Satire Quotes – City of Quotes

If you’re going to give people 20 minutes of news satire, you’ve also got to give them Tiffani-Amber Thiessen or you’re going to have rioting in the streets.

Jon Stewart

If you’re going to give people 20 minutes of news satire, you’ve also got to give them Tiffani-Amber Thiessen or you’re going to have rioting in the streets.

Jon Stewart

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I love the satire and skewering of comedy writing.

Kristin Gore

I love the satire and skewering of comedy writing.

Kristin Gore

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I don’t want to sound disingenuous here – controversy is obviously good for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the discussion – in my view, a good thing.

Garry Trudeau

I don’t want to sound disingenuous here – controversy is obviously good for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the discussion – in my view, a good thing.

Garry Trudeau

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I think comedy and satire are a very important part of democracy, and it’s important we are able to laugh at the idiosyncrasies or the follies or vanities of people in power.

Rory Bremner

I think comedy and satire are a very important part of democracy, and it’s important we are able to laugh at the idiosyncrasies or the follies or vanities of people in power.

Rory Bremner

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‘Charlie Hebdo’ had been nondenominational in its satire, sticking its finger into the sensitivities of Jews and Christians, too – but only Muslims responded with threats and acts of terrorism.

George Packer

‘Charlie Hebdo’ had been nondenominational in its satire, sticking its finger into the sensitivities of Jews and Christians, too – but only Muslims responded with threats and acts of terrorism.

George Packer

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Status is always ripe for satire, status is always good for comedy.

Stephen Colbert

Status is always ripe for satire, status is always good for comedy.

Stephen Colbert

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I liked ‘Repo Man.’ Satire.

Harry Dean Stanton

I liked ‘Repo Man.’ Satire.

Harry Dean Stanton

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

Evan Osnos

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

Evan Osnos

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Satire is a form of social control, it’s what you do. It’s not personal. It’s a job.

Garry Trudeau

Satire is a form of social control, it’s what you do. It’s not personal. It’s a job.

Garry Trudeau

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If you’re going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can’t be politically correct when you do that.

John Cusack

If you’re going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can’t be politically correct when you do that.

John Cusack

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All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.

Theodor W. Adorno

All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.

Theodor W. Adorno

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As ‘Possession’ progresses, it seems less and less like the usual satire about academia and more like something by Jorge Luis Borges.

Jay Parini

As ‘Possession’ progresses, it seems less and less like the usual satire about academia and more like something by Jorge Luis Borges.

Jay Parini

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What’s great about ‘The Daily Show’ is I can use satire and push the envelope. I couldn’t do that anywhere else. Even if I was a journalist.

Aasif Mandvi

What’s great about ‘The Daily Show’ is I can use satire and push the envelope. I couldn’t do that anywhere else. Even if I was a journalist.

Aasif Mandvi

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Hollywood is horrible… it’s beyond satire.

Yahoo Serious

Hollywood is horrible… it’s beyond satire.

Yahoo Serious

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I think the big lesson I’ve learned is that it’s very hard to write satire in America because almost immediately, whatever you’ve thought of turns out to come true, or sometimes it already was true.

Jennifer Egan

I think the big lesson I’ve learned is that it’s very hard to write satire in America because almost immediately, whatever you’ve thought of turns out to come true, or sometimes it already was true.

Jennifer Egan

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Paul Verhoeven is one of my favourite directors. I love his ability to mash extreme violence with humour and satire.

Kayvan Novak

Paul Verhoeven is one of my favourite directors. I love his ability to mash extreme violence with humour and satire.

Kayvan Novak

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I was very involved in political satire, and I’d been writing parody for ‘Mad’ and ‘National Lampoon,’ so I made up some strange story about Gerald Ford.

Chevy Chase

I was very involved in political satire, and I’d been writing parody for ‘Mad’ and ‘National Lampoon,’ so I made up some strange story about Gerald Ford.

Chevy Chase

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I cry all the time when I watch ‘Glee’ because I don’t know if it’s satire or melodrama and that makes me feel like the writing is aware of itself, and that makes it OK to cry.

David Sedaris

I cry all the time when I watch ‘Glee’ because I don’t know if it’s satire or melodrama and that makes me feel like the writing is aware of itself, and that makes it OK to cry.

David Sedaris

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If you’re going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can’t be politically correct when you do that.

John Cusack

If you’re going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can’t be politically correct when you do that.

John Cusack

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Satire doesn’t effect change.

P. J. O'Rourke

Satire doesn’t effect change.

P. J. O'Rourke

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#satire 36

If you’re going to give people 20 minutes of news satire, you’ve also got to give them Tiffani-Amber Thiessen or you’re going to have rioting in the streets.

I love the satire and skewering of comedy writing.

I don’t want to sound disingenuous here – controversy is obviously good for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the discussion – in my view, a good thing.

I think comedy and satire are a very important part of democracy, and it’s important we are able to laugh at the idiosyncrasies or the follies or vanities of people in power.

‘Charlie Hebdo’ had been nondenominational in its satire, sticking its finger into the sensitivities of Jews and Christians, too – but only Muslims responded with threats and acts of terrorism.

Status is always ripe for satire, status is always good for comedy.

I liked ‘Repo Man.’ Satire.

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

Satire is a form of social control, it’s what you do. It’s not personal. It’s a job.

If you’re going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can’t be politically correct when you do that.

All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.

As ‘Possession’ progresses, it seems less and less like the usual satire about academia and more like something by Jorge Luis Borges.

What’s great about ‘The Daily Show’ is I can use satire and push the envelope. I couldn’t do that anywhere else. Even if I was a journalist.

Hollywood is horrible… it’s beyond satire.

I think the big lesson I’ve learned is that it’s very hard to write satire in America because almost immediately, whatever you’ve thought of turns out to come true, or sometimes it already was true.

Paul Verhoeven is one of my favourite directors. I love his ability to mash extreme violence with humour and satire.

I was very involved in political satire, and I’d been writing parody for ‘Mad’ and ‘National Lampoon,’ so I made up some strange story about Gerald Ford.

I cry all the time when I watch ‘Glee’ because I don’t know if it’s satire or melodrama and that makes me feel like the writing is aware of itself, and that makes it OK to cry.

If you’re going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can’t be politically correct when you do that.

Satire doesn’t effect change.