“all his life he had “endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice.” — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
We're always hearing about risk-takers whose risks paid off, but they are no braver than those whose risks end in ridicule. — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
We live in a culture where the truth claims of Christianity are not only rejected, they are ridiculed. — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
“When you find yourself looking ridiculous, reasoning isn't worth a damn.” — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
It is the fate of every truth to be an object of ridicule when it is first acclaimed. — Albert Schweitzer 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
“Not crazy are those souls who marvel at God's creation, but the ones who ridicule them.” — George Sorbane Copy Share Image
Once you identify yourself as believing something, you open yourself to ridicule. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
I did not realize at the time, as I have discovered since, that anyone who attempts any thing original in this world… — Mark Kurlansky 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
To the extent that there is anything properly identifiable as dignity in our society today, our present writers of comedy would be… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
It is a good plan, with a young person of a character to be much affected by ludicrous and absurd representations, to… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
In the creation of comedy, it is paradoxical that tragedy stimulates the spirit of ridicule; because ridicule, I suppose is an attitude… — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
“When the British fleet patrolled the oceans and upheld Imperial Preference, and the King was the Emperor of India, an overfondness for… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
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
Ridicule can do much, for instance embitter the existence of young talents; but one thing is not given to it, to put… — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
Fashion was the only law, pleasure the only pursuit, and the splendour of dress and furniture was the only distinction of the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
I think you can make fun of anything except things people can't help. They can't help their race or their sex or… — Ricky Gervais 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
Home is the one place in all this world where hearts are sure of each other. It is the place of confidence.… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
“If there is a person, place, or thing with which you do not agree, you attack it. If there is a religion… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
Father was afraid of laughter and joy. He was particularly afraid of ridicule. He was afraid that someone would say that humans… — Guus Kuijer Copy Share Image
Write every day, line by line, page by page, hour by hour. Do this despite fear. For above all else, beyond imagination… — Robert McKee Copy Share Image
But if Christianity really gives peace, and we really want peace, patriotism is a survival from barbarous times, which must not only… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
That passage is what I call the sublime dashed to pieces by cutting too close with the fiery four-in-hand round the corner… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
In the gospel of Jesus Christ, there is no place for ridicule, bullying, or bigotry. — Neil L. Andersen Copy Share Image
You know, I think it's one of those cases where the situation really does dictate your level of ridicule. — Michael McKean Copy Share Image
A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's influence ought to be entirely… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
