When men will not be reasoned out of a vanity, they must be ridiculed out of it. — Heath L'Estrange Copy Share Image
Lincoln was the greatest speaker and he was ridiculed for how he looked, you know? — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
The idea that one might derive satisfaction from his or her successful work, because that work is ingenious, beautiful, or just pleasing,… — Niklaus Wirth Copy Share Image
I stand up for what I believe. I don't know if it's always paid off for me, because I've been ridiculed and… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
Nothing becomes so offensive so quickly as grief. When fresh it finds someone to console it, but when it becomes chronic, it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every original idea is first ridiculed, then vigorously attacked, and finally taken for granted. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
All his leisure clothes were absurd - jokes, really - as though leisure itself had to be ridiculed. — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Be willing to be unliked and ridiculed in order to speak the words of the One who matters most. — Dillon Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Finally, he [John F. Mercer] ridiculed Hamilton as an upstart, "a mushroom excrescence," who did not deserve the prominence he had gained.” — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
Creatives are feared and ridiculed... and at the same time highly valued for their ability to see things that others do not. — Janice Tanton Copy Share Image
If I book a table at a pub, or I've got an appointment at an optician's or something, I'll walk in and… — Tom Weston-Jones Copy Share Image
It was easy for me to be ridiculed and for both men and women to perceive that maybe I'm a bit crazy… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Southern Appalachians have been ridiculed since the country began. In fiction, they're usually depicted in a cartoonish manner. The region is poor,… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“I tend to walk around convinced that any amount of forgiveness that I could extend could never possibly compensate for the offenses… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
I couldn't find anyone doing something about the astounding injustices women were experiencing, so I decided to do something myself. I cannot… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
In 1981, when I went down to visit Georgia Tech, I watched Michael Jordan play and literally get ridiculed for taking a… — John Salley Copy Share Image
Enslaving each other was what human beings had done for ages. And the abolitionist movement was greeted with incredulity. Conservative spokesmen ridiculed… — Paul Hawken Copy Share Image
I don't mind being ridiculed - well, I guess I would mind a little, but it would only last a few minutes… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
So what? I don't need you. I wouldn't want to need you. You didn't help me AT ALL. You made things worse.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it,… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“Honor He Wrote Sonnet 20 The more you break me, the stronger I become. The more you hate me, the gentler I… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“What would you think of an engineer who expounded the art of flying without revealing the secrets of the engine and propeller?… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
I've had some movies that have been ridiculed, but that's OK with me. I don't feel that really defines me. Should I… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
First the truth is ridiculed. Then it meets outrage. Then it is said to have been obvious all along. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
People do get ridiculed for liking us or because they look the way they do and they're a part of what we… — Davey Havok Copy Share Image
I dont mind being ogled, ridiculed, made to feel miniscule, if you consider the source, its kinda pitiful. — Slipknot Copy Share Image
When you've been ridiculed and talked about as much as I have over the course of my career, pressure doesn't exist. — Michael Waltrip Copy Share Image
“Every civilizing step in history has been ridiculed as 'sentimental', 'impractical', or 'womanish', etc., by those whose fun, profit or convenience was… — Joan Gilbert Copy Share Image
Zis and zat' when uttered by the French is considered charming, but 'dis and dat' as an Africanism is ridiculed as gross… — Alice Childress Copy Share Image
Most people, when they hear the disease name, it's all they know about it. It sounds so mild. When I first was… — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image
So how does Liz Phair feel about Lana Del Rey? Well, as a recording artist, I've been hated, I've been ridiculed, and… — Liz Phair Copy Share Image
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