“Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things…one of the beginnings of the human emancipation is the ability to laugh… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Behind the flattery, the edge of mockery was plain to anyone who must, as a matter of survival, learn to detect it.… — Shani Mootoo Copy Share Image
Day by day, it's worse for my people, especially for the women. And that's why, because of all of these main reasons,… — Malalai Joya Copy Share Image
There is no free will if to exercise it in certain ways produces punishment. That makes a mockery of free will and… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
He was, she reflected, almost rudely like a tortoise; and she was glad her friend kept none as pets or they might… — Stella Gibbons Copy Share Image
If the cross is a personal act of violence perpetrated by God towards humankind but borne by his Son, then it makes… — Steve Chalke Copy Share Image
Farewell, Father," she said. He fell back upon his chair, choking. She laughed, not with mirth or even mockery, but something that… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
First, we must stop issuing drivers' licenses to people in our country illegally. Providing them with forms of government identification makes a… — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
Osama Bin Laden was responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent people. Terror was brought to many countries on his direct… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
To ignore [the] great social facts -- political facts, if you please -- and over-emphasize the old moral responsibility of the 'domestic'… — Mary Ritter Beard Copy Share Image
All comedians are people who really deeply consider the human experience not only a dirty trick perpetrated by a totally meaningless procedure… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
Hollywood is still the cradle of many myths, including the one of eternal youth. I find it odd that the very notion… — Anne Fontaine Copy Share Image
“If one’s friends do not openly laugh at him, they are not, in fact, his friends. How else would one learn to… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
To go fishing is the chance to wash one's soul with pure air, with the rush of the brook, or with the… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Religion is an idea, and, as an idea, it should be eligible for criticism, discussion, and yes, mockery. The only reason so… — Amanda Marcotte Copy Share Image
A person does not lightly elect to oppose his society. One would much rather be at home among one's compatriots than be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Ambrose turned on his heel and stormed off, but before he made it through the door, Elodin burst out singing: ‘He's a… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
The internet wasn't created for mockery, it was supposed to help researchers at different universities share data sets. It was! — Homer Copy Share Image
To one American family out of four, the idea of capitalism as a benign system of comfort , dignity , and personal… — Robert Heilbroner Copy Share Image
It is downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
When a nation forgets her skill in war, when her religion becomes a mockery, when the whole nation becomes a nation of… — Robert E. Howard Copy Share Image
Some people still believe you should just fall in line with whats going on - and thats scary. It makes a mockery… — Emily Robison Copy Share Image
Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things... one of the beginnings of human emancipation is the ability to laugh… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends.… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
I don't mock things, which makes me more vulnerable to mockery myself. If you're cynical, you're protected from mockery. But I have… — Michel Gondry Copy Share Image
Why do you seem so annoyed at what I'm saying?" "Because we're too much like each other. I loathe your face, which… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
It sometimes makes people feel better about themselves, you know, to put other people down, or make fun of them, or maybe… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
“Break your addiction of likes and share, Outgrow the lure of all golden snare. Focus on your walk, not on outside talk,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Whether people see you as a shadow or as an invisible or stupid sort of thing, a time will come when that… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Without ... the creative imagination rushing in where bureaucratic angels fear to tread - without this, life is a mockery and a disgrace. — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
“It can be so difficult to train up the peasants,” she said, pretending to commiserate, her voice heavy with irony. “They find… — Caitlin Crews Copy Share Image
Virtue tested: "Have I not survived hunger and thirst, suffering, and mockery for the sake of the truth which heaven has awakened… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Any cause that requires mockery and abuse to advance itself isn't one I need to engage with, regardless of my basic beliefs… — Jay Lake Copy Share Image
No mockery in the world ever sounds to me as hollow as that of being told to cultivate happiness. Happiness is not… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
“Maxim 8: Mockery and derision have their place. Usually, it's on the far side of the airlock. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally… — Howard Tayler Copy Share Image
O, when the heart is, full, when bitter thoughts come crowding thickly up for utterance, and the poor common words of courtesy… — Nathaniel Parker Willis Copy Share Image
This welfare for wealthy companies wastes taxpayer dollars, harms the environment, and makes a mockery of the recent reductions in federal social… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
The behaviour and approach of 'appointed' governors trying to control 'duly elected' governments amounts to mockery of our Constitution. — M. K. Stalin Copy Share Image
“...if one's friends do not openly laugh at him, they are not in fact his friends. How else would one learn to… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“SELF-MOCKERY IS AN UGLIER THING THAN ANY HUMAN FACE, IRIS... YOU ARE SMART AND YOU ARE KIND. DON'T BETRAY THOSE IMPULSES IN… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image