Source: The Devil's Dictionary
Shakespeare over the Port (1960)
“Bacchus, n. A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.”
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
“It is irreverent to the Gods to give you this demonstration, but for your sakes it shall be done.”
As quoted in The Lives of the Sophists by Eunapius
“Bring your mouth and selective irreverence - We'll both see stars.”
Lyrics, Light Grenades (2006)
Source: Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl—A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship
“Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.”
Pt. I, The Unknowable; Ch. V, The Reconciliation
First Principles (1862)
“Irreverence is easy, but what is hard is wit.”
Quotes from interviews, Sydney Morning Herald interview (2003)
Variant: Irreverence is easy — what's hard is wit.
Context: One of the problems I see with these comics on television, particularly cable television, is, since you can say anything in terms of sex and scatological references and so on, therefore, you should do it. So they all limit themselves to these subjects and this vocabulary. My objection is that it is a lack of articulateness … Irreverence is easy, but what is hard is wit. Wit is what these comedians lack.
US ed. of Kasturi's authorized biography Sathyam Sivam Sundaram Vol 3 page 315
