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Satire Quotes

"I'm just trying to portray what I find ironic or humorous."

Max Cannon, American Artist

"Pornography is a satire on human pretensions."

Angela Carter, English Novelist

Satire, Pornography

"Satire is a lesson, parody is a game."

Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist

"Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful."

Molly Ivins, American Journalist

"Misery is almost always the result of thinking."

Joseph Joubert, French Writer

Satire, Misery, Result, Thinking

"Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolished the right arm Of his country."

George Byron, Scottish Poet

Satire, Chivalry, Country, Right, Spain

"A sitcom isn't usually the right tool for satire."

Chris Morris, British Critic

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

Theodor Adorno, German Philosopher

"It is difficult not to write satire."

Juvenal, Roman Poet

"I never wanted to do political satire because it seems too surface to me."

Tracey Ullman, British Comedian

"Tomorrow is a satire on today, And shows its weakness."

Edward Young, English Poet

Satire, Today, Tomorrow, Weakness

"Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own."

Jonathan Swift, Irish Writer

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