Quotes by Satire Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise. Alexander Pope satire literature praise Satire or sense, alas! Can Sporus feel? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? Alexander Pope satire butterfly wheels Nobody and nothing beats The Simpsons. Even after all this time, it's still the best satire since Monty Python. Alice Cooper satire beats python Pornography is a satire on human pretensions. Angela Carter pornography satire humans Satire is dependent on strong beliefs, and on strong beliefs wounded. Anita Brookner satire strong belief Obviously, I'm a fan of satire. I'd debate anyone, but it would have to be the actual person. That would be my only hesitation about debating Stephen Colbert. If he were playing a character, it wouldn't really work. Ann Coulter satire debate character satire is a wrapping of exaggeration around a core of reality. Barbara Tuchman exaggeration satire reality If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up. Barry Humphries satire giving-up might We're never going to be the ultimate-insider look. You can do 50 insider looks at this Hollywood business, and the satire didn't intrigue me. I think others can do that. Barry Levinson satire thinking The Irish and British, they love satire, its a large part of the culture. Ben Nicholson satire british culture Praise to the undeserving is severe satire. Benjamin Franklin satire flattery praise Conventional show-biz savvy held that Americans hated to be the objects of satire. Carroll O'Connor satire hated shows Kennedy didn't beat Nixon. Satire beat Nixon. Chris Rock satire beats Satire is an abuse of wit. It corrects few evils. Christian Nestell Bovee satire abuse evil It is hard for power to enjoy or incorporate humour and satire in its system of control. Dario Fo satire humour enjoy 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 satire writing people Social satire has been around since people have been around. David Walliams satire social people Satire's nature is to be one-sided, contemptuous of ambiguity, and so unfairly selective as to find in the purity of ridicule an inarguable moral truth. E. L. Doctorow satire moral purity I like to write a lot of satire. Earl King satire writing Lampoons, like squibs, may make a present blaze; but time and thunder pay respect to bays. Edmund Waller satire may pay 12345»