Jim Mattox Quotes

I try to refrain from the alarmist statement, really I do. It's bad for the liver and worries the dog, who has plenty enough to worry about as it is.

Ridicule is man's most potent weapon.

Satire, whether it be satire or not, everything has to have boundaries.

I exaggerate all our selves, our beings. I make fun of everything: of our life and what we are. But I don't tell jokes, really. I just exaggerate life, and it comes out funny.

I think satire is most effective when you love the thing you're satirizing rather than... have a vendetta against it.

In a satire, you need foolishness.

I have tremendous affection for New York and my life, but I'm a satirist at heart. And it's easy to satirize New York.

A friend of mine is a chef in Bali, and another friend said, 'God, he's like Brad Pitt,' and I said, 'Yeah, I think he's more like arm Pitt,' 'cause, you know, 'Brad Pitt' would be a bit of an overstatement.

This is a ridiculous heat wave we're in right now, and to contribute, Newt Gingrich said that for the entire month of June, he will stop blowing hot air.

This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip.

Satire is focused bitterness.

Do I exaggerate? Boy, do I, and I'd do it more if I could get away with it.

I've learned that I need to spell out, even in cases seemingly so blatant, that in fact I am not taking this at face value and am being 'sarcastic.'

Social satire has been around since people have been around.

Everything can be satirized.

Satire is fascinating stuff. It's deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there is a drift towards satire, because it's the only thing that makes any sense.

I didn't necessarily set out to think of a show to make fun of reality shows.

I've always been very upfront about the way I write, and I've always used the tools humorists use, such as exaggeration.

If you're going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can't be politically correct when you do that.

If nothing is serious anymore, then there's nothing to satirize.

Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die.

Parody is homage gone sour.

I guess you can tease me about being a drama queen, because that did heighten the drama.

I eventually saw the satirical nature of caricaturing individuals.

You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.