British Quote by Ben Nicholson

The Irish and British, they love satire, it's a large part of the culture.

— Ben Nicholson

I love satire. Evelyn Waugh is one of my favorite writers of all time. He's hilarious. He's so wicked. He's so great. On the…

— T.C. Boyle

“And this led to another round of mapping as we separated men from women, finding that while the male ethos usually represented the culture…

— Lily King

Satire is fascinating stuff. It's deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there is a drift towards satire, because it's the only…

— Ben Nicholson

It's harder to take politics seriously, to understand the issues, than it is to drown it all in a sea of scorn. And while…

— Rory Bremner

“Some of our friends are our friends only because we used to be friends.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“For their never-ending endeavours to obtain or retain wealth, countries desperately need companies, because they—unlike most human beings—have the means of production, and human…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Jason Mashak’s SALTY AS A LIP is grounded in a voice patiently bridging the “steeples and ‘scrapers” of an inquisitive mind. The poems are…

— James Ragan

“Behind every preventable threat to the future of the human race lurks a boy in a man's body with both hands buried deep in…

— Daniel Prokop

Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous,…

— Lenny Bruce

“We were putting into these gomers our fear of death, but who knew if they feared death? Perhaps they welcomed death like a dear…

— Samuel Shem

“But this bus was a bit too full. The driver only appeared to control the glass and metal around him. In reality, he was…

— Graham Spaid

When the Lilliputians first saw Gulliver's watch, that "wonderful kind of engine...a globe, half silver and half of some transparent metal," they identified it…

— James Gleick

Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness.

— Edward Young

Everybody should read 'Slaughterhouse-Five' by Kurt Vonnegut. This book is about the hypocrisy of war, told in satire, and is hard-hitting and truthful.

— Kalki Koechlin