Henry kissinger Quote by Tom Lehrer

Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize.

— Tom Lehrer

The Nobel Peace Prize has become hopelessly politicized. I think it cheapens the prize itself.

— John Bolton

I never wanted to do political satire because it seems too surface to me.

— Tracey Ullman

The Nobel Peace Prize has always been a joke - albeit a grim one. Alfred Bernhard Nobel famously invented dynamite and felt sorry about…

— P. J. O'Rourke

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

Producing satire is kind of hopeless because of the literacy rate of the American public.

— Frank Zappa

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

Kennedy didn't beat Nixon. Satire beat Nixon.

— Chris Rock

Nobel was a genuine friend of peace. He even went so far as to believe that he had invented a tool of destruction, dynamite,…

— Alva Myrdal

You can say the dirty words now, but there is no content - political satire is limited to small podiums and little soap boxes.

— Tommy Smothers

All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.

— Theodor Adorno

People say satire is dead. It's not dead; it's alive and living in the White House.

— Robin Williams