Dangerous Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Satire is used for political purposes all the time, but obviously there's a time and a place. I think in the current climate, it…

— George Michael

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 a weapon, and it can be quite cruel.

— Molly Ivins

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

Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind…

— Jonathan Swift

Satire is, by definition, offensive. It is meant to make us feel uncomfortable. It is meant to make us scratch our heads, think, do…

— Maajid Nawaz

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

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

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

— Anita Brookner

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

For a young and presumptuous poet a disposition to write satires is one of the most dangerous he can encourage. It tempts him to…

— Robert Southey