most poor people do not really aspire to end poverty; they merely aspire to escape it.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Adults who use big words in order to seem intelligent are annoying, especially those who are not intelligent.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I don't want to call the show [ "Mary and Jane" ] a satire because it is not, but there are satirical elements.

— Harry Elfont

Trivial details have been summoned, in part, to make a satirical point about upper-middle-class marriage-that the whole thing can slip away between…

— David Denby

'Pootie Tang' may be raw and slovenly - hey, it often is raw and slovenly - but it succeeds as a laugh…

— Elvis Mitchell

“Many a survivor of a plane crash who is or was against cannibalism and had never eaten human flesh once found themselves…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“For their never-ending endeavours to obtain or retain wealth, countries desperately need companies, because they—unlike most human beings—have the means of production,…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“We are loved way more by some of the people who have not contacted us in the last twelve or so months…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“More often than not, an inspirational or motivational speaker is someone who makes money from telling us that we can do all…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Not a few millions of parents strongly hope that their own children will step in by instantly becoming their own parents’ foster…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Many millions of pregnancies—many if not most of which have each led to the birth of at least one child—were each used…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I think a playful critique is good for all of us, and that's basically how I see satire functioning. But I'm not…

— Jennifer Egan

The inspiration comes from everywhere, from what I grew up with. There's so much silliness and nonsense in the world that we…

— Jasper Fforde

Mythographer was suggested by the man who made my website, actually. I do write a lot about myth and I do feel…

— Marina Warner

“What is he to learn? To imitate? Or to avoid? When your friends the bees worry themselves about their sovereign, and become…

— Charles Dickens

“It goes without saying that even those of us who are going to hell will get eternal life—if that territory really exists…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Reviewers try to square the antics of a writer's life with the antics in the fiction. Even satirical verbal play is too…

— Joanna Scott

Satirical writers and speakers are not half so clever as they think themselves, nor as they are thought to be. They do…

— James Sharp

Here I was in Estonia, doing a concert for 5,000 people, and not many people know the song My Way - Gorbachev…

— Robert Davi

“In some cases, you can tell how somebody is being treated by their own boss from the way they are treating someone…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

'SCTV' was the concept of a group ensemble doing satirical things. 'Saturday Night Live's sketches were broader than ours, more universal.

— Joe Flaherty

Most important to any fake story is a plausible, realistic edge with a satirical twist that is topical.

— Joey Skaggs

'The Author' is subtly unflinching in its satirical attack on certain practices in the creation of art and the mediation of violence.

— Tim Crouch

“Greed is a contagious mental illness without which civilization as we know it would not have been possible.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“If you didn't already know, game show talent works fewer days a year than almost every profession, except maybe members of Congress.”

— John Bennardo

“The death of a billionaire is worth more to the media than the lives of a billion poor people.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“An expensive coffin does not decrease the deceased’s chances of going to hell.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“In reality most human beings are not, to most human beings, more important than money.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“A maid’s yard, house, wardrobe, fridge, etc. sometimes also serve as her master’s dustbin or dumpsite.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“#Twitter: proudly promoting ghastly grammar and silly misspelling since 2006.”

— E.A. Bucchianeri

“I have been told the best things in life are free ~ I found them very expensive.”

— E.A. Bucchianeri

I started out as a writer. Poetry and prose and also kind of satirical David Sedaris-esque stuff.

— Pauley Perrette

“Most men would no longer enjoy conversing with most women if they stopped bringing their vaginas along.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“To some believers, being on the pill or using a condom is a nonverbal way of telling God to go to hell.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I would welcome satirical references to political leaders as part of freedom of expression.

— Kapil Sibal