Debate Quote by Russell Howard

The best thing, on 'Question Time,' is when the reality confronts the rhetoric.

— Fiona Bruce

I do like 'Question Time.'

— Declan Donnelly

Politics is - once in a while - a forum for serious debate about political philosophy.

— P. J. O'Rourke

We don't have time to argue. Nobody has time.

— Henning Mankell

I always feel that most political jokes, if you're going to do them, you have to do them within the next five minutes, or…

— Gilbert Gottfried

Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.

— Isaac Asimov

You can sometimes sneak a political joke in, which is sometimes the most effective place for a political joke - when it's not expected.…

— Jeremy Hardy

This is not an easy time for humorists because the government is far funnier than we are.

— Art Buchwald

What is time? If I am not asked, I know; if I am asked, I don't.

— Saint Augustine

I decided that instead of making jokes about politics, I need to take part in it, and therefore, I can't make jokes and participate.

— Sandi Toksvig

I had done debate programmes before and quite often you go into them thinking: 'I might need to build some energy in the room.'…

— Fiona Bruce

Time does not dispose of a question - it only presents it anew in a different guise.

— Agatha Christie