Modern critics, who refuse to let a plain thing alone, have now started a theory that Cervantes's work is a vast piece… — Stephen Leacock Copy Share Image
“[An] explanation that was simply in the best traditions of female logic: "I don't know why, but I want it, so you… — Michael Atamanov Copy Share Image
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“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
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
“The universe seems to be a lot like a car or a computer, in that it's designed to be user-friendly, which doesn't… — Michel Templet Copy Share Image
“Lisa blamed Twilight , and the preconceived notions about men (especially dangerous men) that it tended to form in the impressionable adolescent mind.” — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
At Columbus Circle, a juggler wearing a trench cloak and top hat, who is usually at this location afternoons and who calls… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
“Eunice had deposited St John upon the balcony of the first-floor apartment of former Liberal MP, The Rt. Hon. Leonard Cossins, the… — St. John Morris Copy Share Image
I do suppose what any political satire, what any political joke can count as a gaffe or a possible career-ending move. It… — Timothy Simons Copy Share Image
Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart. The nearer I approach the end, the plainer I hear… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“If she did not wish to lead a virtuous life, at least she desired to enjoy a character for virtue, and we… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
There can only be one answer to this hideous act of jihad against the staff of Charlie Hebdo. It is the obligation… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards… — Isaac Hayes 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
What you want to do is talk about ideas, you write a novel, you have a lecture about those ideas. Satire and… — Justin Simien Copy Share Image
Hippo in a skirt: this was a comic reference to one of Solomon's principal wives, the one from Moab. Childish? Yes. But… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
“I don’t even pretend to believe I know everything; I just believe in arguments God told me I had a pretty good… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“He would be a consul no doubt by and by, at some foreign port, of the language of which he was ignorant;… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Many obese people spend a significant amount of their energy on suppressing the urge to tell some of the people who are… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Loneliness tortures many if not most of the elderly more intensely and more frequently than it torments many if not most of… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Can anyone be arrested for being such an asshole as him? Should they pass a law, legislate for just such things, make… — Chassis Albuquerque Copy Share Image
“Biologists are diligently unraveling the mystery of how such formidable creatures like dinosaurs vanished from the face of the Earth. Meanwhile, our… — Muhammad Ijaz Ul Haq Copy Share Image
“In the event that your feminist activities are discovered, quick diversions include bursting into song, asking him how to fix something in… — Reductress Copy Share Image
“There was Arctic John, a businessman from Salisbury who doesn’t hold water, Bruce Knott, a social worker from Cumberland who spends his… — St. John Morris Copy Share Image
It's supposed to feel good to throw a brick at the right people. There is a long tradition of naming and ridiculing… — John Cusack Copy Share Image
“Private Benjamin lives next door but one to Bob Cryer from The Bill. I once saw him crouching down behind a sycamore… — St. John Morris Copy Share Image
“The way I saw it, if my students were willing to pretend I was a teacher, the least I could do was… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“A lot of people come up here and they thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one… — Kathy Griffin Copy Share Image
“General assumptions often lead to erroneous conclusions, but one cannot go far wrong in always assuming that whatever one's government is saying… — Michel Templet Copy Share Image
All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that… — Moliere 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
“When selecting a one-night stand, a heterosexual woman who is materialistic is a trillion times more likely to choose a sexually unattractive… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“St John had always been a fan of the RS Turbo, mainly due to the colour coded rear spoiler and air vents… — St. John Morris Copy Share Image
I stand with Charlie Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire, which has always been a force for… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
My biggest influence growing up was Mad magazine, which is a very text-heavy form of visual satire. I didn’t grow up wanting… — Tom Tomorrow Copy Share Image
Rush Limbaugh's pathetic abuse of logic, his absurd pomposity, his relentless self-promotion, his ridiculous ego - now those, friends, are appropriate targets… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
“Clever is when one is crafty enough to mistake your imagination for intelligence. Smart is when one assumes they are too educated… — Kerry E. Wagner Copy Share Image
If you're going to give people 20 minutes of news satire, you've also got to give them Tiffani-Amber Thiessen or you're going… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image