Satirist Quotes · Page 2

“Duas tantum res anxius optat, Panem et circenses, by the Roman satirist Juvenal.”

— Juvenal

“Millions of sane people would each be sexually attracted to their own parent or child if they were not related to them.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

[The satirist] must fully possess, at least in the world of the imagination, the quality the lack of which he is deriding…

— Rebecca West

“Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The satirist isn't just looking at things ironically but militantly - he wants to change them, and intends to have an effect…

— Martin Amis

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.

— James Thurber

The familiar writer is apt to be his own satirist. Out of his own mouth is he judged.

— Edwin Percy Whipple

When Actions are a Censure upon themselves, the Reciter will always be consider'd as a Satirist.

— Charlotte Lennox

I'm a satirist, so I've got boxing gloves on if the person is worthy of satire. But I'm not an assassin. If…

— Stephen Colbert

Comedy to the Senate? Well, there certainly hasn't been a satirist or a political satirist who's done that. So, that really was…

— Al Franken

The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little - or it will seem that his satire springs rather from…

— Anthony Trollope

“The world economy would collapse if a significant number of people were to realize and then act on the realization that it…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“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

Any satirist writing a futuristic novel who had imagined a President Reagan during the Eisenhower years would have been accused of perpetrating…

— Philip Roth

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

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

He has the obligation to society that any human being has. I don't think a satirist has any greater obligation to society…

— Shel Silverstein

The most successful satirist is that one who disturbs someones subconscious so as to make him think about something; otherwise his satire…

— Mak_786

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

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I found that not having a public profile was not hurting the work, and it freed me up to be the satirist…

— Garry Trudeau

The public is gullible. ... If [many satirists are] making the same joke, that's the danger. Then there's a solidifying effect and…

— Bill Maher

I'm glad to be able to announce that the UK now has it's very own mindless twit. || Either that or he's…

— Tim Worstall

The political satirist usually votes against their own interests, but the bottom line is that it doesn't really matter.

— Lizz Winstead

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

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

A political satirist's job is to draw blood. I'm not so much interested in politics as I am in overthrowing the government.

— Mort Sahl

I'm not really a political satirist. I don't kid myself. I'm more interested in doing the mannerisms and the personality.

— Rich Little

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

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Satire has its limits. It is really up to the people to make the change. The satirist's role ends at the screen.

— Bassem Youssef

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

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Our most noted satirists are true columnists, and their opinions can be worth more than any well-documented expose.

— Umberto Eco

“There is nothing morally wrong with buying stolen goods, unless you know that they were stolen.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The last time everyone loved or at least liked everyone was when the world had a population of about 4.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.

— Peter De Vries

I'm a satirist, so I've got boxing gloves on if the person is worthy of satire. But I'm not an assassin.

— Stephen Colbert

“Some people hate people who are overconfident, only because their overconfidence reminds them of their underconfidence.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Some people avoid thinking deeply in public, only because they are afraid of coming across as suicidal.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“A satirist is a man who discovers unpleasant things about himself and then says them about other people.”

— Peter McArthur

Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I.

— Al Franken

“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

But you do have to learn, if you want to be a satirist, you can't be part of the party. Meaning, you…

— Joan Rivers