Comedy Quote by Dario Fo Download Open image “It is hard for power to enjoy or incorporate humour and satire in its system of control.” — Dario Fo ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Comedy Enjoy Hard Humor Humour Humour Satire Incorporate Humour Power Satire Satire Control
Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless,… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of humor. One kind that makes us chuckle about our foibles and our shared humanity -- like what Garrison Keillor… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I think comedy and satire are a very important part of democracy, and it's important we are able to laugh at the idiosyncrasies or… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
I know everybody wants humor to be subversive and speak truth to power. I don't think power's been listening, incidentally. — Robert Mankoff Copy Share Image
I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel - it's vulgar. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
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… — Ben Nicholson Copy Share Image
Satire works best when it hews close to the line between the outlandish and the possible - and as that line continues to grow… — Graydon Carter Copy Share Image
I think comedy and satire are the strongest ways to deal with very serious themes and very painful themes. — Colman Domingo Copy Share Image
I am the jongleur. I leap and pirouette, and make you laugh. I make fun of those in power, and I show you how… — Dario Fo Copy Share Image
We thought the church had withdrawn from interfering in Italian politics... but instead there is a terrible resurgence. These are ugly signs for freedom… — Dario Fo Copy Share Image
We had extremely democratic town councils in medieval Italy which knew the value of working together, and every now and then, down the centuries,… — Dario Fo Copy Share Image
Tidy fees are the most effective remedy, both for the doctor and the patient. — Dario Fo Copy Share Image
Real socialism is inside man. It wasn't born with Marx. It was in the communes of Italy in the Middle Ages. You can't say… — Dario Fo Copy Share Image
A theatre, a literature, an artistic expression that does not speak for its own time has no relevance. — Dario Fo Copy Share Image
Every artistic expression is either influenced by or adds something to politics. — Dario Fo Copy Share Image
“Amar la belleza es un sufrimiento, si quienes están a nuestro lado se niegan si quiera a prestarle atención” — Dario Fo Copy Share Image
For some time it's been my habit to use images when preparing a speech: rather than write it down, I illustrate it. — Dario Fo Copy Share Image
'Mad TV' is one of my most favorite shows of all time and is a huge part of my obsession with sketch comedy. — Shane Dawson Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want people to laugh at me. That's why I have to give all that I can, and at least produce something that… — Zhao Wei Copy Share Image
“Our world will not die as a result of the bomb, as the papers say, it will die of laughter, of banality, of making a joke… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
In the future, I would like to do more films with contemporary themes. Perhaps comedy, which is something I have done in theater but… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
That's something a lot of folks don't know about me - I'm pretty darn funny. — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
I have that need in me, I want everyone to love me, but I'm embarrassed by that need, so I wanted to cover it… — Anthony Jeselnik Copy Share Image
There's a difference between delivering real funny and just silly funny. — Lil Rel Howery Copy Share Image
Oh to that corkscrew, the useful tool to unlock the treasure of wit, the treasury of laughter, the front door of fellowship, and the… — Andrew Guzaldo Copy Share Image
