Ridiculous Quotes · Page 30

All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the…

— Emile Zola

That is Obama's signature move: Invent people who are saying ridiculous things and then encourage the audience to laugh at these made-up…

— Ann Coulter

In terms of TV shows, if you're a public figure, we've all been asked to do some sort of ridiculous show at…

— Ben Fogle

Innocence is a desirable thing, a dainty thing, an appealing thing, in its place; but carried too far, it is merely ridiculous.

— Dorothy Parker

Pets inspire many different types of behaviour in their owners, mostly ranging from adoration to ridiculous obsessiveness, in my experience.

— Sheherazade Goldsmith

Kids are ridiculous these days, when we were young, we took spelling tests, not pregnancy tests.

— Anonymous

It went beyond idealism and that ridiculous term activism, which basically means talking about something but doing nothing. We made giving exciting.

— Bob Geldof

You know that scenario where roses are red, leaves are green, I love arguing that. ‘Why should they be?’. I hate rules…

— Philip Treacy

My skin still crawls if you call me a movie star. I get embarrassed. I think, don't be ridiculous. Maybe it's because…

— Kate Winslet

I have a terrible fear of travel. Just before we go, I start to panic and tell my wife I don't want…

— Gary Kemp

It's Better To be 'Absolutely Ridiculous' Than To Be 'Absolutely Boring,' Don't Waste Your time Trying To Be Another Person, If You…

— Pacifiersucker

When I go on the plane to fly home, I'm literally capable of forgetting what I do for a job. That also…

— Eric Bana

An Australian girl size 12 and a Swedish girl size 12 are completely different, just because of the way they're formed. It's…

— Hayley Hasselhoff

I think Obamacare has now taken over almost from regulation, which is ridiculous what's happening with overregulation, as the biggest single problem…

— Donald Trump

My husband is a martial artist, and he thinks it's hilarious that I have a stage-fighting-proficiency certificate. He thinks that's ridiculous. Can't…

— Lesley Nicol

Well, it’s no use your talking about waking him, said Tweedledum, when you’re only one of the things in his dream. You…

— Lewis Carroll

That makes me think, my friend, as I have often done before, how natural it is that those who have spent a…

— Plato

I think that most of my books are part of some process of self-education, often about the places I go to. Most…

— John le Carre

Once you grow accustomed to being famous, you do not realize it, but you are never quite your humble, honest self. No…

— Corra May Harris

You see where the fighter jets are so old that they can't get parts anymore. They have to go to plane -…

— Donald Trump

I wouldn't know anything about opera music if it wasn't for Bugs Bunny. That was my entire introduction to opera music. I…

— Jon Hamm

Come on! Don't hold back," Christian said. "I'm not, " Lissa protested. "You are too! I've seen you knock on a door…

— Richelle Mead

If men will permit themselves to think, as rational beings ought to think, nothing can appear more ridiculous and absurd, exclusive of…

— Thomas Paine

The major networks, the cable networks, they're being prosecutors. They're judges and jurors and executioners. Well, c'mon, that's ridiculous. But they're doing…

— Ray Bradbury

Raillery is more insupportable than wrong; because we have a right to resent injuries, but are ridiculous in being angry at a…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of oneself is ridiculous.

— Plato

If a chair or a building is not functional, if it appears to be only art, it is ridiculous.

— Donald Judd

Oppositions usually say ridiculous things and must embarrassingly then ditch untenable positions.

— Michael Portillo

It's ridiculous to insinuate that the social recognition of homosexual civil unions damages families or the institution of marriage.

— Jens Spahn

That [Pagani] Zonda, really! It’s like a lion in orange dungarees. Kind of fierce, but ridiculous all at the same time.

— Jeremy Clarkson

You look ridiculous if you dance You look ridiculous if you don't dance So you might as well dance.

— Gertrude Stein

You see how wrong I go, how ridiculous I'm making myself in your eyes by keeping on guessing wrong like this! Doesn't…

— Robert Musil

I think it's pretty ridiculous to sit back and think that we've changed the horse so much, without realizing that they have…

— Hank Green

Sometimes people say that kids with autism aren't capable of love. That's ridiculous. My son loves deeply. He's just doesn't communicate well.

— Anonymous

What one generation finds ridiculous, the next accepts; and the third shudders when it looks back on what the first did.

— Peter Singer

It is ridiculous for any man to criticize on the works of another, who has not distinguished himself by his own performances.

— Joseph Addison

I hope I never get so hard up I have to do advertisements. I've gotten ridiculous offers.

— Tracey Ullman

Every milieu has something ridiculous about it - film-making, the music world, painting - because people who take themselves seriously become funny…

— Rebecca Miller

If you want to do this - either write for TV, or write books - the first thing you have to do…

— Josh Lieb