Nobody can make a monkey out of anyone who isn't a monkey to start with. — Esther Forbes Copy Share Image
Have charity; have patience; have mercy. Never bring a human being, however silly, ignorant, or weak--above all, any little child--to shame and… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
In the first place, an unjust law exists in this Commonwealth, by which marriages between persons of different color is pronounced illegal.… — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
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
All great movements, it is written, go through three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption. It is the realisation of this third stage, adoption,… — Tom Regan Copy Share Image
“If you think it’s offensive that I call alleged biblical miracles ridiculous, you should ask yourself whether or not it’s ridiculous to… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
I'm appalled that the word 'feminism' has been denigrated to a place of almost ridicule and I very passionately believe the word… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
Ridicule more often settles things more thoroughly and better than acrimony. — Horace Copy Share Image
We are a democracy, and there is only one way to get a democracy on its feet in the matter of its… — Joseph Pulitzer 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
People will laugh at your dreams then hate you when you make then come true. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It would be rare to find a woman who hadn't endured some kind of ridicule for stepping out of line. When the… — Clementine Ford 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
Some claims deserve ridicule, and anything less falsely elevates them. — Steven Novella Copy Share Image
In the future, everyone will have fifteen minutes of fame. Followed by fifteen minutes of legal problems, fifteen minutes of ridicule from… — Dan Piraro Copy Share Image
I wonder why we are always sort of ashamed of our best parts and try to hide them. We don't mind ridicule… — Emily Carr 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
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 Copy Share Image
We dress our garden, eat our dinners, discuss the household with our wives, and these things make no impression, are forgotten next… — Ralph Waldo Emerson 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
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
We should reward people, not ridicule them, for thinking the impossible. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb 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
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