I'll publish, right or wrong: / Fools are my theme, let satire be my song. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
The Irish and British, they love satire, its a large part of the culture. — Ben Nicholson Copy Share Image
“You didn’t make her sue you, even if you did punch her at that wedding.” — Kathy Bryson Copy Share Image
“The average adult hates being treated like a child, unless it suits them.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Satire, whether it be satire or not, everything has to have boundaries. — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
“He gave a wry smile. With all this vigilant vigils on virginity, you would think the country would have controlled its population… — Mallika Nawal Copy Share Image
“Death would not surprise us as often as it does, if we let go of the misbelief that newborns are less mortal… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
'Gulabo Sitabo' is a simple satire on life. It's a genre I have tried for the first time. — Shoojit Sircar Copy Share Image
There follows a little obscenity here, a dash of philosophy there, considerable whining overall, and a modern satirical novel is born. — Renata Adler Copy Share Image
Satire or sense, alas! Can Sporus feel? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
“Some people talk about other people’s failures with so much pleasure that you would swear they are talking about their own successes.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Pay attention,” Gareth said to Moxie. “If it comes down to a choice of gettin’ captured or killed by Saxons or brigands,… — Hank Quense Copy Share Image
A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others; for myself, I never could find amusement in killing flies. — Madame Roland Copy Share Image
“Once you were in the hands of a Grand Vizier, you were dead. Grand Viziers were always scheming megalomaniacs. It was probably… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I think comedy and satire are a very important part of democracy, and it's important we are able to laugh at the… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
“Fifteen years ago, this would have been insider trading, but that quaint concept had disappeared a decade or two ago when so… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
Now, Richard Pryor was unique. Many misunderstood his humor. He lit up the hallway, but they didn't understand his use of profanity.… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
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
“The fact that the person who you are sleeping with is also sleeping with another person or other people does not necessarily… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“The robots came bearing a gift and the name of it was "Plenty." Plenty is a habit-forming drug. You do not cut… — Frederik Pohl Copy Share Image
The tagline behind "House of Lies" is funny, dirty, business. The show is a comedy satire about how big business operates. Most… — Larenz Tate Copy Share Image
“An Ass put on a Lion's skin and went About the foreset with much merriment, Scaring the foolish beasts by brooks and… — Aesop Copy Share Image
“You wanna know why the world is f**ked? This is why, this is exactly why…right here. Get a pen, write this down,… — Shannon Lyndsy Copy Share Image
“He grimaced and went after her. “I’m not a trainer. Just spent a lot of time working out.” “Misspent youth, clearly.” She… — J. Rose Black Copy Share Image
“The answer to the question ‘How many children do you have?’ and the one to the question ‘How many children are you… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a… — Eric Idle 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
“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
Joe [Wright] reached out to me and sent me a treatment, and I said yes on the spot just from the treatment.… — Bryce Dallas Howard Copy Share Image