Whenever you feel like feeling like a devil's advocate, Bible-thump. That, in a worldly world, is the great irony and satire of… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I feel like comedy is important, and I think political satire can be really important. — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
“We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The feathered arrow of satire has oft been wet with the heart's blood of its victims. — Benjamin Disraeli 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
Gentle mockery or sharp satire aimed at Christians and their leaders have been replaced by abuse of Christianity itself. — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
There is a satire that exists in 'My Arm,' but there is also an honoring of some of the stronger ideas that… — Tim Crouch Copy Share Image
We've managed to keep a spirit of fun, I guess, of urban satire and finding new and odd interesting angles to the… — Adolph Green Copy Share Image
“Written twenty years after she held office, this abridged biography is being released now, prior to taking place. Maybe we can learn… — Nancy Omeara 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
“ISIS stands for Islamic State In Syria. It's an acronym. ISIS is also the name of a bad ass Egyptian goddess. So… — Johnny Corn Copy Share Image
“It made him feel a little uncomfortable sometimes when he reflected that the good little boys always died. He loved to live,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“It doesn't matter whether they mean it or not. That's why they make little kids pledge allegiance even before they know what… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
When you look at golf films before us they're all - garbage or satire. A lot of sports films tend to vilify… — Shia LaBeouf Copy Share Image
“Some people are each holding on to a lover of theirs who no longer loves them and/or who they no longer love,… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The critics try to intellectualize my material. There's no satire involved. Satire is a concept that can only be understood by adults.… — Andy Kaufman Copy Share Image
I think one of my favorite pieces I've ever done on the show which was about Hezbollah Israel conflict in 2006 and… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share Image
“We, Seth, Emperor of Azania, Chief of the Chiefs of Sakuyu, Lord of Wanda and Tyrant of the Seas, Bachelor of the… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
The cartoonists treated Islam the same way they treat Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism and other religions. And by treating Muslims in Denmark as… — Flemming Rose Copy Share Image
So are you turning out like them? Do you still write and draw?" "yeah, but I don't do anything personnal or profound.… — Elizabeth Chandler Copy Share Image
Satire is an art best practiced behind the back of the intended target. I think inviting politicians on a satirical show becomes… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
“... they only trusted the wisdom of people brighter and more worldly than themselves when it was expressed in the vocabulary and… — John Barnes Copy Share Image
“They see nothing indecent in sexual intercourse, whether heterosexual or homosexual, and indulge in it quite openly, in full view of everyone.… — Lucian of Samosata Copy Share Image
The effort really to see and really to represent is no idle business in face of the constant force that makes for… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“THE MANAGEMENT REGRETS TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE NO LONGER TECHNICALLY ALIVE.” — David Alan King Copy Share Image
“Many if not most slaves would have each readily jumped, and many if not most slaves would each readily jump, at the… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“I do have an interest in this book, which is for sale. (If you have bought it, dear reader, I thank you.… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“He'd been given an assignment to write about teen beauty pageants [...], which he'd accepted because he enjoyed blood sports as much… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
There are people who believe in Egypt that I - I'm actually - I'm getting paid by external powers and external intelligence… — Bassem Youssef Copy Share Image
I believe that pop culture is just, like, so ready for 'Watchmen.' We tried so hard to ride that wave between satire… — Zack Snyder Copy Share Image
Everyone understood [Charlie Hebdo], as people had understood for hundreds of years, knowing that Rabelaisian tradition of French satire, they knew how… — Scott Simon Copy Share Image
“She said when a boy and a girl dog copulate, the head of the boy's penis swells and the vaginal muscles of… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
A satire should expose nothing but what is corrigible, and should make a due discrimination between those that are and those that… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Satire's nature is to be one-sided, contemptuous of ambiguity, and so unfairly selective as to find in the purity of ridicule an… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
“Since my trips to Earth, I've only managed to assemble a few basics facts about humans, condensing them in to four, overall… — Tai Odunsi Copy Share Image
“Maud: Young women are never happy. Betty: Mother, what a thing to say. Maud: Then when they're older they look back and… — Caryl Churchill Copy Share Image
“Most human beings strongly believe that money is way less important than the life of a human being, but in reality five… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
We never dealt with satire or suggestive material. Although some of our films were broad parodies or burlesques of popular dramatic themes,… — Stan Laurel Copy Share Image
Pops added,you know, they say if you don't vote, you get the government you deserve. And if you do, you never get… — Anonymous 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
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