Alan King Quotes

Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.

I think to simply make fun of something isn't particularly interesting. I try to not just do a parody of something or belittle something or disparage something.

Ridicule is man's most potent weapon.

I knew I was going to go into the field and make fun of people to their faces. I knew what I was getting into.

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.

It's all been satirized for your protection.

I've spent my entire career being a satirist.

Satire also allows you to make fun of every different aspect. It allows you to make fun of both sides. It allows you to make fun of everything, really, so you can do it in a harmless way.

Most of the bad taste I've been accused of has been generic bad taste; it's been making fun of an idea as opposed to a person.

I like to write a lot of satire.

Ridicule is more powerful than any argument.

Satire can always be found everywhere. A people without love for satire is a dead people.

Comedians are obsessed with justice and the truth.

I see the absurdity in things, and I think it's my job to point it out.

Comedy actually works best when you're living in an OK world, and you are pointing out the hypocrisy in apathy.

A lot of French comedy is satire.

I don't think people understand what comedy is supposed to do. We will observe things, we will make fun of things.

That's what I love about 'MADtv': If you exist, if you breathe, we will take you down.

I'm a satirist, so I've got boxing gloves on if the person is worthy of satire. But I'm not an assassin.

In general satire, every man perceives A slight attack, yet neither fears nor grieves.

Satire is tragedy plus time.

The modern world seems to make fun of people in a lot of ways.

Comedy is brutal. It's powerful, though.

When has stand-up comedy been kind to anyone? It goes after anyone who's the target. Comedy attacks, man.

Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.