Stephen Colbert Quotes

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.

Everything can be satirized.

Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.

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.

Satire can always be found everywhere. A people without love for satire is a dead people.

Satire is a weapon, and it can be quite cruel.

One parody is worth a thousand polemics.

Satire is what closes on Saturday night.

Satire is focused bitterness.

It's all been satirized for your protection.

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.

I've spent my entire career being a satirist.

I see parody as another form of comedy.

You can make fun of everything.

Eddie Murphy said once in an interview that nothing is offensive if it's funny. I sort of agree with that, but if something's funny and you're the subject of it, sometimes it's more offensive. If someone's insulting you, you want them to sound like an idiot.

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.

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.

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

I like to write a lot of satire.

Comedians are obsessed with justice and the truth.

In a satire, you need foolishness.

It's rare in satirical comedy not just to be cynical.

I see the absurdity in things, and I think it's my job to point it out.

I've never been much drawn towards satire of any kind.

A lot of French comedy is satire.