Satirist Quotes · Page 2

In the wake of the deaths of the satirists, Je suis Charlie, I am Charlie, became a slogan of solidarity for free…

— Scott Simon

The familiar writer is apt to be his own satirist. Out of his own mouth is he judged.

— Edwin Percy Whipple

When Actions are a Censure upon themselves, the Reciter will always be consider'd as a Satirist.

— Charlotte Lennox

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.

— James Thurber

The satirist isn't just looking at things ironically but militantly - he wants to change them, and intends to have an effect…

— Martin Amis

“Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Millions of sane people would each be sexually attracted to their own parent or child if they were not related to them.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

[The satirist] must fully possess, at least in the world of the imagination, the quality the lack of which he is deriding…

— Rebecca West

I'm a satirist, so I've got boxing gloves on if the person is worthy of satire. But I'm not an assassin. If…

— Stephen Colbert

Comedy to the Senate? Well, there certainly hasn't been a satirist or a political satirist who's done that. So, that really was…

— Al Franken

I've learned to have absolutely no regrets about any jokes I've ever done. You can tune me out, you can click me…

— Joan Rivers

I'd rather call myself a mischief-maker, an imp, rather than a satirist. Satirist sounds so self important. Plus no one is calling…

— Mo Rocca

“We, in the interest of the so-called progress, have been persuaded to leave the production and at times the cooking of our…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Mr. Searle became a satirist, he once said, because ‘in the late '30s, things in general and politics in particular were no…

— Ronald Searle

Most satirists are indeed a public scourge; Their mildest physic is a farrier's purge; Their acrid temper turns, as soon as stirr'd,…

— William Cowper

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in…

— James Thurber

“In reality most human beings are not, to most human beings, more important than money.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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

The political satirist usually votes against their own interests, but the bottom line is that it doesn't really matter.

— Lizz Winstead

“Greed is a contagious mental illness without which civilization as we know it would not have been possible.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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

I'm not really a political satirist. I don't kid myself. I'm more interested in doing the mannerisms and the personality.

— Rich Little

The most successful satirist is that one who disturbs someones subconscious so as to make him think about something; otherwise his satire…

— Mak_786

“In some cases, you can tell how somebody is being treated by their own boss from the way they are treating someone…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I found that not having a public profile was not hurting the work, and it freed me up to be the satirist…

— Garry Trudeau

The public is gullible. ... If [many satirists are] making the same joke, that's the danger. Then there's a solidifying effect and…

— Bill Maher

I'm glad to be able to announce that the UK now has it's very own mindless twit. || Either that or he's…

— Tim Worstall

He has the obligation to society that any human being has. I don't think a satirist has any greater obligation to society…

— Shel Silverstein

Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I.

— Al Franken

“A satirist is a man who discovers unpleasant things about himself and then says them about other people.”

— Peter McArthur

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

“Some people hate people who are overconfident, only because their overconfidence reminds them of their underconfidence.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Some people avoid thinking deeply in public, only because they are afraid of coming across as suicidal.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“There is nothing morally wrong with buying stolen goods, unless you know that they were stolen.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The last time everyone loved or at least liked everyone was when the world had a population of about 4.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.

— Peter De Vries

“To some believers, being on the pill or using a condom is a nonverbal way of telling God to go to hell.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Our most noted satirists are true columnists, and their opinions can be worth more than any well-documented expose.

— Umberto Eco

“The most upsetting thing about Society’s attitude towards disabled people is that many millions of disabled people became disabled while trying to…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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