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Satire Quotes

It is hard for power to enjoy or incorporate humour and satire in its system of control Picture Quote #1

There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins. Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honored. As a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices Picture Quote #1

It seems like there’s a lot of people who just do not understand satire. They think it’s weird. There’s people who just don’t understand you portray something or just explore a character, it means you’re condoning it, saying this is the way to live Picture Quote #1

For years, reality has been nipping at the heels of satire. Now, it’s finally caught up. I don’t need to make this stuff up Picture Quote #1

If an historian were to relate truthfully all the crimes, weaknesses, and disorders of mankind, his readers would take his work for satire rather than for history Picture Quote #1

A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others; for myself, I never could find amusement in killing flies Picture Quote #1

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I would play hooky from school and spend all day in the movie theaters. Consequently, I learned satire in all its subtle forms Picture Quote #1

People are starting to acknowledge the direction the media is going. This is a good sign that we’ll continue to deliver satire and news and opinion in new and different ways. Why be limited by the medium? I hope that there are more cartoonists and people who are willing to try something new Picture Quote #1

How much truth is contained in something can be best determined by making it thoroughly laughable and then watching to see how much joking around it can take. For truth is a matter that can withstand mockery, that is freshened by any ironic gesture directed at it. Whatever cannot withstand satire is false Picture Quote #1

When television producers say it is the parents obligation to keep children away from the tube, they reach the self satire point of warning that their own product is unsuitable for consumption Picture Quote #1

Humor is essential to a successful tactician, for the most potent weapons known to mankind are satire and ridicule Picture Quote #1

When you have satire, it has to be real. No matter how outrageous the comedy becomes, you have to believe in the characters Picture Quote #1

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Satire must always accompany any free society. It is an absolute necessity. Even in the most repressive medieval kingdoms, they understood the need for the court jester, the one soul allowed to tell the truth through laughter. It is, in many ways, the most powerful form of free speech because it is aimed at those in power, or those whose ideas would spread hate. It is the canary in the coalmine, a cultural thermometer, and it always has to push, push, push the boundaries of society to see how much it’s grown Picture Quote #1

Satire dramatizes better than any other use of it, the inherent contradiction of free speech that it functions best when what is being said is at its most outrageous Picture Quote #1

What a newspaper needs in its news, in its headlines, and on its editorial page is terseness, humor, descriptive power, satire, originality, good literary style, clever condensation and accuracy, accuracy, accuracy Picture Quote #1

Satire has a great big glaring target. If successful, it blasts a great big hole in the center. Directness there must be and singleness of aim: it is all aim, all trajectory Picture Quote #1

When you see a culture where the intellectual architects of the invasion are not shamed for their behavior but rewarded within the mainstream media culture, black comedy, satire, absurdism is the only response Picture Quote #1

Smart writers never understand why their satires on our town are never successful. What they refuse to accept is that you can’t satirize a satire Picture Quote #1

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People are always looking for something to hate on. If this is something for them to target and hate on, that’s their thing. I look at it as satire Picture Quote #1

Satire chooses and knows no objects. It arises by fleeing from them and their forcing themselves upon it Picture Quote #1

Through my satire I make little people so big that afterwards they are worthy objects of my satire and no one can reproach me any longer Picture Quote #1

Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, and that so very few are offended with it Picture Quote #1

Satire is not a social dynamite. But it is a social indicator: it shows that new men are knocking at the door Picture Quote #1

Pornographers are the enemies of women only because our contemporary ideology of pornography does not encompass the possibility of change, as if we were the slaves of history and not its makers... Pornography is a satire on human pretensions Picture Quote #1

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The feathered arrow of satire has oft been wet with the heart’s blood of its victims Picture Quote #1

I’m a satirist, so I’ve got boxing gloves on if the person is worthy of satire. But I’m not an assassin Picture Quote #1

It is a frightful satire and an epigram on the modern age that the only use it knows for solitude is to make it a punishment, a jail sentence Picture Quote #1

The purpose of satire has been rightly stated as to strip off the veneer of comforting illusion and cosy half truth, and our job, as I see it, is to put it back again! Picture Quote #1

We’ve managed to keep a spirit of fun, I guess, of urban satire and finding new and odd interesting angles to the ways of life to put on the stage Picture Quote #1

I’ll publish right or wrong: Fools are my theme, let satire be my song Picture Quote #1

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It is hard for power to enjoy or incorporate humour and satire in its system of control (Satire Quotes) There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins. Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honored. As a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices (Satire Quotes) It seems like there’s a lot of people who just do not understand satire. They think it’s weird. There’s people who just don’t understand you portray something or just explore a character, it means you’re condoning it, saying this is the way to live (Satire Quotes) For years, reality has been nipping at the heels of satire. Now, it’s finally caught up. I don’t need to make this stuff up (Satire Quotes) If an historian were to relate truthfully all the crimes, weaknesses, and disorders of mankind, his readers would take his work for satire rather than for history (Satire Quotes) A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others; for myself, I never could find amusement in killing flies (Satire Quotes) I would play hooky from school and spend all day in the movie theaters. Consequently, I learned satire in all its subtle forms (Satire Quotes) People are starting to acknowledge the direction the media is going. This is a good sign that we’ll continue to deliver satire and news and opinion in new and different ways. Why be limited by the medium? I hope that there are more cartoonists and people who are willing to try something new (Satire Quotes) How much truth is contained in something can be best determined by making it thoroughly laughable and then watching to see how much joking around it can take. For truth is a matter that can withstand mockery, that is freshened by any ironic gesture directed at it. Whatever cannot withstand satire is false (Satire Quotes) When television producers say it is the parents obligation to keep children away from the tube, they reach the self satire point of warning that their own product is unsuitable for consumption (Satire Quotes) Humor is essential to a successful tactician, for the most potent weapons known to mankind are satire and ridicule (Satire Quotes) When you have satire, it has to be real. No matter how outrageous the comedy becomes, you have to believe in the characters (Satire Quotes) Satire must always accompany any free society. It is an absolute necessity. Even in the most repressive medieval kingdoms, they understood the need for the court jester, the one soul allowed to tell the truth through laughter. It is, in many ways, the most powerful form of free speech because it is aimed at those in power, or those whose ideas would spread hate. It is the canary in the coalmine, a cultural thermometer, and it always has to push, push, push the boundaries of society to see how much it’s grown (Satire Quotes) Satire dramatizes better than any other use of it, the inherent contradiction of free speech that it functions best when what is being said is at its most outrageous (Satire Quotes) What a newspaper needs in its news, in its headlines, and on its editorial page is terseness, humor, descriptive power, satire, originality, good literary style, clever condensation and accuracy, accuracy, accuracy (Satire Quotes) Satire has a great big glaring target. If successful, it blasts a great big hole in the center. Directness there must be and singleness of aim: it is all aim, all trajectory (Satire Quotes) When you see a culture where the intellectual architects of the invasion are not shamed for their behavior but rewarded within the mainstream media culture, black comedy, satire, absurdism is the only response (Satire Quotes) Smart writers never understand why their satires on our town are never successful. What they refuse to accept is that you can’t satirize a satire (Satire Quotes) People are always looking for something to hate on. If this is something for them to target and hate on, that’s their thing. I look at it as satire (Satire Quotes) Satire chooses and knows no objects. It arises by fleeing from them and their forcing themselves upon it (Satire Quotes) Through my satire I make little people so big that afterwards they are worthy objects of my satire and no one can reproach me any longer (Satire Quotes) Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, and that so very few are offended with it (Satire Quotes) Satire is not a social dynamite. But it is a social indicator: it shows that new men are knocking at the door (Satire Quotes) Pornographers are the enemies of women only because our contemporary ideology of pornography does not encompass the possibility of change, as if we were the slaves of history and not its makers... Pornography is a satire on human pretensions (Satire Quotes) The feathered arrow of satire has oft been wet with the heart’s blood of its victims (Satire Quotes) I’m a satirist, so I’ve got boxing gloves on if the person is worthy of satire. But I’m not an assassin (Satire Quotes) It is a frightful satire and an epigram on the modern age that the only use it knows for solitude is to make it a punishment, a jail sentence (Satire Quotes) The purpose of satire has been rightly stated as to strip off the veneer of comforting illusion and cosy half truth, and our job, as I see it, is to put it back again! (Satire Quotes) We’ve managed to keep a spirit of fun, I guess, of urban satire and finding new and odd interesting angles to the ways of life to put on the stage (Satire Quotes) I’ll publish right or wrong: Fools are my theme, let satire be my song (Satire Quotes)

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