A political satirist's job is to draw blood. I'm not so much interested in politics as I am in overthrowing the government. — Mort Sahl Copy Share Image
Satire has its limits. It is really up to the people to make the change. The satirist's role ends at the screen. — Bassem Youssef Copy Share Image
“In reality most human beings are not, to most human beings, more important than money.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Our most noted satirists are true columnists, and their opinions can be worth more than any well-documented expose. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance. — Peter De Vries Copy Share Image
“The last time everyone loved or at least liked everyone was when the world had a population of about 4.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana 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. — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
“Some people hate people who are overconfident, only because their overconfidence reminds them of their underconfidence.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Many a survivor of a plane crash who is or was against cannibalism and had never eaten human flesh once found themselves… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Any satirist writing a futuristic novel who had imagined a President Reagan during the Eisenhower years would have been accused of perpetrating… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little - or it will seem that his satire springs rather from… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“The world economy would collapse if a significant number of people were to realize and then act on the realization that it… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
“Most sane human beings who have managed to attain and retain fame each uses it to dramatically increase their name’s chances of… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Not a few millions of parents strongly hope that their own children will step in by instantly becoming their own parents’ foster… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana 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
Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I. — Al Franken Copy Share Image
“A satirist is a man who discovers unpleasant things about himself and then says them about other people.” — Peter McArthur Copy Share Image
I've always thought that Lewis Carroll himself had a certain comedy tinge to him. He was a guy who was a satirist.… — James Bobin Copy Share Image
I read the best works of some of the best satirists, and indeed best writers from the beginning of the Victorian era… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Bret Easton Ellis is a social satirist; I consider myself aligned with how he does things. Bret doesn't write about that which… — Roger Avary Copy Share Image
Statistics, one may hope, will improve gradually, and become good for something. Meanwhile, it is to be feared the crabbed satirist was… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
A satirist is someone who has a very skeptical view of human nature, but who still has the optimism to make some… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
No novel has ever changed anything, as far as I can see. And the great satirists, like Swift and Dickens, tend to… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“To ask a man whether or not he has a girlfriend is to talk about his sex life. If you disagree with… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Jon Stewart is a remarkable satirist and parodist in the vein of Mark Twain, because Jon Stewart understands what Mark Twain knew,… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
It is said that truth comes from the mouths of fools and children: I wish every good mind which feels an inclination… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
She [Gypsy Rose Lee] was a sophisticated self-satirist with a contagious delight in the comedy of sex. She was coy; she was… — Karen Abbott Copy Share Image
“Technically, you cannot really own a book you bought; you can only own the sheets of paper your copy is printed on;… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Although they probably know that some children were used and some children are used as miners, most adults are ignorant of the… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“As we all know, as if forever exploiting or attempting to exploit each other were not enough, a group of sane human… — 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
It didn't seem fair to me that Jon Stewart's rally didn't get the same kind of attention that Glenn Beck's did. Why… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
A satirist is a man whose flesh creeps so at the ugly and the savage and the incongruous aspects of society that… — John Dos Passos Copy Share Image
“If we were not impressed by job titles, suits, and jargon, we would demand that financial advisors show us their personal bank… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
If I'm a cruel satirist at least I'm not a hyprocrite: I never judge what other people do. Neither a politician nor… — Federico Fellini 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
I would say I'm an ironist not a satirist. All you do is you take existing tendencies and crank them up, just… — Martin Amis 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
“Millions of business people are each constantly forced to choose between their desire to not be a bad person and their desire… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
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