Elise Andrew Quotes

The folly of others is ever most ridiculous to those who are themselves most foolish.

You're never going to see me playing a buffoon.

Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.

I wanted to make a film about stupid people that was very vulgar and deeply stupid. From that moment on I can hardly be reproached for making a film that is about stupid people.

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for them everything is possible.

Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.

You know, I think it's one of those cases where the situation really does dictate your level of ridicule.

It just happened that the public happened to, uh, appreciate the satirical quality of these crazy things.

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

I think the way comedy is represented on screen is it's either all fart jokes - and it's just laughter for the sake of laughter - or it's one of those things where it's just kind of very preachy, very heavy-handed.

Often what passes for faith in this world is little more than gullibility.

In a satire, you need foolishness.

If written with enough care and thoughtfulness, a joke can make you laugh at a belief you hold dear.

'Man Down' is not a serious study of the human condition: it is a balls-out attempt at making people laugh. So nobody in the show can afford to cling on to any vanity, because we're always going to push the humiliation levels.

I was pretty immature, and some of it came from just wanting to have fun.

I draw from the most pompous people, who are the people that make me laugh the most.

Fools laugh at the Latin language. -Rident stolidi verba Latina

Faith is fudamentally a kind of folly.

It is a fool's privilege to laugh at an intelligent man.

You are thought here to the most senseless and fit man for the job.

Many people will laugh at the drop of a hat, especially if the man is still in it.

Great good nature without prudence is a great misfortune.

Man is the only creature endowed with the power of laughter; is he not also the only one that deserves to be laughed at?

If you make an ass out of yourself, there will always be someone to ride you.