Quotes About Satire

Humor that is edgy is never squeaky clean.

I could imagine his eulogy: "Fucker's dead. Throw some dirt on him. Let's go play some poker.

The problem with having so many naked women trying to hump me senseless was… Actually, there was no problem with it at all.

Literality in satire is the condemnation by quotation.

Good morning, Mr. Herbert!" I would say. "The point is debatable," he might respond. Or, on another day: "Good morning, Mr. Herbert!" "I will half allow it." Or: "Good morning, Mr. Herbert!" "I fail to see your argument." Or: "Good morning, Mr. Herbert!" "I find myself unequal to the occasion." Or, my favorite ever: "Good morning, Mr. Herbert!" "Oh, you're a satirist now, are you?

The trick of comedy," said Billy, "is not to perform it in a comic manner. Don't try to be funny, and you'll be funny.

Any man with a grain of sense knows that marriage is the only way, these days, to acquire a full-time maid who works twenty-five hours a day, with no time off and no pay except room and board. (p9)

That didn't surprise me; any man with a grain of sense knows that marriage is the only way, these days, to acquire a full-time maid who works twenty-five hours a day. with no time off and no pay except room and board.

The work of art is a stuffed crocodile.

Nothing comic isn't serious.

I only joke about really serious things

I'm sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in power.

If you're right and my life sucks, I'll just have to marry an ugly, old billionaire. The first time he sees me naked, which will be on our honeymoon, he'll have a heart attack and die. I'll inherit his entire fortune. You can be my chauffeur.

I love poking fun at myself. I have a rather mean sense of humor.

Cuando el mal gusto alcanza tales extremos, sólo queda el recurso de la risa

Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.

Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.

Well, comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.

And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody? You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.

Cartoons, if you ask me, are the most powerful weapon in today's politics. Balasaheb Thackeray has proved this.

Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.

Satire is a weapon, and it can be quite cruel.

I can make a joke pointing out that David Cameron told off Sri Lanka for human rights abuses committed with weapons Britain sold it - like Ronald McDonald calling you a fat bastard.

I've done pretty well as a professional fed-up. The tools of my trade so far have been irony, tongue-in-cheek mockery, and supercilious contempt, but these are highly civilized weapons designed for 18th-century French salons.