Florence King Quotes

We all belong to the nasty stinking little human race, & of course it is not nice for God's beloved vermin to scoff at each other... Oh, we are a nasty little lot-& to think there are people who would like to save us & continue us. It won't happen if I have any influence.

I'm such a hater, and will hate on anything.

Cynicism is humor in ill health.

England's just very cynical. Like I am. Like we all are.

Cynicism is the humor of hatred.

Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.

The people of England are never so happy as when you tell them they are ruined.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

Larry David's armor is his dissatisfaction with the world down to the smallest detail, and up to the whole ghastly arrangement. He won't win, but he'll enjoy losing.

I'm not a particularly shiny, happy person. I'm fairly cynical, and that's what draws me to comedy.

My brother asked me once, 'Are you a misanthrope?' And I said, 'No, I just find people irritating.'

Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.

On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks.

When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.

Oh, let's face it: I hate everything in others.

It's an old Elizabethan idea. The fool is the only one who is allowed to make fun of the king because he is a fool. I can say whatever I want about anybody else because I'm just an idiot talking - I'm not insisting that I'm any smarter than anyone else. It's satire.

I've done pretty well as a professional fed-up. The tools of my trade so far have been irony, tongue-in-cheek mockery, and supercilious contempt, but these are highly civilized weapons designed for 18th-century French salons.

I have a very sardonic view of life.

I don't mean to cast a dark shadow on all your hopes and dreams, except of course I do, because that is who I am. I'm a dream ruiner.

By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection.

Cynicism is the humour of hatred

Sarcasm is an abuse of the intellect.

There must be more malice than love in the hearts of all wits.

How was I to know idiocy was only a temporary condition, especially in your case? It never has been before!