I'm uncomfortable with the word satire. In the U.K., there's quite a bit of sledgehammer weight to that word, which is the… — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share Image
“Kara knew all he recognized was T and A on a string and he was nothing more than a sleazy puppeeter ,… — Saira Viola Copy Share Image
Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey the laws too well. What satire on government can equal the severity… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Charm is an elusive quality. Some have it; no teacher can afford to be without it. Teachers who lack charm must resort… — Hugh Mahoney Copy Share Image
Enough of satire; in less harden'd times Great was her force, and mighty were her rhymes. I've read of men, beyond man's… — Charles Churchill Copy Share Image
The show is a satire, which gives us freedom to do anything we want. Satire is the magic word that wipes away… — Rob Corddry Copy Share Image
A culture cannot evolve without honest, powerful storytelling. When a society repeatedly experiences glossy, hollowed-out, pseudo-stories, it degenerates. We need true satires… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana 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
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
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
“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 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
“Calvin's Mom confronts him as he stands at the open front door, going to school: Calvin, are you going to take that… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
“You are more likely to find three TVs inside a randomly selected house than you are to find a single book that… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Unless a love of virtue light the flame, Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
“Many a parent, sad to say, has used their child as an opportunity for them, the parent, to do, through their child,… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is utterly impossible to parody a Creationist in such a way… — Nathan Poe Copy Share Image
When you see a culture where the intellectual architects of the invasion are not shamed for their behavior but rewarded within the… — John Cusack 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
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
“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
“I turned on Fox News and jumped when I saw that they had one of those things in their studio. "Are you… — Ian McClellan Copy Share Image
“The sexual contact before this? “It was the first time.” The woman looked at Rat again, harder. The silence was more painful… — Graham Spaid Copy Share Image
“Satire is the antidote to Pollyanna and Dr. Pangloss. It focuses our gaze sharply upon the the contrast between things as they… — Edgar Johnson Copy Share Image
“Women, when they kill themselves, choose far more romantic methods - like slashing their wrists or taking an overdose of sleeping pills.Abandoned… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“I once bought my producer a case of Mountain Dew, his favorite soda, as a thank you for all he'd done for… — John Bennardo Copy Share Image
“I do not understand you.” “Then we are on very unequal terms, for I understand you perfectly well.” “Me? Yes; I cannot… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
For a young and presumptuous poet a disposition to write satires is one of the most dangerous he can encourage. It tempts… — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
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