Quotes About Satire

I'm not the first or the last to stand on a hillock, watching the man she married prove to the world he's a total, utter, absolute, Grade A pillock. - Mrs Icarus

Pride and Prejudice opens with one of the most famous sentences ever written: It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. With these words, Jane Austen announced to her readers that they were about to meet such a man and the people eager to marry him off. What was more, they were going to have fun. The dark cynicism of Sense and Sensibility was largely gone, blown away by a clean, fresh wind.

Holly's theory about the army, Sharon explained. And what is it? Denise asked, intrigued. Oh, that fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.

Food that walked and talked, that was us. McPeople.

I know these jokes aren't great, ladies and gentlemen, see this is the problem you run into when you're between impeachments.

That movie, 'Airplane!,' what a landmark film it was. It's a great, great movie.

You can't debunk memes with facts. It's like bringing tap-shoes to a gunfight.

Films with a message just make me laugh.

There's always a message in my comedy.

I dress up as a middle-aged prostitute and do a game show.

A lot of people want Trump to be impeached. I do not. Because just when you think Trump is awful, you remember Mike Pence. Mike Pence is what happens when Anderson Cooper isn't gay.

Look, I don't have the millions of dollars that Exxon has. But I've got comedy. I've got satire. I've got stars.

Kids are wonderful, but I like mine barbecued.

I try to make fun of everyone as often as possible, especially minorities.

Humor is based on the way a man looks at life's ironies, and being a member of a minority group can certainly be ironic.

It can take the uninitiated a minute to realize that 'Gangnam Style' is satire.

Das Fürchterliche muss sein Gelächter haben!

Of all the ingenious and cruel satires that from the beginning till now have been stuck like knives into womankind, surely there is not one so lacerating to them, and to us who love them, as the trite old fact, that the most wretched of men can, in the twinkling of an eye, find a wife ready to be more wretched still for the sake of his company. Edward hastened to despatch his

On the contrary, you speak so beautifully that I could listen all day.' The astronomer threw a searching glance upon her for a moment; but there was no satire in the warm soft eyes which met his own with a luxurious contemplative interest. 'Say more of it to me,' she continued, in a voice not far removed from coaxing.

The hand of Providence creeps among the stars, giving Slothrop the finger.

Onto Chastity Bjornsen's car radio came the drawling irreverent brass and subhip syncopation of a Herb Alpert arrangement, which Doc realized with growing horror was a cover of Ohio Express's "Yummy Yummy Yummy." He

most humor starts from irritation.

Hey, check this weirdo out." Hi was inspecting a bust on the mantel. "This face is ninety percent eyebrow. What do you want to bet he owned slaves?" Scowling to match the carving's expression, Hi spoke in a gravelly voice. "In my day, we ate the poor people. We had a giant outdoor grill, and we cooked up peasant steaks every Sunday."

Dave Barry once satirized Thurmond in his syndicated column, saying he colored his hair with Tang).