Art Quote by Harry Shearer

I just think everyone knows you go on those [political satire] shows if you're a politician to, "humanize yourself" - to show, "Hey, I…

— Harry Shearer

Political satire is a serious thing. In democratic newspapers throughout the world there are daily cartoons that often are not even funny, as is…

— Umberto Eco

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

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

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

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

I think satire is a luxury of literate middle-class people. People who are well fed and relatively secure in their beds can laugh at…

— Harold Ramis

I've never been much drawn towards satire of any kind. I don't like that style whereby you kind of stitch people up. But the…

— Geoff Dyer

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

— Molly Ivins

Satire is meant to have teeth; satire is meant to be dangerous. But it also happens to be fun because subversion and telling the…

— John Cusack

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

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