“All weather is sin-related. Lust causes thunder, anger causes fog, and you don't want to know what causes dew.” — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
I find television very educational. Every time someone turns it on, I go in the other room and read a book. — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
“Mishaque was a stouty blend of Irish "shrek" mixed with crazy Jafakain, his front was car dealing.” — Saira Viola Copy Share Image
Satire of satire tends to be self-canceling, and deliberate shock tactics soon lose their ability to shock, especially when they're too deliberate. — Herb Caen 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
“Finding out that you are not your lover’s only lover hurts, but not as much as discovering that you are the side… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I don't want to just spend my life ridiculing something that I find ridiculous, although there is an element of satire in… — David Shrigley Copy Share Image
“We are sometimes depressed by our failure to convince people who strongly believe that we are that we are definitely not depressed.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“The connection between vice and meanness is a fit subject for satire, but when the satire is a fact, it cuts with… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Most satirists are indeed a public scourge; Their mildest physic is a farrier's purge; Their acrid temper turns, as soon as stirr'd,… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
“... the sea pirates who had the most to do with the creation of the new government owned human slaves. They used… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr 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
“Some of the best things that have ever happened to us wouldn’t have happened to us, if it weren’t for some of… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Next door to the Bensons is Emmet Frag, a retired pacemaker who is credited with inventing the notion of happiness. He’s currently… — St. John Morris Copy Share Image
I'm looking at some comedic horror films because I have often been accused of being too dark. I'm not dark, not compared… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
“Calvin, yelling: Mom, can I set fire to my bed mattress? Calvin's Mom: No, Calvin. Calvin: Can I ride my tricycle on… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
It's so funny that people think I actually ran for President. I am maybe the most un-political person you're ever going to… — Alice Cooper Copy Share Image
“This combination of parody and seriousness reflects the contradictions of an era in which we find ourselves confronted with both the urgent… — Situationist International (English Section Copy Share Image
“Mitt Romney's first interview with Zombie Reagan: Mitt Romney came in with cheerful assurance, because he wasn’t capable of anything else. “Let… — John Barnes Copy Share Image
If goodness were only a theory, it were a pity it should be lost to the world. There are a number of… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
“It is a foible of our human nature that when we have an extremely unpleasant experience, it gives us a peculiar satisfaction… — Karel Čapek Copy Share Image
Everybody says video-game adaptations are all the same, but I disagree. Normally, video-game adaptations are like Alone In The Dark, Resident Evil,… — Uwe Boll Copy Share Image
“Fortunately the essence of this revelation did not escape Mary despite the angel's obscure speech, and, much surprised, she asked him, So… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
“In response to be asked about Boris Johnson becoming UK Prime Minister... "I'm delighted. As the UK continues to plunge ever faster… — R.D. Ronald Copy Share Image
“Some people would regard people who look like they do as ugly if they did not look like them.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“conservative n. A person who possesses an underdeveloped taste for tyranny. liberal n. A person who believes in liberty, but only for… — Leslie Starr O'Hara Copy Share Image
“High Maintenance; I don’t like to live in place that snows a lot, albeit I’d love to visit one. I won’t marry… — Yatin Patel Copy Share Image
“...but there's always he'll want to torture your boss anyway. Just recreationally, I mean." "Wow that would be terrific," I said” — Robert Kroese Copy Share Image
The bitterest satires and noblest eulogies on married life have come from poets. — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
There are thousands of ways to make people laugh - satire, black comedy, slapstick. — Nawazuddin Siddiqui 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
“To be self-contented is to be vile and ignorant, ans that to aspire is better than to be blindly and impoitently happy.” — Edwin Abbott Abbott Copy Share Image
“Presenting a rational argument to a person who has forsaken the use of reason is like asking a vegetarian to eat a… — Michel Templet Copy Share Image
“Death is number one on the list of things that we wish were possible to leave behind when we escaped barbarism.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Marketing is so powerful that it can make even an extremely untalented musician a one-hundred-hits wonder.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel - it's vulgar. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I would play hooky from school and spend all day in the movie theaters. Consequently, I learned satire in all its subtle… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
Satire among the Romans, but not among the Greeks, was a bitter invective poem. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
If satire is to be effective, the audience must be aware of the thing satirized. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
“Our town was known for two things--no, three: salted fish, expertly dyed fabrics, and corruption.” — Angela Elwell Hunt Copy Share Image