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    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.

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I refuse to enter a wet T-Shirt Contest until my breasts look more like breasts, and less like something I read more

I refuse to enter a wet T-Shirt Contest until my breasts look more like breasts, and less like something I should tuck into my pants.

by Kelli Jae Baeli Found in: Sarcasm Quotes,
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Satire must not be a kind of superfluous ill will, but ill will from a higher point of view. Ridiculous read more

Satire must not be a kind of superfluous ill will, but ill will from a higher point of view. Ridiculous man, divine God. Or else, hatred against the bogged-down vileness of average man as against the possible heights that humanity might attain.

by Paul Klee Found in: Sarcasm Quotes,
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What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the read more

What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth.

by Roland Barthes Found in: Sarcasm Quotes,
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Blows are sarcasms turned stupid.

Blows are sarcasms turned stupid.

by George Eliot Found in: Sarcasm Quotes,
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Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive

Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Sarcasm Quotes,
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As regards rap music, I believe that the "c" is silent.

As regards rap music, I believe that the "c" is silent.

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I refused to attend his funeral. But I wrote a very nice letter explaining that I approved of it.

I refused to attend his funeral. But I wrote a very nice letter explaining that I approved of it.

by Mark Twain Found in: Sarcasm Quotes,
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Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument.

by Rufus Choate Found in: Irony Quotes, Sarcasm Quotes,
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It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished read more

It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Sarcasm Quotes,
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