But we are alone, darling child, terribly, isolated each from the other; so fierce is the world's ridicule we cannot speak or… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
L'homme est ne pour la socie te ; se parez-le, isolez-le, ses ide es se de suniront, son caracte' re se tournera,… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
If everyone is a product of this society, who will say the things that need to be said, and do the things… — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
Young men, terminate, I beseech you, in your own experience, the sad divorce which has too often existed between intellect and piety.… — William Morley Punshon Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The neo-conservative critics of leftist critics of mass culture ridicule the protest against Bach as background music in the kitchen, against Plato… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
Ridicule more often settles things more thoroughly and better than acrimony. — Horace Copy Share Image
Some claims deserve ridicule, and anything less falsely elevates them. — Steven Novella Copy Share Image
We should reward people, not ridicule them, for thinking the impossible. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
People will laugh at your dreams then hate you when you make then come true. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Anyone who attempts anything original in the world must expect a bit of ridicule. — Alberto Juantorena Copy Share Image
Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
It is in vain to ridicule a rich fool, for the laughers will be on his side. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Derision is never so agonizing as when it pounces on the wanderings of misguided sensibility. — Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey Copy Share Image
“It is usually considered good practice to examine a thing for one's self before echoing the vulgar ridicule of it.” — J. Gresham Machen Copy Share Image
“The integration of mothers and babies into public life was viewed with ridicule and alarm in many societies.” — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
We are afraid of failure, of ridicule, of being rejected. We are afraid we’re not good enough. — Rhonda Britten Copy Share Image
Nobody can make a monkey out of anyone who isn't a monkey to start with. — Esther Forbes Copy Share Image
While we are young the idea of death or failure is intolerable to us; even the possibility of ridicule we cannot bear. — Isak Dinesen Copy Share Image
I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them. — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
Religion is too important a matter to its devotees to be a subject of ridicule. If they indulge in absurdities, they are… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Some are wandering into forbidden paths because they are seeking popularity with their peers, even to the extent of doing things they… — Nathan Eldon Tanner Copy Share Image
“Ironically, I am reliably informed that Michael McIntyre doesn't actually have a "man drawer", and invented the concept in order to ridicule… — Stewart Lee Copy Share Image
Comedy itself is based upon very old principles of which I can readily name seven. They are, in short: the joke, exaggeration,… — Jack Benny Copy Share Image
There is something so ludicrous in promises of good or threats of evil a great way off as to render the whole… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Pointed criticism, if accurate, often gives the artist an inner sense of relief. The criticism that damages is that which disparages, dismisses,… — William Ernest Henley Copy Share Image
When gentle persuasion [of children] falls on deaf ears, we resort to ridicule and rebuke. Then we return to threats and punishment.… — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
“There goes the girl with the wings," they say. "The damned dreamer with her eyes shut to the world." "There goes the… — Nadège Richards Copy Share Image
I found myself often asking the question, "Who deserves to be made fun of?" Depending on your mood, the answer can be… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Close friends and relatives, while not meaning to do so, often handicap on through 'opinions' and sometimes though ridicule, which is meant… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Christlike communications are expressions of affection and not anger, truth and not fabrication, compassion and not contention, respect and not ridicule, counsel… — L. Lionel Kendrick Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Cut through the ridicule and search for factual information in most of the skeptical commentary and one is usually left with nothing.… — Bernard Haisch Copy Share Image
I work with musicians whose opinions I respect and if they don't like something they don't hold back. They'll say, 'That really… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
The reaction we should be having to [rich liberals] is not ridicule, but rather self-criticism. Why aren't we organizing them? I mean,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Of the woes Of unhappy poverty, none is more difficult to bear Than that it heaps men with ridicule. — Juvenal Copy Share Image
Twenty-five years ago, Christmas was not the burden that it is now; there was less haggling and weighing, less quid pro quo,… — Margaret Deland Copy Share Image
One does not lash hat lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little bit our… — Paul Klee Copy Share Image
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