Questioning the status quo can result in banishment, imprisonment, ridicule or being burned at the stake, depending on your era, your locale,… — Gene Spafford Copy Share Image
We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
If prayer is to leave the public schools, let the ridicule of prayer leave also. — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
People of all sexes have the right to explore femininity, masculinity-and the infinite variations between-without criticism or ridicule. — Leslie Feinberg Copy Share Image
Ridicule, the weapon of all others most feared by enthusiasts of every description, and which from its predominance over such minds, often… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
The talent of turning men into ridicule, and exposing to laughter those one converses with, is the qualification of little ungenerous tempers. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
As Eastern thought has begun to interest a significant number of people, and meditation is no longer viewed with ridicule or suspicion,… — Fritjof Capra Copy Share Image
The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many things we accept as fact today were ridiculed and opposed in the not-too-distant past; this goes to show that just because… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
A principle familiar to propagandists is that the doctrine to be instilled in the target audience should not be articulated: that would… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We have oftener than once endeavoured to attach some meaning to that aphorism, vulgarly imputed to Shaftesbury, which however we can find… — John Keats Copy Share Image
Jem was safe from her, and he would ride away with a song on his lips and a laugh at her expense,… — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
“Nobody will be there for you in the making, but everybody will be there in the taking.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
We must honor our dragons, encourage them to be worthy destroyers, expect they'll strive to cut us down. It is their duty… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
When did it become something of shame or ridicule to be a self-made man in America? — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Each work has to pass through these stages—ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
...it is presumptuous ridicule of God if someone thinks that only the person who desires great wealth chooses mammon. Alas, the person… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
It takes a pretty strong person, a rather unusual young person, to stand up to ridicule and refuse to give in to… — Robert L. Millet Copy Share Image
The question we must ask ourselves as a culture is whether we want to embrace the change that must come, or resist… — Howard Lyman Copy Share Image
