Henry Adams Quotes

Everything needs to be lampooned. I believe that there's not any sacred ground.

I haven't watched 'Mad TV' a lot, but I have seen some stuff on there that is truly funny. You have to have some sort of attitude toward the subject, and they seem to have it. It depends on how much blood you want to draw.

If I don't offend somebody, then I'm probably not funny.

Inappropriateness is funny to me. Rudeness is hilarious.

I have self-actualized. Pardon me whilst I adjust my glowing halo.

Irreverence is easy - what's hard is wit.

I think that what comes through in Chicago humor is the affection. Even though you're poking fun at someone or something, there's still an affection for it.

You had to learn at a certain age what sarcasm is, you know?

Impropriety is the soul of wit.

Comedy always works best when it is mean-spirited.

There is no place for a person like me in a world that only takes itself seriously. Satire is so necessary but fairly ineffective.

What is satire if not a marriage of civil disobedience to a laugh track, a potent brew of derision and lack of respect that acts as a nettle sting on the thin skin of the humourless?

A little irreverence is always important to being a columnist. I try to do that.

People are always saying, 'You use irony,' and it's like, actually, we don't use irony: we use wit and playfulness and irreverence.

I feel like I'm edgy and I'm funny and I got this bite, this outrageousness.

'Take Her Up to Monto' is a very satirical song. I don't really like people calling it a folk song because it kind of isn't. It's a bit cheeky calling it 'Take Her Up to Monto,' but the whole idea was to be very irreverent.

We're never going to please everyone, but all the great Jewish comics have succeeded through irreverence and self deprecation.

The only reason I'd bring a Bible out here is if I needed toilet paper.

I don't take myself or the species too seriously. You have to laugh at everything.

I mean, no, I don't think anything is too far; you can make fun of anything.

It was an especially wonderful time to be a noisy moron.

The most serious parody I have ever heard was this: In the beginning was nonsense, and the nonsense was with God, and the nonsense was God.

My wife is the sweetest, most tolerant, most beautiful woman in the world. This is a paid political announcement.

When you have a pipe salesman with a business called Macabee Pipes, I'd say you've got your tongue planted firmly in your cheek.

People vomitied at my movies; not because of the movie but because they were drunk. I took credit anyway.