I think Quote by Mike Yaconelli

If satire is to be effective, the audience must be aware of the thing satirized.

— Gore Vidal

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

Satire is at once the most agreeable and most dangerous of mental qualities. It always pleases when it is refined, but we always fear…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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 has a great big glaring target. If successful, it blasts a great big hole in the center. Directness there must be and singleness…

— Wyndham Lewis

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

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 dependent on strong beliefs, and on strong beliefs wounded.

— Anita Brookner

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 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

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