Everybody should read 'Slaughterhouse-Five' by Kurt Vonnegut. This book is about the hypocrisy of war, told in satire, and is hard-hitting and… — Kalki Koechlin Copy Share Image
When the Lilliputians first saw Gulliver's watch, that "wonderful kind of engine...a globe, half silver and half of some transparent metal," they… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
“But this bus was a bit too full. The driver only appeared to control the glass and metal around him. In reality,… — Graham Spaid Copy Share Image
“We were putting into these gomers our fear of death, but who knew if they feared death? Perhaps they welcomed death like… — Samuel Shem Copy Share Image
Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is… — Lenny Bruce Copy Share Image
“Behind every preventable threat to the future of the human race lurks a boy in a man's body with both hands buried… — Daniel Prokop Copy Share Image
“Jason Mashak’s SALTY AS A LIP is grounded in a voice patiently bridging the “steeples and ‘scrapers” of an inquisitive mind. The… — James Ragan Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Some of our friends are our friends only because we used to be friends.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
In general satire, every man perceives A slight attack, yet neither fears nor grieves. — George Crabbe Copy Share Image
Satire must always accompany any free society. It is an absolute necessity. Even in the most repressive medieval kingdoms, they understood the… — Joe Randazzo Copy Share Image
“BOLLOXIMIAN: My pleasures for new cunts I will uphold, And have reserves of kindness for the old. I grant in absence dildo… — John Wilmot 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 is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own; which is the chief reason for… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
“...the very greatest satire, I came to think -- the kind that lives forever -- ultimately grew out of a debunking attitude… — Terry Castle Copy Share Image
“An expensive coffin does not decrease the deceased’s chances of going to hell.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Life serves up satire. Unfortunately. Or fortunately. I don't know. You have to reel it in to drama. — Stephen Gaghan 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
“…he’d assumed their relationship would go on forever. It was going on now, but in another way, like the rearrangement of the… — Graham Spaid Copy Share Image
“His life was now the life of a collector, and that gave it meaning. Evening after evening he would count and arrange… — Karel Čapek Copy Share Image
“Where did you find construction guys swapping dirty jokes in proto-Númenorean?” Aura asked. “On construction sites. Is that coffee ready?” — John Barnes Copy Share Image