1,006 Quotes About Satire

  • Author Taylor Clark
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    Let us now take a moment to reflect on the plight of the Starbucks barista, that patient indulger of obsessive-compulsive customer requests, that tireless dispenser of forced smiles, that hapless victim of a never-ending parade of indignities. Any brave soul who dons the green apron must endure annoyances that would crush the rest of us - or at least send us into a cup-throwing, syrup-spraying rage.

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  • Author Bhagwaticharan Verma
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    प्रकाश पर लुब्ध पतंग को अन्धकार का प्रणाम है।

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  • Author Eoin Colfer
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    Maybe I'm just gonna kill you," says Mike, peeved at being predictable. "You ever think of that?""No, Mike. Because if you wanted me dead, then four or five of your guys would be in the hospital and I'd have a flesh wound. Maybe.

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  • Author Evelyn Waugh
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    A wonderfully congenial group who live by a unique set of social standards. According to their rules, any sin is acceptable provided it is carried off in good taste.

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  • Author George Grossmith
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    There was also a large picture in a very handsome frame, done in coloured crayons. It looked like a religious subject. I was very much struck with the lace collar, it looked so real, but I unfortunately made the remark that there was something about the expression of the face that was not quite pleasing. It looked pinched. Mr. Finsworth sorrowfully replied: "Yes, the face was done after death--my wife's sister.

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  • Author Mrożek Sławomir
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    The teacher put a full stop after the last word she had written and started to explain to the children the meaning of poetry. It was a question of the endings of the words; if the children found that the endings were the same, they were confronted by poetry.

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