Satire Quotes

192 Satire quotes by 147 unique authors

How much truth is contained in something can be best determined by making it thoroughly laughable and then watching to see how much joking around… — Peter Sloterdijk
Good satire comes from anger. It comes from a sense of injustice, that there are wrongs in the world that need to be fixed. And… — Carl Hiaasen
Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it… — Molly Ivins
Satire is a composition of salt and mercury; and it depends upon the different mixture and preparation of those ingredients, that it comes out a… — Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey
Respect for religion' has become a code phrase meaning 'fear of religion'. Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect. — Salman Rushdie
A culture cannot evolve without honest, powerful storytelling. When a society repeatedly experiences glossy, hollowed-out, pseudo-stories, it degenerates. We need true satires and tragedies, dramas… — Robert McKee
There have been brilliant satires about the tax bureaucracy before, from the Beatles song ‘The Taxman’ to the film ‘Harry’s War,’ but in some ways… — John Fund
Satire is focused bitterness. — Leo Rosten
The journey of your first movie is not just beyond belief it can be truly beyond satire. — Yahoo Serious
The biggest problem I had with starring in Scrubs were the black doctors. I just had to keep telling myself this show was satire. — Zach Braff
When television producers say it is the parents obligation to keep children away from the tube, they reach the self satire point of warning that… — Gregg Easterbrook
SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness. — Ambrose Bierce
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 it,… — Steve Aylett
The 'Rise, Rebel, Resist' video is a reflection of the outrage the American people are feeling at the absurd hypocrisy, and overwhelming nonsense and balderdash… — Otep Shamaya
The moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible. — Salman Rushdie
The Irish and British, they love satire, its a large part of the culture. — Ben Nicholson
I stand with Charlie Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire — Salman Rushdie
The Saga of Dharmapuri is one of the great works of modern Indian literature. (...) Set against Vijayan's heroic and scatological Candide -- originally written… — David Selbourne
If an historian were to relate truthfully all the crimes, weaknesses, and disorders of mankind, his readers would take his work for satire rather than… — Pierre Bayle
There can only be one answer to this hideous act of jihad against the staff of Charlie Hebdo. It is the obligation of the Western… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
The more repression there is, the more need there is for irreverence toward those who are responsible for that repression. But too often sarcasm passes… — Paul Krassner
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 thing… — Ben Nicholson
I stand with Charlie Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire, which has always been a force for liberty and against… — Salman Rushdie
Charlie Hebdo: Satire was the father of true political freedom, born in the 18th century; the scourge of bigots and tyrants. Sing its praises. — Simon Schama
But satire, ever moral, ever new, Delights the reader and instructs him, too. She, if good sense refine her sterling page, Oft shakes some rooted… — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

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