Satire Quotes

192 Satire quotes by 147 unique authors

Political satire is a serious thing. In democratic newspapers throughout the world there are daily cartoons that often are not even funny, as is the… — Umberto Eco
It is hard for power to enjoy or incorporate humour and satire in its system of control. — Dario Fo
There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry toward religious beliefs... begins. — Isaac Hayes
Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. — Molly Ivins
It is difficult not to write satire. — Juvenal
When you look at golf films before us they're all - garbage or satire. A lot of sports films tend to vilify the opposition. Where… — Shia LaBeouf
Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize. — Tom Lehrer
You can't debate satire. Either you get it or you don't. — Michael Moore
Satire is a lesson, parody is a game. — Vladimir Nabokov
Conventional show-biz savvy held that Americans hated to be the objects of satire. — Carroll O'Connor
Satire doesn't effect change. — P.J. O'Rourke
Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise. — Alexander Pope
Satire is people as they are; romanticism, people as they would like to be; realism, people as they seem with their insides left out. — Dawn Powell
A lot of political music to me can be rather pedantic and corny, and when it's done right - like Bruce Springsteen or Jackson Browne… — Bonnie Raitt
I would play hooky from school and spend all day in the movie theaters. Consequently, I learned satire in all its subtle forms. — Nile Rodgers
I cry all the time when I watch 'Glee' because I don't know if it's satire or melodrama and that makes me feel like the… — David Sedaris
I'm looking at some comedic horror films because I have often been accused of being too dark. I'm not dark, not compared with 'Saw' or… — Henry Selick
If you're going to give people 20 minutes of news satire, you've also got to give them Tiffani-Amber Thiessen or you're going to have rioting… — Jon Stewart
Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own. — Jonathan Swift
Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a… — James Thurber
I never wanted to do political satire because it seems too surface to me. — Tracey Ullman
He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead. — Voltaire
Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die. — Voltaire
People say satire is dead. It's not dead; it's alive and living in the White House. — Robin Williams
Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness. — Edward Young

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