Richie Benaud Quotes

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.

I've spent my entire career being a satirist.

I think politics is extremely funny in and of itself.

A lot of French comedy is satire.

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

People don't understand that we're not warriors in their cause. We're a group of people that really feel that they want to write jokes about the absurdity that we see in government and the world and all that, and that's it.

But you do have to learn, if you want to be a satirist, you can't be part of the party. Meaning, you can't go horseback riding with Jackie O in Central Park if you're going to make a joke about her that night.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

It's all been satirized for your protection.

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

I see parody as another form of comedy.

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

Why should I be feeling tension? It's The Daily Show.

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.

We have never been strictly political, only strictly funny.

The first purpose of comedy is to make people laugh. Anything deeper is a bonus. Some comedians want to make people laugh and make them think about socially relevant issues, but comedy, by the very nature of the word, is to make people laugh. If people aren't laughing, it's not comedy. It's as simple as that.

I like to write a lot of satire.

If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.

The best cartoons work by making fun of sacred cows, in trying to inflict the uncomfortable.

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

Comedians are obsessed with justice and the truth.

Doug Motel makes 'conscious comedy'. He makes me laugh, and he makes me think.

I feel like comedy is important, and I think political satire can be really important.

Satire makes people learn something more than being lectured.

I consider myself to be doing comedy in a post-Jon Stewart world to a certain extent.