The beauty of the university world is that you can use it as a microcosm to parody anything in the 'real' world. — Ronny Chieng Copy Share Image
The Victorians needed parody. Without it their literature would have been a rank and weedy growth, over-watered with tears. — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
Tolerance is a cheap, low-grade parody of love. Tolerance is not a great virtue to aspire to. Love is much tougher and… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Rap's conscious response to the poverty and oppression of U.S. blacks is like some hideous parody of sixties black pride. — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
I'd like to say that parody is a celebration of a person's specific characteristics, as opposed to mockery. — Ana Gasteyer Copy Share Image
“No one should ever take them self or others too seriously." ~R. Alan Woods [2012]” — R. Alan Woods Copy Share Image
I get a little off-put when people see 'The House of the Devil' as an homage to the Eighties because I consider… — Ti West Copy Share Image
I think this whole celebrity world is weird anyway. Weird and funny and kind of pathetic and yet so right for parody. — Ben Stiller Copy Share Image
“True, beneath the human façade, I was an interloper, an alien whose ship had crashed beyond hope of repair in the backwoods… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
“Open, the eyes of the dead are a travesty, a parody, make a fool of the deceased. Open, the eyes of the… — Glen Duncan 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
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
“(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
“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
“I’ve had affairs before but never like this - I need a reason to leave my wife,” Shimansky said, desperately appealing to… — Chassis Albuquerque Copy Share Image
The ultimate goal of radical politics is gradually to displace the limit of social exclusions, empowering the excluded agents (sexual and ethnic… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
“Carlisle says Siobhan's super power was the ability to do whatever the hell she wanted. I swear, that's what Carlisle says. Her… — Dan Bergstein Copy Share Image
“My father despises cats. He believes them to be Democrats. He considers them to be little mean hillary clintons covered all over… — Patricia Lockwood Copy Share Image
North Korea invites parody. We laugh at the excesses of the propaganda and the gullibility of the people. But consider that their… — Barbara Demick Copy Share Image
Who are these evil ones? In 1984, the evil one was called Goldstein. Orwell was writing a grim parody. But these people… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
My parents took me to that I think is just one of those near-perfect comedies is Young Frankenstein. Gene Wilder and Mel… — Doug Benson Copy Share Image
Our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from… — C. S. Lewis 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
“I don't believe in virgin sacrifice. It encourages promiscuity at an early age” — Adrianne Ambrose Copy Share Image
How do you be a 45-year-old man in a rock band, do it well, keep your dignity and not become a parody… — Nate Mendel Copy Share Image
It is not a sensible or intelligent response for us in Europe to ridicule American arguments and parody their political leadership. — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
Yeah I love 'The Witches of Eastwick,' it's a classic, it's hilarious, I did a parody play in San Francisco and New… — Chad Michaels Copy Share Image
After ten or twelve years you can only play something so long and then you start to parody it. — Larry Hagman Copy Share Image
My personal taste doesn't enter into it a lot when I make my decisions as to what to parody. — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
I have chosen to parody the writing styles of Carlos Castaneda, James Redfield, Richard Bach, Lynn Andrews, and several other best-selling new… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“...heaven wouldn’t be like this earth, this tormented earth ruled by evil forces that tossed humanity to and fro like a slow… — Joe LaFlam Copy Share Image
“Chapter Twenty-Four: Surprise Better Title: Oh My God! I Hate Everything About This Book! I Want To Kill It With Rocks! AGH!” — Dan Bergstein Copy Share Image
I too was a little embarrassed by my recent topless 'scandal' and the subsequent parodies. — Jamie Lee Curtis Copy Share Image
Any good parody takes a grain of truth and exaggerates it for the big screen. People ask me if I'm offended at… — Mort Crim Copy Share Image
“We (people) only remembered that elves sang. But we forgot what they sang about.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image