Ridicule, which chiefly arises from pride, a selfish passion, is but at best a gross pleasure, too rough an entertainment for those… — Henry Home, Lord Kames 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
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
An absolutely devastating ridicule of all that is false, primitive, and vicious in current American life: the abuses of power, hero worship,… — Terry Southern Copy Share Image
“Altho' I rarely waste time in reading on theological subjects, as mangled by our Pseudo-Christians, yet I can readily suppose Basanistos may… — Thomas Jefferson 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
Catch-22 did not exist, he was positive of that, but it made no difference. What did matter was that everyone thought it… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
The judgement makes no sense at all. It exposes the country, Turkey, to ridicule. It would have been so much better if… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
The flame of inspiration needs to be encouraged. Put a glass around that small candle and protect it from discouragement or ridicule. — Mary Higgins Clark Copy Share Image
We come to recognize that playfulness, as a philosophical stance, can be very serious indeed; and moreover, that it possesses an unfailing… — Friedrich Nietzsche 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
Your machinery is beautiful. Your society people have apologized to me for the envious ridicule with which your newspapers have referred to… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It has become necessary for me to have this woman, so as to save myself from the ridicule of being in love… — Anonymous 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
“I have spoken of Jonah, and of the story of him and the whale. — A fit story for ridicule, if it… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
We had rather do anything than acknowledge the merit of another if we can help it. We cannot bear a superior or… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
A flippant, frivolous man may ridicule others, may controvert them, scorn them; but he who has any respect for himself seems to… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter what word we use, if it has the same content, it will be treated in the same way. There… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
People who mock rap and say, "I don't like it," they should go and check out Kanye [West] in the studio rapping,… — Elton John Copy Share Image
Let's say somebody were [in the White House] and they wanted to destroy this nation. I would create division among the people,… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
The object of a comedy is not to correct morals or ridicule the vices of society; no, a comedy should depict the… — Vissarion Belinsky Copy Share Image
Many men ridicule the idea that it can be scientifically handled. They tell us the unemployed have always been with us, and… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
To ridicule philosophy is truly philosophical. [Fr., Se moquer de la philosophie c'est vraiment philosophe.] — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
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