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Quotes About Satire

The Praise of Folly.
~ Peter Watson
Christ on the crapper
~ Philip K. Dick
However, I do think one could say this; rather than having it read: Ubik, by Philip K. Dick, one could put it this way: PHILIP K. DICK By Ubik In a sense I am joking, of course, but in a sense I am not.
~ Philip K. Dick
Civilwarland in Bad Decline
~ David Foster Wallace
Ask any proctologist, the difference between an ass clown turd-squeak and a turd-squeak ass clown is the difference between Donald Trump and Barry Obama.
~ David Gustafson
If smart people are parodying it, that's a sure sign that some less smart people are believing it.
~ David Levithan
In the next election, I'm voting for your mom to be the next God.
~ David Levithan
If smart people are parodying it, that's a sure sign that some less smart people are believing it.
~ David Levithan
There is this book, Destroy All the Cars. It's about how caring about something deeply can also make you hate the world, because the world can be really disappointing. But don't worry-- it's also funny, too. Because that's how you get through all the disappointment, right? You have to find it all funny.
~ David Levithan
I love things made out of animals. It's just so funny to think of someone saying, I need a letter opener. I guess I'll have to kill a deer.
~ David Sedaris
Right, I breast feed baby camels in my backyard just for the freaking fun of it. Just tell me where you live, Pinocchio, and save the baloney for lunch.
~ David Sedaris
I dragged my balls across your mother's memorial cake, from cherry to cherry, and to each of the candles.
~ David Sedaris
I'm not a parent myself, but I think the best solution at this point is to slap that child across the face. It won't stop crying, but at least now it'll be doing it for a good reason.
~ David Sedaris
I see his presidential bid as just another commercial for himself. It wouldn't surprise me if he were to name the Hamburglar as his running mate.
~ David Sedaris
Look," I'll say to Jesus, "enough is enough. I suggest we nail some boards together and have ourselves an old-fashioned crucifixion.
~ David Sedaris
While each of us thought, separately, Amy brought up Fran Lebowitz. Someone asked her what her favorite animal is and she answered, 'Steak.' Isn't that perfect?
~ David Sedaris
She'd never expressed any great interest in the outdoors, so I scattered her remains on the carpet and then vacuumed her back up.
~ David Sedaris
my family's asshole.
~ David Sedaris
The Times came last night; tonight it was Newsday and the Voice. I want to tell them we were just joking. It's not a real play, it's what comes from doodling while you're holding a bong.
~ David Sedaris
Satire is people as they are; romanticism, people as they would like to be; realism, people as they seem with their insides left out.
~ Dawn Powell
he] had become the bloke in the joke: the last man on earth
~ Zadie Smith
Why is it that everyone from your school is a criminal crackhead? - Why's everyone from yours a Tory minister?
~ Zadie Smith
Ten ?wiat nie zginie od bomby atomowej, jak prorokuj? gazety, ale umrze ze ?miechu, ze strywalizowania, z obracania wszystkiego w ?art, na domiar z?ego w kiepski ?art.
~ Unknown
I see the absurdity in things, and I think it's my job to point it out.
~ Ralphie May