Ridicule Quotes · Page 8

We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects.

— William Hazlitt

“Give yourself a pat on the back for getting mocked by those who have never tried their hands at anything.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

In modern America, Judeo-Christian beliefs are often held up to ridicule and disdain by the media.

— D. James Kennedy

People fall in love like It's a joke. There's something wrong with you.

— Alec

“Sharing is an act of trust, for ridicule is an ever-present risk on the Internet today.”

— George Takei

Every truth passes through 3 stages before it is recognized 1)ridicule 2) opposition 3) accepted as self-evident.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Awkwardness is a more real disadvantage than it is generally thought to be; it often occasions ridicule, it always lessens dignity.

— Lord Chesterfield

Periods are ridiculous I shouldnt be punished for not getting pregnant.

— Marioly Guzman

It is never ridicule, but a compliment, that knocks a philosopher off his feet. He is already positioned for every possible counter-attack,…

— Criss Jami

Cheerless poverty has no harder trial than this, that it makes men the subject of ridicule. [Lat., Nil habet infelix paupertas durius…

— Juvenal

Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by…

— Victor Hugo

Satire about any and all professionals with a special vocabulary has been a staple of fiction and popular ridicule since the 18th…

— Paul Fry

If there be any one habit which more than another is the dry rot of all that is high and generous in…

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Never mind the ridicule, never mind the defeat: up again, old heart!-it seems to say,-there is victory yet for all justice; and…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Christians are the only group Hollywood can offend with impunity, the only creed it actually goes out of its way to insult...…

— Don Feder

To make fun of a person to his face is a brutal way of amusing one's self; be delicate and cunning, and…

— Gelett Burgess

Let the rabbit of free enterprise out of its velveteen bag and too many people would have to be fired, too much…

— Lewis H. Lapham

I found myself often asking the question, "Who deserves to be made fun of?" Depending on your mood, the answer can be…

— Ed Helms

Cults and prophets proclaiming the imminent end of the world have been with us for several millennia, and it has been another…

— Daniel Dennett

It is not difficult to destroy Islam. Islam is the pumped up ego of a megalomaniac psychopath. Muhammad was a narcissist madman.…

— Ali Sina

What makes authentic disciples is not visions, ecstasies, biblical mastery of chapter and verse, or spectacular success in the ministry, but a…

— Brennan Manning

Those who wish to change things may face disappointment, loss, or even ridicule. If you are ahead of your time, people laugh…

— Rachel Naomi Remen

One can't imagine a Hollywood film whose entire purpose was to ridicule, say, homosexual activists, feminists, animal rights crusaders, or environmentalists. That…

— Lloyd Billingsley

Success also requires the courage to risk disapproval. Most independent thought, new ideas, or endeavors beyond the common measure are greeted with…

— Chin-Ning Chu

“It is usually considered good practice to examine a thing for one's self before echoing the vulgar ridicule of it.”

— J. Gresham Machen

Ridicule can do much, for instance embitter the existence of young talents.

— Aron Nimzowitsch

Don't laugh at someone's dreams, especially if you don't have your own.

— Anonymous

You have to be mentally strong to withstand the ridicule of other children and the stares of adults.

— Franck Ribery

The greatest height of heroism to which an individual, like a people, can attain is to know how to face ridicule.

— Miguel de Unamuno

We will, of course, without hesitation use art to parody, ridicule, debunk, or criticize ideologies.

— David Foster Wallace

No matter which word it is, when I pronounce repeatedly, it ends up sounding utterly ridiculous and meaningless to me.

— Franz Grillparzer

We are afraid of failure, of ridicule, of being rejected. We are afraid we’re not good enough.

— Rhonda Britten

Never laugh at someone's fall when you are yet to reach the end of your walk.

— Terry Mark

To the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.

— William Blake

Nobody can make a monkey out of anyone who isn't a monkey to start with.

— Esther Forbes

“Always laugh when mediocre minds makes fun of you, for in your grieve, the ridicule is having an effect”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

When did it become something of shame or ridicule to be a self-made man in America?

— Glenn Beck

When did it something of shame or ridicule to be a self-made man in America?

— Glenn Beck

While we are young the idea of death or failure is intolerable to us; even the possibility of ridicule we cannot bear.

— Isak Dinesen

Christianity provided man for the first time with supernatural beings who, he knew, could neither envy nor ridicule him.

— Helmut Schoeck