Anger Quote by Carl Hiaasen

Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind…

— Jonathan Swift

Satire is, by definition, offensive. It is meant to make us feel uncomfortable. It is meant to make us scratch our heads, think, do…

— Maajid Nawaz

Good satire is about attacking the powerful, and that tends to be more the purview of the left. Maybe there's something about the conservative…

— Tom Tomorrow

Satire is used for political purposes all the time, but obviously there's a time and a place. I think in the current climate, it…

— George Michael

Satire works in a bunch of specific ways, like a very precisely-geared bomb. It's a bit like something that looks harmless, and you swallow…

— Steve Aylett

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

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

Satire also allows you to make fun of every different aspect. It allows you to make fun of both sides. It allows you to…

— Neill Blomkamp

The audiences like to think that satire is doing something. But, in fact, it is mostly to leave themselves satisfied. Satisfied rather than angry,…

— Tom Lehrer

I'm uncomfortable with the word satire. In the U.K., there's quite a bit of sledgehammer weight to that word, which is the antithesis of…

— Jesse Armstrong

Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless,…

— Molly Ivins

Satire is an abuse of wit. It corrects few evils.

— Christian Nestell Bovee