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Satire Quotes by Stephen Colbert
- Status is always ripe for satire, status is always good for comedy.
- I'm a satirist, so I've got boxing gloves on if the person is worthy of satire. But I'm not an assassin.
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