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
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
He who, in questions of right, virtue, or duty, sets himself above all ridicule, is truly great, and shall laugh in the… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
GPS works great. I recommend it for all cat owners who want to know what their cats do when they're not there,… — Caroline Paul Copy Share Image
He didn't say anything more, just waited for me to tell him what I'd been thinking. It was pure speculation, and I… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
“One of the strongest natural proofs of the folly of heredetary right in kings, is, that nature disapproves it, otherwise, she would… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“Those acidic insults being poured down on you are found in satan's gallons! Watch those who tackle you for you to fall… — Israelmore Ayivor 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
“..en av os bondestudenter som er blit skadet indvortes ved å bli overflyttet til fremmed jord og atmosfære, han er en liten… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
Personal size and mental sorrow have certainly no necessary proportions. A large bulky figure has a good a right to be in… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Let us not become so intense in our zeal to do good by winning arguments or by our pure intention in disputing… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
Many will tell you with mockery and ridicule that the abolition of war can only be a dream . . . But… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them;… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I recall an incident involving the late George Stigler at a conference in Spain in the 1980s. Hearing that I had written… — Frank Van Dun Copy Share Image
The young mouse's eyes snapped open, clear and bright. He swung the ancient sword high and struck at the giant adder. He… — Brian Jacques Copy Share Image
Every time I tried to express my most heartfelt desires to be morally good I met with contempt and ridicule; and as… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
When you make a mistake or get ridiculed or rejected, look at mistakes as learning experiences, and ridicule as ignorance. Look at… — Denis Waitley Copy Share Image
I was a car journalist when I started on 'Top Gear.' It was all about cars. And then it all spun out… — James May Copy Share Image
Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to… — Saul Alinsky 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
Corporate irony not only ridicules the thing it is selling but the very act of selling it. In the process it disarms… — David Denby Copy Share Image
Do not tell everyone your story. You will only end up feeling more rejected. People cannot give you what you long for… — Anonymous 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
I love satire. Evelyn Waugh is one of my favorite writers of all time. He's hilarious. He's so wicked. He's so great.… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
No God and no religion can survive ridicule. No political church, no nobility, no royalty or other fraud, can face ridicule in… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Ridicule has even been the most powerful enemy of enthusiasm, and properly the only antagonist that can be opposed to it with… — Oliver Goldsmith 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
“No one cared when you were doing nothing. If they now criticize, ridicule, & character assassinate you means you’re doing something great...” — Assegid Habtewold Copy Share Image
I had long ago learned that when you are the giant, alien visitor to a remote and foreign culture it is sort… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Of course, we will face fear, experience ridicule, and meet opposition. Let us have the courage to defy the consensus, the courage… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
True devotion must not get dispirited; nor elated or satisfied with lesser gains; it must fight against failure, loss, calumny, calamity, ridicule… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
I have lived one hundred years; and I die with the consolation of never having thrown the slightest ridicule upon the smallest… — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle Copy Share Image
I try to ONLY ridicule people who's efforts are sincere. Very little trouble has been caused in the world by insincere efforts.… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Having spent a substantial part of my career parodying religious figures from my own Christian background, I am aghast at the notion… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
Therefore it is the law of the mystics to see all things, to experience all things, either of heaven or earth, and… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
I do not mean to expose my ideas to ingenious ridicule by maintaining that everything happens to every man for the best;… — Richard Cumberland Copy Share Image
“The maidens and youths of paradise, sometimes a target of ridicule by modern-day sceptics, might be seen as part of the same… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I hate when models say 'Oh, plastic surgery is just a wrong thing. What are you talking about? You won the genetic… — Tyra Banks Copy Share Image
We must be on our guard against giving interpretations which are hazardous or opposed to science, and so exposing the word of… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
A man who fears ridicule will never go far, for good or ill: he remains on this side of this talents, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
