Satire is enjoyable compensation for being forced to think.
Edgar JohnsonSatire is the antidote to Pollyanna and Dr. Pangloss. It focuses our gaze sharply upon the the contrast between things as they are and as they should be.
Edgar JohnsonA satirist is never certain whether he/she will be acclaimed or punished.
Edgar JohnsonAfter riding like a moron all over the place, observes the face of an Indian when he crashes. He is stunned.
Manu JosephTags: satire
hobos' (a slang term that combines the words 'hope' and 'bowl of beans given to me for free by a woman who then initiated intercourse')
Patton OswaltThe people heard it, and approved the doctrine, and immediately practiced the contrary.
Benjamin FranklinTags: paradox practice satire theory rules absurdity contradiction doctrines
Ah, Sir, a novel is a mirror carried along a high road. At one moment it reflects to your vision the azure skies, at another the mire of the puddles at your feet. And the man who carries this mirror in his pack will be accused by you of being immoral! His mirror shews the mire, and you blame the mirror! Rather blame that high road upon which the puddle lies, still more the inspector of roads who allows the water to gather and the puddle to form.
StendhalTags: books satire novels social-criticism
Processions, meetings, military parades, lectures, waxwork displays, film shows, telescreen programs all had to be organized; stands had to be erected, effigies built, slogans coined, songs written, rumours circulated, photographs faked.
George OrwellTags: satire authoritarianism orwell russian-revolution
TWO AND TWO MAKES FIVE
George OrwellTags: satire authoritarianism orwell russian-revolution
I have actually known a case where a Woman has exterminated her whole household, and half an hour afterwards, when her rage was over and the fragments swept away, has asked what has become of her husband and her children.
Edwin A. AbbottTags: women humour satire anger family-relationships
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