Quotes about Satire

It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.

That kind of so-called housekeeping where they have six Bibles and no cork-screw.

Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them a fat missionary.

If pro is the opposite of con, what is the opposite of Congress?

The political and commercial morals of the United States are not merely food for laughter, they are an entire banquet.

The fact that the Kardashians could be more popular than a show like "Mad Men" is disgusting. It's a super disgusting part of our culture, but I still find it funny to make a joke about it.

I don't make jokes, I just watch the government and report the facts.

One must have a heart of stone to read the death of little Nell without laughing.

To create man was a quaint and original idea, but to add the sheep was tautology.

What is funny about us is precisely that we take ourselves too seriously.

Kings and such are just as funny as politicians.

The late Kurt Vonnegut, the satirical American author, wrote: "For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the beatitudes. But—often with tears in their eyes—they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the beatitudes, be posted anywhere.