“Some of our friends are our friends only because we used to be friends.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“There is a sort of mental treason That smothers dreams outside of reason” — Mike Corbett Copy Share Image
Satire, being levelled at all, is never resented for an offence by any. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
“Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Satire exists for the purpose of killing the social being [for the sake of] the true individual, the real human being. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“We are way less likely to love someone just because they love us than we are to hate someone just because they… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana 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
“Where did you find construction guys swapping dirty jokes in proto-Númenorean?” Aura asked. “On construction sites. Is that coffee ready?” — John Barnes Copy Share Image
“Nothing helps your partner keep his mind on Jesus more than having a sign of His love tanned on your primary erogenous… — Scott B. Pruden Copy Share Image
It is a frightful satire and an epigram on the modern age that the only use it knows for solitude is to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The least we each ought to do for someone who treats us like a king or a queen is to treat them… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The modern form of things had begun to appeal to me, also (as material for satire) politics, and the lives of the… — Laurence Housman Copy Share Image
“Many millions of pregnancies—many if not most of which have each led to the birth of at least one child—were each used… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
'Newton' is a black comedy, a social satire. Amit Masurkar is directing the movie, and Drishyam films is producing. Rajkummar Rao is… — Pankaj Tripathi Copy Share Image
Satire must not be a kind of superfluous ill will, but ill will from a higher point of view. Ridiculous man, divine… — Paul Klee Copy Share Image
Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is… — Lenny Bruce Copy Share Image
On the other side of that coin, and far outweighing it, is the fact that I've been able to use genre of… — George A. Romero Copy Share Image
“A relationship is likely to last way longer, if each partner convinces or has convinced themselves that they do not deserve their… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Satire dramatizes better than any other use of it, the inherent contradiction of free speech that it functions best when what is… — Tony Hendra Copy Share Image
Popular culture bombards us with examples of animals being humanized for all sorts of purposes, ranging from education to entertainment to satire… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
“A história de todas as grandes civilizações galácticas tende a passar por três fases distintas e identificáveis: a da Sobrevivência, a da… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“This was the geography around which my reality revolved: it did not occur to me, ever, that people were good or that… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
“On the other side of St John’s house is a fake egg timer who can’t maintain an erection. He shares the property… — St. John Morris Copy Share Image
“Something refused to come into focus in my thinking. Indistinctly, as though in a fog, shapes moved toward me and retreated just… — Jon Woodson Copy Share Image
“I like how you call homosexuality an abomination." "I don't say homosexuality's an abomination, Mr. President, the bible does." "Yes it does.… — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
“His life was now the life of a collector, and that gave it meaning. Evening after evening he would count and arrange… — Karel Čapek Copy Share Image
Satire works in a bunch of specific ways, like a very precisely-geared bomb. It's a bit like something that looks harmless, and… — Steve Aylett Copy Share Image
“There is so much woman in many a girl and too much boy in many a man.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image