When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel - it's vulgar. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
“ Grammar, n. A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet of the self-made man, along the path by which he… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“It is, after all, far too easy to pinch and kick the bizarre Mormon Church; to say it's ripe for satire and… — Mark Morford Copy Share Image
“I like how you call homosexuality an abomination." "I don't say homosexuality's an abomination, Mr. President, the bible does." "Yes it does.… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
The show is a satire, which gives us freedom to do anything we want. Satire is the magic word that wipes away… — Rob Corddry Copy Share Image
“My great-great grandfather and I were the best of friends, although we never met” — Raji Singh Copy Share Image
I tell the truth and I don't try to sugarcoat things. But I also decided that if you don't use humor or… — Ted Lieu Copy Share Image
“That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
“Satire is the antidote to Pollyanna and Dr. Pangloss. It focuses our gaze sharply upon the the contrast between things as they… — Edgar Johnson Copy Share Image
I've never been much drawn towards satire of any kind. I don't like that style whereby you kind of stitch people up.… — Geoff Dyer 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
“Some people hate people who are overconfident, only because their overconfidence reminds them of their underconfidence.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The British ballads became a new kind of form in their hand. And out of them came the blues, a new kind… — Alan Lomax Copy Share Image
Modern critics, who refuse to let a plain thing alone, have now started a theory that Cervantes's work is a vast piece… — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
What we need is a rebirth of satire, of dissent, of irreverence, of an uncompromising insistence that phoniness is phony and platitudes… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
“Like vampires and extremely rich people, black folk can sense one another. Use your Spidey Sense (Blacky Sense?). Use your blackdar to… — Baratunde Thurston Copy Share Image
“Disclaimer: Consider all perceived errors and scrutinize all self-evident truths.” — Adam Scott Huerta Copy Share Image
But satire, ever moral, ever new, Delights the reader and instructs him, too. She, if good sense refine her sterling page, Oft… — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux 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
I have been a part of four different genres - a political satire, gangster drama, thriller and period drama. — Shriya Pilgaonkar Copy Share Image
Satire, whilst envy and ill-humor sway The mind of man, must always make her way; Nor to a bosom, with discretion fraught,… — Charles Churchill Copy Share Image
A man is angry at a libel because it is false, but at a satire because it is true. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Obviously, I'm a fan of satire. I'd debate anyone, but it would have to be the actual person. That would be my… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
