Breathe Quote by Samuel Richardson

Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.

— Mary Wortley Montagu

Satire is dependent on strong beliefs, and on strong beliefs wounded.

— Anita Brookner

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

— Molly Ivins

Satire is a composition of salt and mercury; and it depends upon the different mixture and preparation of those ingredients, that it comes out…

— Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey

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

Good satire hopefully provides thought-provoking conversation.

— Lizz Winstead

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 recoils whenever charged too high; round your own fame the fatal splinters fly.

— Edward Young

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

A satire should expose nothing but what is corrigible, and should make a due discrimination between those that are and those that are not…

— Joseph Addison

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

I think satire is most effective when you love the thing you're satirizing rather than... have a vendetta against it.

— Mike Yaconelli