Seth MacFarlane Quotes

At this point, we've ripped on everyone.

I don't think it's wrong to make fun of some of the stuff that we think and we do.

The modern world seems to make fun of people in a lot of ways.

It's certainly easy to mock some things ... Oddly enough though I've never found it easy to mock anything of value. Only things that are tawdry and fatuous - perhaps it's just me.

Comedy is brutal. It's powerful, though.

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.

The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.

There's always been this tradition of satirizing these rich groups of people.

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.

Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.

Jokes are grievances.

It's all been satirized for your protection.

Satire is fascinating stuff. It's deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there is a drift towards satire, because it's the only thing that makes any sense.

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

I think comedians have a function in society, which is to make fun of our icons.

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.

I've spent my entire career being a satirist.

If you're going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can't be politically correct when you do that.

Satire is a form of social control, it's what you do. It's not personal. It's a job.

For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?

You can make fun of everything.

Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for a bit of humor.

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

It is difficult not to write satire.

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.