Satire Quotes

192 quotes by 148 authors

All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire. — Theodor Adorno
You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it. — Art Buchwald
Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when… — Lenny Bruce
Fools are my theme, let satire be my song. — Lord Byron
A joke is a very serious thing. — Winston Churchill
Satire is tragedy plus time. — Lenny Bruce
There is nothing that more betrays a base ungenerous spirit than the giving of secret stabs to a man's reputation. Lampoons and satires that are… — Joseph Addison
Praise to the undeserving is severe satire. — Benjamin Franklin
By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection. — Frank Moore Colby
Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet to run amok and tilt at all I meet. — Alexander Pope
The cartoonists treated Islam the same way they treat Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism and other religions. And by treating Muslims in Denmark as equals they made… — Flemming Rose
Producing satire is kind of hopeless because of the literacy rate of the American public. — Frank Zappa
A jealous man is very quick in his application: he knows how to find a double edge in an invective, and to draw a satire… — Joseph Addison
If goodness were only a theory, it were a pity it should be lost to the world. There are a number of things, the idea… — William Hazlitt
People are starting to acknowledge the direction the media is going. This is a good sign that we'll continue to deliver satire and news and… — Mark Fiore
How do we get a pantomime cow on set. Jeez, the rigours of satire. — Mel Smith
The trouble with most comedians who try to do satire is that they are essentially brash, noisy and indelicate people who have to use a… — Imogene Coca
There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of… — Isaac Hayes
Satire must not be a kind of superfluous ill will, but ill will from a higher point of view. Ridiculous man, divine God. Or else,… — Paul Klee
Satire is what closes on Saturday night. — George S. Kaufman

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