“I never understood a lot of things less complicated than why people put up with each other." -- Songs From Richmond Avenue” — Michael Reed Copy Share Image
“Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Back in our apartment, lights out, The Professor emerged from beneath the bed." - from "The Professor Spends the Night," in issue… — Joseph Patrick Pascale Copy Share Image
When we realize finally that we aren't God's given children, we'll understand satire. Humor is really laughing off a hurt, grinning at… — Bill Mauldin Copy Share Image
The Saga of Dharmapuri is one of the great works of modern Indian literature. (...) Set against Vijayan's heroic and scatological Candide… — David Selbourne Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“preemptive strike n. A blow or punch delivered by military aircraft to a target who is suspected of being adverse to one's… — Leslie Starr O'Hara Copy Share Image
Satire recoils whenever charged too high; round your own fame the fatal splinters fly. — Edward Young Copy Share Image
It's an old Elizabethan idea. The fool is the only one who is allowed to make fun of the king because he… — Harry Anderson Copy Share Image
I believe no satirist could breathe this air. If another Juvenal or Swift could rise up among us tomorrow, he would be… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I feel like comedy is important, and I think political satire can be really important. — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
Hopefully we have a slightly different vibe, but also East Side is where a lot young people live. It is a really… — Harry Elfont Copy Share Image
“Theatres are curious places, magician's trick-boxes where the golden memories of dramtic triumphs linger like nostalgic ghosts, and where the unexplainable, the… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
“Taking good care of your husband or wife is the best way to thank their parent or parents for having taken good… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
It was neither deja vu, presque vu, nor jamais vu. It was possible that there were other vus of which he had… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The reason I wrote political satire was because I thought it - politics - was important... that public policy was important. Then… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
For me, 'Gulabo Sitabo' is a satire... I wanted to do satire and I think it's turned out exactly how I wanted… — Shoojit Sircar Copy Share Image
“The blessing has been so significatn that we have continued our satiric tact [sic] with an additional objective in mind -- keeping… — Douglas Wilson Copy Share Image
I gave you three proofs of witchcraft. A cat that drinks blood! A horse that talks! And a man who propagates POODLES! — Richard Curtis Copy Share Image
“The expected battle hadn’t taken place, yet something else had. Images of the entertainment which had just gone down were already coming… — Graham Spaid Copy Share Image
Charlie Hebdo was and is not The Onion or "The Daily Show." This is a different kind of satire. Might I put… — Scott Simon Copy Share Image
I mean, the thing is, is that Britain has got a great tradition of irreverent political satire. — Ash Sarkar Copy Share Image
