Tom Wolfe Quotes

Ridicule is man's most potent weapon.

Humor can be an incredible lacerating and effective weapon. And that is the way I use it.

You can parody almost anything.

From my experience, politicians are much more uncomfortable being made fun of than they are being preached at and screeched at - you know, and the soapbox routine. They're much more uneasy knowing they're a target of ridicule.

Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.

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.

Parody is homage gone sour.

I don't really like using ridicule as a form of humor.

Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.

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.

With parody, you're referencing and sending up a particular genre, and mostly your material is going to be taken out of that genre.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Ridicule is more powerful than any argument.

Man learns more readily and remembers more willingly what excites his ridicule than what deserves his esteem and respect.

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?

We make fun of our leaders.

Is not parody the eternal lot of man?

For such is the fate of parody: it must never fear exaggerating. If it strikes home, it will only prefigure something that others will then do without a smile--and without a blush--in steadfast virile seriousness.

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

Parodies and caricatures are the most penetrating of criticisms.

Mock mockers after that That would not lift a hand maybe To help good, wise or great To bar that foul storm out, for we Traffic in mockery.

The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals.

A sitcom isn't usually the right tool for satire.

Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.

Jokes are grievances.