Satires Quotes
12 quotes by 12 authors
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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
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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
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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
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For a young and presumptuous poet a disposition to write satires is one of the most dangerous he can encourage. It tempts him to personalities,…
— Robert Southey
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Satires which the censor can understand are justly forbidden
— Karl Kraus
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Satires and lampoons on particular people circulate more by giving copies in confidence to the friends of the parties, than by printing them.
— Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Well, these sad and hopeless obstacles are welcome in one sense, for they enable us to look with indifference upon the cruel satires that Fate…
— Thomas Hardy
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Culturally, I have always been part of the proletariat. I lived side by side with the sons of glassblowers, fishermen and smugglers. The stories they…
— Dario Fo
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Our fathers were actually business partners in the same real-estate firm, and we got together and thought, How can we get a movie together and…
— David Zucker
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We made satires of everything - news broadcasts and TV shows that we watched. When I look at them now, they are totally amateurish, but…
— Lev Yilmaz
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We pay homage to the people who came before, doing satires, like Mel Brooks; we're just carrying the torch.
— Shawn Wayans
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I think I will be just fine without your satires. They mock my progress.
— Crosby Kwaw
Who Wrote These Satires Quotes
12 authors contributed a total of 12 Satires Quotes as follows: