Quotes by Satire Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel -- it's vulgar. Molly Ivins satire powerful weapons Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. Molly Ivins satire powerful weapons One easily bears moral reproof, but never mockery. Moliere satire moral bears life becomes satire in real time, what good is the premiere satire magazine? It might as well just be the newspaper. You could pick up The Wall Street Journal and be like, "Oh, what a funny Onion headline!" And then the editor of The Onion is like, "Huh. I guess you won't be needing me anymore." Moshe Kasher satire wall real Satire is the disease of art. Nicolas Chamfort satire disease art I would play hooky from school and spend all day in the movie theaters. Consequently, I learned satire in all its subtle forms. Nile Rodgers satire play school Satire doesn't effect change. P. J. O'Rourke satire effects I grew up around media so for me I've always been interested in that topic, whether it's a complete satire or a documentary. I love anything that touches on the state of information versus entertainment and what's newsworthy and what's not. Patrick Wilson satire A satirist, often in danger himself, has the bravery of knowing that to withhold wit's conjecture is to endanger the species. Penelope Gilliatt satire knowing bravery Verse satire indeed is entirely our own. Quintilian verses satire I stand with Charlie Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire. Salman Rushdie satire charlie-hebdo art Status is always ripe for satire, status is always good for comedy. Stephen Colbert ripe satire comedy All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire. Theodor Adorno satire decay blind Satire is, indeed, the only sort of composition in which the Latin poets whose works have come down to us were not mere imitators of foreign models; and it is therefore the sort of composition in which they have never been excelled. Thomas B. Macaulay satire poet latin Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize. Tom Lehrer henry-kissinger satire political The audiences like to think that satire is doing something. But, in fact, it is mostly to leave themselves satisfied. Satisfied rather than angry, which is what they should be. Tom Lehrer satire facts thinking I never wanted to do political satire because it seems too surface to me. Tracey Ullman satire surface political Satire is a lesson, parody is a game. Vladimir Nabokov satire lessons games You must not think that a satiric style allows of scandalous and brutish words; the better sort abhor scurrility. Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon satire style thinking Wickedly funny to read and morally bracing as only good satire can be. William Styron satire «12345»