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

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"A distinguished clergyman told me that he chose the profession of a clergyman because it afforded the most leisure for literary pursuits. I would recommend to him the profession of a governor."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Satire, Leisure, Writing, Literature, Profession

"The door of Reverend Verringer's impressive manse is opened by an elderly female with a face like a pine plank; the Reverend is unmarried, and has need of an irreproachable housekeeper. Simon is ushered into the library. It is so self-consciously the right sort of library that he has an urge to set fire to it."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Satire, Judgment, Perception, Environment, Class

"This book was written using 100% recycled words."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Satire, Humor, Writing, Truth, Wisdom

"Punctuality is the thief of time."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Satire, Time, Loss, Truth, Irony

"U.S. News Organizations observe the anniversary of September 11 with investigations about the nation's continuing vulnerability to terrorism. First, the New York Daily News reports that two of its reporters carried box cutters, razor knives, and pepper spray on fourteen commercial flights without getting caught. Then ABC News reports that it smuggled fifteen pounds of uranium into New York City. Then Fox News reports that it flew Osama bin Laden to Washington, D.C., and videotaped him touring the White House."

Dave Barry, American Journalist

Satire, News, Security, Terrorism, Observation

"The difficulty with humourists is that they will mix what they believe with what they don't whichever seems likelier to win an effect."

John Updike, American Novelist

Satire, Humor, Irony, Belief, Manipulation

"He couldn't get into Harvard even if he had the dean's wife at gunpoint."

Dave Barry, American Journalist

Satire, Intelligence, Education, Humor, Insult

"If I were you, I'd sue my face for slander."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Satire, Humor, Truth, Today, Wisdom

"I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be...yours."

Jane Austen, British Writer

Satire, Emptiness, Religion, Marketing, God

"New York: A third-rate Babylon."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Satire, Critique, Culture, City

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

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"As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office."

Money, Women, Office, Vote

"I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years."

Wisdom, Prudence, Years

"It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America."

History, America, Constitution, Country

"Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented."

Politics, Entertainment

"I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil. And that no one knows the truth."

Truth, Evil, Ignorance

"Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention."

Time, Attention, President, States

"I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part, and discuss it only with consenting adults."

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"Being slightly paranoid is like being slightly pregnant - it tends to get worse."

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"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to."

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