As long as there is satire, the poet is, as it were, particeps criminis. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel - it's vulgar. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I never wanted to do political satire because it seems too surface to me. — Tracey Ullman Copy Share Image
“People keep making excuses, that’s why everthing happens for a reason.” — Roy Saputra Copy Share Image
If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up. — Barry Humphries Copy Share Image
“You need to be greedy or ignorant to truly want to live forever.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Nothing is new anymore. We're living in a post-everything society and "art" itself has become satire.” — Ruadhán J. McElroy Copy Share Image
“I've always felt I deserved a wider audience, so thank you for reading this.” — Ivana Hruba Copy Share Image
All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire. — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
The biggest problem I had with starring in Scrubs were the black doctors. I just had to keep telling myself this show… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
“Being bigheaded can be as irritating and as dangerous as being small-minded.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“The worst mistake a writer can make is to assume everyone has an imagination.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Attending a funeral would leave the average person insane, if they truly believed that sooner or later they are also going to… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Satires and lampoons on particular people circulate more by giving copies in confidence to the friends of the parties, than by printing… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
Every writer scrounges for inspiration in different places, and there's no shame in raiding the headlines. It's necessary, in fact, when attempting… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
“Divorce is a marital welfare. It's just couples asking society to bail them out because they didn't do enough research before they… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Good satire is about attacking the powerful, and that tends to be more the purview of the left. Maybe there's something about… — Tom Tomorrow Copy Share Image
“LEARN FROM THE MASTERS: Mark Twain once said, “Show, don’t tell.” This is an incredibly important lesson for writers to remember; never… — Colin Nissan Copy Share Image
“From Olsen's Nation: "Through the power of our diplomacy, a world that was once divided about how to deal with Iran’s nuclear… — Randy Quarles Copy Share Image
“terrorism n. Violence for political purposes or the politically motivated threat of violence which, either intentionally or unintentionally, challenges the state's monopoly… — Leslie Starr O'Hara Copy Share Image
“I imagine sarcasm to be a backward slanting font, each word leaning away from rather than into the next. These days it… — George Takei Copy Share Image
“Their conversation ceased abruptly with the entry of an oddly-shaped man whose body resembled a certain vegetable. He was a thickset fellow… — Jeff Phillips Copy Share Image
Anyone should be able to express themselves in any context. Obviously, there are arguments against appropriation, but it's one thing when someone… — Christian Scott Copy Share Image
For even satire is a form of sympathy. It is the way our sympathy flows and recoils that really determines our lives.… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Dear Eloisa (said I) there’s no occasion for your crying so much about such a trifle. (for I was willing to make… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Nevertheless a certain class of dishonesty, dishonesty magnificent in its proportions, and climbing into high places, has become at the same time… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“I thought they’d fact-check it, and it’d make them look worse. I mean that’s how this always works: Someone posts something I… — Paul Horner Copy Share Image
The walking tour guides one through the city's various landmarks, reciting bits of information the listener might find enlightening. I learned, for… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“It was madness to leave without your useless shit. You came in with it, you left with it--that was how it worked.… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
