Quotes About Satire

The Hills are alive with the sound of CRAP!

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature - the malice of a good thing is the barb that makes it stick.

The movie cheerfully offends all civilized notions of taste, decorum, manners and hygiene... The movie is vulgar? Vulgarity is when we don't laugh. When we laugh, it's merely human nature.

A little wit and a great deal of ill-nature will furnish a man for satire; but the greatest instance of wit is to commend well.

'American Dad' is, by its nature, much more political.

Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

By the very nature of satire or parody, you have to love and respect your target and respect it enough to understand every aspect of it, so you can more effectively make fun of it.

The president already has a Nobel Prize for peace. I think he's shooting for one in fiction.

Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

I don't have a computer. I'm going to wait until that whole fad is over. I was suckered in on the Pet Rock. Not twice, people.

Support your right to arm bears.

When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat.

There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.

There follows a little obscenity here, a dash of philosophy there, considerable whining overall, and a modern satirical novel is born.

If the rest of your brain were conscious, it would probably regard you as the pointy-haired boss from Dilbert

The only weapon we have is comedy.

To be a philosopher, just reverse everything you have ever been told...and have a sense of humor doing it.

The Flinstones wore furs, they ate red meat, and had a stoneage philosophy. In fact, they were the first Republicans.

Satire is a kind of poetry in which human vices are reprehended.

A satirical poet is the check of the laymen on bad priests.

Imagine, if you will, that I am an idiot. Then, imagine that I am also a Congressman. But, alas, I repeat myself.

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

I like a President who tells jokes instead of appointing them.

Politics is developing more comedians than radio ever did.