Comedy Quote by Ricky Reed

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 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 not a social dynamite. But it is a social indicator: it shows that new men are knocking at the door.

— Jacob Bronowski

Satire also allows you to make fun of every different aspect. It allows you to make fun of both sides. It allows you to…

— Neill Blomkamp

Every comic will tell you that a lot of crowds play differently to different social commentary. Some people are really uptight about stuff like…

— Andrew Santino

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

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

— Garry Trudeau

The more repression there is, the more need there is for irreverence toward those who are responsible for that repression. But too often sarcasm…

— Paul Krassner

I try and write satire that's well-intentioned. But those intentions have to be hidden. It can't be completely clear, and that's what makes it…

— Bo Burnham

There are two kinds of humor. One kind that makes us chuckle about our foibles and our shared humanity -- like what Garrison Keillor…

— Molly Ivins