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Satire Quotes by Salman Rushdie
- 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.
- The moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible.
- I stand with Charlie Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire
- 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…
- When...did it become irrational to dislike religion, any religion, even to dislike it vehemently? When did reason get redescribed as unreason? When were the fairy…
More Satire Quotes
- 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… — 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… — 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… — Flemming Rose
- Producing satire is kind of hopeless because of the literacy rate of the American public. — Frank Zappa