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Satire Quotes

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

"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

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"What are American dry-goods? asked the duchess, raising her large hands in wonder and accentuating the verb.American novels, answered Lord Henry."

"What are American dry-goods? asked the duchess, raising her large hands in wonder and accentuating the verb.American novels, answered Lord Henry."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Satire, America, Irony, Culture, Truth

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"I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do."

"I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Satire, Morality, Animals, Lesson, Story

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"Or he'd watch the news: more plagues, more famines, more floods, more insect or microbe or small-mammal outbreaks, more droughts, more chickenshit boy-soldier wars in distant countries. Why was everything so much like itself?"

"Or he'd watch the news: more plagues, more famines, more floods, more insect or microbe or small-mammal outbreaks, more droughts, more chickenshit boy-soldier wars in distant countries. Why was everything so much like itself?"

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Satire, News, Despair, Disaster, War

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"Smile for the camera, pretty little Sydney Tar Ponds."

"Smile for the camera, pretty little Sydney Tar Ponds."

Rebecca McNutt, Canadian Author

Satire, Irony, Image, Media, Humor

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"How many kids are in the Graveyard?""A bunch.""Who sends your supplies?""George Washington. Or is it Abraham Lincoln? I forget.""How often do you receive new arrivals?""About as often as you beat your wife."

"How many kids are in the Graveyard?""A bunch.""Who sends your supplies?""George Washington. Or is it Abraham Lincoln? I forget.""How often do you receive new arrivals?""About as often as you beat your wife."

Neal Shusterman, American Author

Satire, Violence, Dialogue, Irony

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"The god's chosen beverage. Tremble before the horror of Diet Coke!"

"The god's chosen beverage. Tremble before the horror of Diet Coke!"

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Satire, Humor, Truth, Life, Happiness

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"Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with."

"Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Satire, Politics, Money, Irony, Corruption

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"He [Old Mr. Turveydrop] was a fat old gentleman with a false complexion, false teeth, false whiskers, and a wig. He had a fur collar, and he had a padded breast to his coat, which only wanted a star or a broad blue ribbon to be complete. He was pinched in, and swelled out, and got up, and strapped down, as much as he could possibly bear."

"He [Old Mr. Turveydrop] was a fat old gentleman with a false complexion, false teeth, false whiskers, and a wig. He had a fur collar, and he had a padded breast to his coat, which only wanted a star or a broad blue ribbon to be complete. He was pinched in, and swelled out, and got up, and strapped down, as much as he could possibly bear."

Charles Dickens, English Novelist

Satire, Appearance, Deception, Humor, Character

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"I don't want to see him alone. He says things that annoy me. He gives me good advice."

"I don't want to see him alone. He says things that annoy me. He gives me good advice."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Satire, Advice, Alone, Truth, Irony

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"This nation is like all the others that have been spewed upon the earth - ready to shout for any cause that will tickle its vanity or fill its pocket. What a hell of a heaven it will be when they get all these hypocrites assembled there!"

"This nation is like all the others that have been spewed upon the earth - ready to shout for any cause that will tickle its vanity or fill its pocket. What a hell of a heaven it will be when they get all these hypocrites assembled there!"

Mark Twain, American Author

Satire, Nation, Hypocrisy, Vanity, Money

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"Genuinity is mother of stupidity."

"Genuinity is mother of stupidity."

Vikrmn, Indian Author

Satire, Stupidity, Mother, Truth, Irony

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"Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality."

"Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Satire, Scandal, Gossip, Morality, Truth

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"Mr. McGregor's a nasty piece of work, isn't he? Quite the Darth Vader of children's literature."

"Mr. McGregor's a nasty piece of work, isn't he? Quite the Darth Vader of children's literature."

Jasper Fforde, British Novelist

Satire, Humor, Literature, Irony

"I blame feminism and Facebook for the death of the American automobile. I'm a Republican, so I blame everything on feminism - or commies."

"I blame feminism and Facebook for the death of the American automobile. I'm a Republican, so I blame everything on feminism - or commies."

P. J. O'Rourke, American Comedian

Satire, Politics, Blame, Humor, Ideology

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