Quotes by Satire What is a miracle?--'Tis a reproach, 'Tis an implicit satire on mankind; And while it satisfies, it censures too. Edward Young satire mankind miracle Satire recoils whenever charged too high; round your own fame the fatal splinters fly. Edward Young splinters satire fame One man's pointlessness is another's barbed satire. Franklin P. Adams one-man satire men In general satire, every man perceives A slight attack, yet neither fears nor grieves. George Crabbe satire grieving men Satire is what closes on Saturday night. George S. Kaufman saturday-night satire night A man is angry at a libel because it is false, but at a satire because it is true. Gilbert K. Chesterton satire libel men If satire is to be effective, the audience must be aware of the thing satirized. Gore Vidal satire audience ifs I don't want to call the show [ "Mary and Jane" ] a satire because it is not, but there are satirical elements. Harry Elfont satire elements want Satire of satire tends to be self-canceling, and deliberate shock tactics soon lose their ability to shock, especially when they're too deliberate. Herb Caen satire tactics self Satirists do expose their own ill nature. Isaac Watts satire satirist ill Satire is not a social dynamite. But it is a social indicator: it shows that new men are knocking at the door. Jacob Bronowski satire doors men Occasionally, the horrors of life in North Korea do show up in our American satire. Jennifer Armintrout satire korea horror I like the George Romero films, which were really great, social satire movies; really twisted. John Cusack satire twisted film 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 satire criticism social Satire among the Romans, but not among the Greeks, was a bitter invective poem. John Dryden satire bitter greek Satire is a kind of poetry in which human vices are reprehended. John Dryden satire kind vices 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. John Tillotson satire littles men To me, that's where a lot of satire lies. News used to hold itself to a higher plane and slowly it has dissolved into, well, me. Jon Stewart satire news lying Satire, being levelled at all, is never resented for an offence by any. Jonathan Swift satire offence When dunces are satiric, I take it for a panegyric. Jonathan Swift dunces satire «12345»