Men are more satirical from vanity than from malice. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld
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I wear my Pen as others do their Sword. To each affronting sot I meet, the word Is Satisfaction: straight to thrusts I go, And pointed satire runs him through and through. – John Oldham
Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it. – Lenny Bruce
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reservd to blame, or to commend, A timrous foe, and a suspicious friend. – Alexander Pope
Unless a love of virtue light the flame, Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others bare. – William Cowper
If you live a life of make-believe, your life isnt worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality. And to me, sailing the open ocean is a real challenge, because its life or death. – Morgan Freeman
At a car dealership, the person who sells the car is the hero, and also gets the commission. But if the mechanics dont service that car well, the customer wont return. – Roger Staubach
When women make their image about youth and sexuality, and not about intellect, thats kind of a dead-end road. So I think its a combination of self-entrapment and entrapment by society. – K. D. Lang
