Ellen DeGeneres Quotes

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

Sarcasm doesn't translate in print at all.

I would have answered your letter sooner, but you didn't send one.

It is difficult not to write satire.

I like to write a lot of satire.

Mike Judge is my Jonathan Swift, and I say that because I don't know any other satirists. But the problem with satire is that it's so easily misinterpreted.

And please don't call me that." I didn't call you 'that', I called you George Washington.

Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet.

I chose cultural anthropology, since it offered the greatest opportunity to write high-minded balderdash.

I wrote a letter to my Dad - I wrote, "I really enjoy being here," but I accidentally wrote rarely instead of really. But I still wanted to use it, so I wrote, "I rarely drive steamboats, Dad - there's a lot of stuff you don't know about me. Quit trying to act like I'm a steamboat operator." This letter took a harsh turn right away.

Hey," Dopey said when I was finished reading. "How come they never mentioned me? I'm the one who found the skeleton." "Oh, yeah," Sleepy said in disgust. "Your role was really crucial. After all, if it wasn't for you, the guy's skull might still have been intact.

When I left home, my mum said "Don't forget to write", I thought, "That's unlikely"... It's a basic skill isn't it.

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

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.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

Comedy is the most palliative way to make a point. People are more willing to listen if they can laugh.

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.

You have to be careful what you say in front of comedy writers because they will absolutely make fun of it in the next episode.

I'm a sarcastic person, and people don't get my humor sometimes.

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

Humor's an excellent way to make a point more palatable and/or relatable.

I think a lot of the time you just parody yourself.

Sometimes I say things that I think are obviously sarcastic and people take them quite literally.

You can't be satirical and not be offensive to somebody.

If you stop and think about it, nearly all great humor is at the expense of someone or something.