Stephen Colbert Quotes

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

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.

Some comedy has turned into, 'Donald Trump's bad, isn't he?' That's a true statement. But where is your joke?

I don't think people understand what comedy is supposed to do. We will observe things, we will make fun of things.

I'm a satirist, so I've got boxing gloves on if the person is worthy of satire. But I'm not an assassin.

Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.

Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.

Satire is what closes on Saturday night.

Satire is focused bitterness.

No subject is unsuitable for comedy.

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.

You're entering dangerous land when you start theorising about comedy.

You can't debate satire. Either you get it or you don't.

Everything can be satirized.

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.

The best comedy is where you attack the strong, not the weak.

I didn't think that anything is beyond humor - not profane humor, but a good, honest approach to humor.

Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.

I've spent my entire career being a satirist.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

I see parody as another form of comedy.

You can make fun of everything.

Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.

It's always great to play a man who sets himself up to be punctured.