History Quote by Thomas Paine

“The only type of humor that is excused lower classness is satire, and satire is the chamber music of comedy - a joke that…

— A.A. Gill

I have so great a contempt and detestation for meanness, that I could sooner make a friend of one who had committed murder, than…

— Laurence Sterne

I consider nothing low but ignorance, vice, and meanness, characteristics generally found where the animal propensities predominate over the higher sentiments.

— William John Wills

Envy is an ill-natured vice, and is made up of meanness and malice. It wishes the force of goodness to be strained, and the…

— Jeremy Collier

We have entered a period of intolerance which combines, as it sometimes does in America, with a sugary taste for euphemism. This conjunction fosters…

— Robert Hughes

Satire, whether it be satire or not, everything has to have boundaries.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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

If we ban whatever offends any group in our diverse society, we will soon have no art, no culture, no humor, no satire. Satire…

— Erica Jong

“Behind every preventable threat to the future of the human race lurks a boy in a man's body with both hands buried deep in…

— Daniel Prokop

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

“We were putting into these gomers our fear of death, but who knew if they feared death? Perhaps they welcomed death like a dear…

— Samuel Shem

“But this bus was a bit too full. The driver only appeared to control the glass and metal around him. In reality, he was…

— Graham Spaid