To the man of thought almost nothing is really ridiculous. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh. — Martin Farquhar Tupper Copy Share Image
It is the fate of every truth to be an object of ridicule when it is first acclaimed. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
“Not crazy are those souls who marvel at God's creation, but the ones who ridicule them.” — George Sorbane Copy Share Image
We're always hearing about risk-takers whose risks paid off, but they are no braver than those whose risks end in ridicule. — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
“all his life he had “endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice.” — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
“When you find yourself looking ridiculous, reasoning isn't worth a damn.” — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
We live in a culture where the truth claims of Christianity are not only rejected, they are ridiculed. — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
Before you ridicule, remember somebody on a railway platform who seems to be train spotting may actually be writing poetry. — John Hegley Copy Share Image
Creativity requires taking what Einstein called 'a leap into the unknown.' This can mean putting your beliefs, reputation and resources on the… — Frank X. Barron Copy Share Image
Patriotism is a survival from barbarous times which must not only be evoked and educated but which must be eradicated by all… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Ridicule can do much, for instance embitter the existence of young talents; but one thing is not given to it, to put… — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
Many things we accept as fact today were ridiculed and opposed in the not-too-distant past; this goes to show that just because… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
I know that there are things that never have been funny, and never will be. And I know that ridicule may be… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
In the middle ages of Christianity opposition to the State opinions was hushed. The consequence was, Christianity became loaded with all the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In the creation of comedy, it is paradoxical that tragedy stimulates the spirit of ridicule; because ridicule, I suppose is an attitude… — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
To the extent that there is anything properly identifiable as dignity in our society today, our present writers of comedy would be… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
A principle familiar to propagandists is that the doctrine to be instilled in the target audience should not be articulated: that would… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“If there is a person, place, or thing with which you do not agree, you attack it. If there is a religion… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
Father was afraid of laughter and joy. He was particularly afraid of ridicule. He was afraid that someone would say that humans… — Guus Kuijer Copy Share Image
“In describing the honourable mission I charged him with, M. Pernety informed me that he made my name known to you .… — Sophie Germain Copy Share Image
Home is the one place in all this world where hearts are sure of each other. It is the place of confidence.… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
I think you can make fun of anything except things people can't help. They can't help their race or their sex or… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
It is a good plan, with a young person of a character to be much affected by ludicrous and absurd representations, to… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
Fashion was the only law, pleasure the only pursuit, and the splendour of dress and furniture was the only distinction of the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Some people are ignorant of the world but educated in Scripture, and are therefore prone to missing the relevance of Scripture -… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
When will you disembarrass yourselves of the lymphatic ideology of that deplorable Ruskin, which I would like to cover with so much… — Filippo Tommaso Marinetti Copy Share Image
Nothing has so exposed men of learning to contempt and ridicule as their ignorance of things which are known to all but… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“All of this evokes the dicta of successful historic propagandists described earlier. From Alinsky's Rules for Radicals: >"Ridicule is man's most potent… — Sharyl Attkisson Copy Share Image
As Eastern thought has begun to interest a significant number of people, and meditation is no longer viewed with ridicule or suspicion,… — Fritjof Capra Copy Share Image
“Chapter 4,‘Organised abuse and the pleasures of disbelief’, uses Zizek’s (1991) insights into cite political role of enjoyment to analyse the hyperbole… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
There's nothing to stop a man from writing unless that man stops himself. If a man truly desires to write, then he… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“On a social level, secularism is safe. As literally the world's most fundamental conformist, the secularist wants to call himself a revolutionary… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
