#satire

An honest politician is an oxymoron. ↗

— Mark Twain

#satire #humor

Irreverence is our only sacred cow. ↗

— Paul Krassner

#satire #censorship

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret. [Fred. Free.] ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#satire

When majority is insane, sane must go to asylum. ↗

— Mark Twain

#humour #satire #satire

Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. you're mad ↗

— Lewis Carroll

#satire

No quality imparts apparent strength to its possessors more effectively than faith. From hospital beds to battlefields, it is the iron that strengthens a man to confront his destiny. ↗

— Mike Corbett

#demons #heaven #hell #intelligent-humor #irreverent-humor

But in terms of satire and comedy, our biggest and earliest influence was Mad magazine. ↗

— Jerry Zucker

#comedy #earliest #influence #mad #magazine

I think up until the point when we started in the business, which was in the early '70s, most of the humor was political. The smart humor was political satire. ↗

— David Zucker

#early #humor #i #i think #most

By educating me at home, my parents were able to give me individualized attention without the usual distractions that kids in regular school experience, like dating and friendship. Not to mention that traditional school can be dangerous. I’ve heard about kids catching the flu and chicken pox, even Judaism. And how about those poor kids lugging all those heavy books to and from school every day? My books never went anywhere, just like me. I felt so bad when I’d see kids on my street giggling and chasing each other around with those awkward backpacks. ↗

— Colin Nissan

#homeschooling #humor #satire #dating

I'm a satirist, so I've got boxing gloves on if the person is worthy of satire. But I'm not an assassin. ↗

— Stephen Colbert

#boxing #gloves #got #i #person