Elements Quote by David Shrigley

Satire is a form of social control, it's what you do. It's not personal. It's a job.

— Garry Trudeau

I'm uncomfortable with the word satire. In the U.K., there's quite a bit of sledgehammer weight to that word, which is the antithesis of…

— Jesse Armstrong

I don't know that you can do it as a satire. I mean, the business is crazy enough as it is. It's like doing…

— Barry Levinson

Satire is a weapon, and it can be quite cruel.

— Molly Ivins

I think to simply make fun of something isn't particularly interesting. I try to not just do a parody of something or belittle something…

— Mark Leyner

Satire's nature is to be one-sided, contemptuous of ambiguity, and so unfairly selective as to find in the purity of ridicule an inarguable moral…

— E. L. Doctorow

I think I will be just fine without your satires. They mock my progress.

— Crosby Kwaw

I'm constantly watching satirical news programs, and just - I never want to be in a situation where someone could yell out a topic…

— Brad Williams

I think satire is most effective when you love the thing you're satirizing rather than... have a vendetta against it.

— Mike Yaconelli

Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous,…

— Lenny Bruce

In a satire, you need foolishness.

— Shoojit Sircar

Through my satire I make little people so big that afterwards they are worthy objects of my satire and no one can reproach me…

— Karl Kraus