I tossed my shoulders and swaggered away, whistling with pleasure. In the gutter I saw a long cigaret butt. I picked it… — John Fante Copy Share Image
For years, reality has been nipping at the heels of satire. Now, it's finally caught up. I don't need to make this… — Paul Krassner Copy Share Image
When George Bush finally leaves the White House, the satire industry will briefly join the rest of the economy in recession. It… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
“People keep making excuses, that’s why everthing happens for a reason.” — Roy Saputra Copy Share Image
“Mr Kingsley begins then by exclaiming- 'O the chicanery, the wholesale fraud, the vile hypocrisy, the conscience-killing tyranny of Rome! We have… — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
I sometimes think humor and satire are more effective techniques for expressing social statements than direct comment. — Kristin Hunter Copy Share Image
The trouble with most comedians who try to do satire is that they are essentially brash, noisy and indelicate people who have… — Imogene Coca Copy Share Image
“As much as I think about sex, I can only with extreme difficulty conceive of myself actually performing the act. And here's… — C.D. Payne Copy Share Image
Satire, like conscience, reminds us of what we often wish to forget. — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Copy Share Image
“Of course you would, Mitt," Reagan said. "Well, I’m glad we understand each other, and I think your father would be proud… — John Barnes Copy Share Image
“Their conversation ceased abruptly with the entry of an oddly-shaped man whose body resembled a certain vegetable. He was a thickset fellow… — Jeff Phillips Copy Share Image
It is a frightful satire and an epigram on the modern age that the only use it knows for solitude is to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“the whole of Victorian literature done up in grey paper & neatly tied with string” — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Friendly satire may be compared to a fine lancet, which gently breathes a vein for health's sake. — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
“There is so much woman in many a girl and too much boy in many a man.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“My main regret in life is that there is no MacArthur Fellowship awarded in the field of Panda Satire.” — Anne Belov Copy Share Image
In TV writing, Armando Iannucci's satire 'The Thick of It' is brilliant - equal parts hysterically funny, terrifyingly believable, and Oh-my-God-I-can't-believe-he-actually-said-that -… — Tana French Copy Share Image
I cry all the time when I watch 'Glee' because I don't know if it's satire or melodrama and that makes me… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“Every student should know that statues are meant for sitting. If we're to endure their terrible old faces leering at us, the… — Henry H. Neff Copy Share Image
Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
Satire or sense, alas! Can Sporus feel? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“After Jesus showed up, the Old Testament basically became a way for Bible publishers to keep their word count up. Of course,… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
