Humor Quote by Edgar Johnson

“Satire is negative truth.”

— Hugh Black

“reality has an odd habit of catching up with satire.”

— Walter Isaacson

“Satire may be mad and anarchic, but it presupposes an admitted superiority in certain things over others; it presupposes a standard.”

— G.K. Chesterton

The audiences like to think that satire is doing something. But, in fact, it is mostly to leave themselves satisfied. Satisfied rather than angry,…

— Tom Lehrer

“For even satire is a form of sympathy.”

— D. H. Lawrence

Satire is dependent on strong beliefs, and on strong beliefs wounded.

— Anita Brookner

Good satire hopefully provides thought-provoking conversation.

— Lizz Winstead

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

— Garry Trudeau

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 works best when it hews close to the line between the outlandish and the possible - and as that line continues to grow…

— Graydon Carter

Satire of satire tends to be self-canceling, and deliberate shock tactics soon lose their ability to shock, especially when they're too deliberate.

— Herb Caen

Good satire goes beyond the specific point it’s trying to make and teaches you how to think critically. Even after your favorite cartoonist retires…

— Aaron McGruder