Appreciate Quote by Rube Goldberg

In modern America, anyone who attempts to write satirically about the events of the day finds it difficult to concoct a situation so bizarre…

— Calvin Trillin

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 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

All the satires of the stage should be viewed without discomfort. They are public mirrors, where we are never to admit that we seeourselves;…

— Moliere

I don't know that you can do it as a satire. I mean, the business is crazy enough as it is. It's like doing…

— Barry Levinson

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

This is really hard to do but I'd like to change the tone now and briefly mention today's terrible tragedy in France. Twelve people…

— Conan O'Brien

There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry toward religious beliefs...…

— Isaac Hayes

To me, that's where a lot of satire lies. News used to hold itself to a higher plane and slowly it has dissolved into,…

— Jon Stewart

There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs…

— Isaac Hayes

Social satire has been around since people have been around.

— David Walliams

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