Mockery Quotes

136 Mockery quotes by 121 unique authors

Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries… — Bertrand Russell
There are men that are birds, and their raiment is trembling feathers, for they show their souls to everyone and everything that is ungentle or… — Edward Dahlberg
That spirit of mockery characteristic of the guaracha was part of the mambo from the beginning. — Ned Sublette
... the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. — Bertrand Russell
Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies? — Sophocles
It is a modest creed, and yet Pleasant if one considers it, To own that death itself must be, Like all the rest, a mockery. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
All comedians are people who really deeply consider the human experience not only a dirty trick perpetrated by a totally meaningless procedure of accidents, but… — William Saroyan
Well not really to get attention, but to entertain, but you know to show some elements of rural life as well, it kind of blended… — Bubba Sparxxx
The freewill you have given, we have made a mockery of. — Dolly Parton
My friends adore 'TOWIE' - the TV documentary series, 'The Only Way is Essex.' They like it, I'm afraid, for the most unworthy of reasons:… — Peter York
But I would much prefer students going to college to learn and be prepared for the rigors of the new economic order, rather than dumping… — Buzz Bissinger
Virtue tested: "Have I not survived hunger and thirst, suffering, and mockery for the sake of the truth which heaven has awakened in my heart? — Khalil Gibran
The business of life is to enjoy oneself; everything else is a mockery. — Norman Douglas
Your national greatness, swelling vanity; your denunciation of tyrants, brass-fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons… — Frederick Douglass
And bear about the mockery of woe To midnight dances and the public show. — Alexander Pope
This welfare for wealthy companies wastes taxpayer dollars, harms the environment, and makes a mockery of the recent reductions in federal social spending programs. — Ralph Nader
Mockery is often the result of a poverty of wit. — Jean de la Bruyere
Passion is what you would do if you got to choose. It's what you think about doing in the privacy of your own mind, without… — Urijah Faber
It sometimes makes people feel better about themselves, you know, to put other people down, or make fun of them, or maybe make mockery of… — Lady Gaga
Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass… — William Hazlitt
First, we must stop issuing drivers' licenses to people in our country illegally. Providing them with forms of government identification makes a mockery of our… — Bobby Jindal
No great movement designed to change the world can bear to be laughed at or belittled. Mockery is a rust that corrodes all it touches. — Milan Kundera
Comedians still make fun of Bill's out-of-control appetites, but with Hillary, the mockery is about how she lets nothing be out of control. — Rich Lowry
Marilyn Manson is a mockery of American pop culture. — Marilyn Manson
Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves. — Thomas Moore

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