Quotes About Satire

The only good copies are those that point out the ridicule of bad originals.

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

I also do political cartoons, but a lot of them must stay, as they say, under the coat. But they are very fun to do, and in France, we have a good subject at the moment.

Everything I say is a joke. I am a joke myself.

I dug Mad Magazine, my brain is wired to mock, and Mad just confirmed my world view since I was a kid (from an interview in the book Attitude, 2002)

Anything awful makes me laugh.

The satirical magazine Punch, at that period closer in spirit to today's Private Eye, editorialized that: 'A London churchyard is very like a London omnibus. It can be made to carry any number.

I remember stating that humour was the poor cousin of wit and at best it was the whetstone on which wit sharpened itself – that one laughs at humour but savours wit.

What happens to the West happens to Snow White, which is to say they both turn into jokes.

Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo

What doesn't polite society, in all seriousness, want to discuss? Sex, money, political corruption, bodily functions, religion, loss and despair? These have been the very subjects attracting writers of comedy since Aristophanes penned "Lysistrata" as a vehicle for the young Joan Rivers.

My favorite sport is female and my favorite food is beer.

You can get rich making fun of me. I know. I've made lots of money making fun of me.

American political culture quickly and always outpaces any attempt to satirize it.

Later, when Tina Fey was head writer and star of Saturday Night Live, she could still say, "Only in comedy does an obedient white girl from the suburbs count as diversity.

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

The ridiculous arises out of a moral contrast, in which two things are brought together before the mind in an innocent way.

How many people does the Communist Party think it takes to change a lightbulb in China? About 63.5 million, the number of its members

A three-inch rain in Phoenix means three inches between drops.

CUSTARD, n. A detestable substance produced by a malevolent conspiracy of the hen, the cow, and the cook.

Kale smoothies taste so much better when they're brownies.

Satan called. He wants his weather back.

God is bad, truth is a cheat, and life is a joke.

Only a mind steeped in true love can write irony. The others write satire.