All Quotes By Tag: Satire
“It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.”
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“You are more likely to find three TVs inside a randomly selected house than you are to find a single book that is or was not read to pass an exam, to please God, or to be a better cook.”
“Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it.”
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“I am fashionably unimpressed with the material world. I am moved by the beauty of aspiration, and I hope that I can elevate myself to the standards I have imposed on others.”
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“There is a sort of mental treasonThat smothers dreams outside of reason”
“Most adults are knowledgeable to a child, but ignorant for their age.”
“Some writers write to forget. Some forget to write.”
“When it comes to their love lives, some people do not really have high standards; they merely have low sex drive.”
“Most of the very few people who would choose a good heart over riches would eventually use that to either make a lot of money, or attract men or women who are rich.”
“We seldom learn much from someone with whom we agree.”
“Some people will insult your intelligence by suddenly being nice or nicer to you once you make it … or they think you have.”
“There’s no such thing as a good or bad person: there are just people who have each been or seem to have been good or bad to you, someone, or some people, thus far.”
“Most women would each be left with fewer dreams or without a dream, if the institution of marriage were to be abolished.”
“Some of the best things that have ever happened to us wouldn’t have happened to us, if it weren’t for some of the worst things that have ever happened to us.”
“Life curses some poor people with the love of luxury, while it blesses some with the very same thing.”