Ridiculed Quotes

66 Ridiculed quotes by 59 unique authors

Millions cheer the warriorspilling blood across the ringwhile the one who stands for peaceis ridiculed and shamed.Must hearts forever sufferfrom ignorance and greed?Can bombs heal… — Aberjhani
Religion is too important a matter to its devotees to be a subject of ridicule. If they indulge in absurdities, they are to be pitied… — Immanuel Kant
To be governed is, under pretext of public utility and in the name of the general interest, to be laid under contribution, drilled, fleeced, exploited,… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Politicians can forgive almost anything in the way of abuse; they can forgive subversion, revolution, being contradicted, exposed as liars, even ridiculed, but they can… — Auberon Waugh
You'll always have to deal with bastards, being lied to, deceived, slandered and ridiculed, but that's to be expected and you must thank heaven when… — Gustave Flaubert
In a world where everything is ridiculous, nothing can be ridiculed. You cannot unmask a mask. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
In our world, in our pre-World War III condition, meditation is considered a cult activity and people who practice self-discovery are actually persecuted and ridiculed. — Frederick Lenz
In reality, Republicans have long been at war with clean energy. They have ridiculed investments in solar and wind power, bashed energy-efficiency standards, attacked state… — Jeff Goodell
Often times the public school teachers are ridiculed or they are made to feel inferior but this is really undeserved. — Peter Agre
I was being ridiculed for going to school... But, you see, I had looked hard at the other musicians and the whole show-business scene... They… — Donald Byrd
Every original idea is first ridiculed, then vigorously attacked, and finally taken for granted. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Creatives are feared and ridiculed... and at the same time highly valued for their ability to see things that others do not. — Janice Tanton
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 change who I… — Kevin Costner
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 humiliated. — Kevin Costner
Lincoln was the greatest speaker and he was ridiculed for how he looked, you know? — Kevin Costner
While gossip among women is universally ridiculed as low and trivial, gossip among men, especially if it is about women, is called theory, or idea,… — Andrea Dworkin
One of my very greatest fears as a child was being ridiculed in public. And there it was coming true. As a television presenter, I'd… — David Icke
Southern Appalachians have been ridiculed since the country began. In fiction, they're usually depicted in a cartoonish manner. The region is poor, and very suspicious… — Barbara Kingsolver
I have been criticized and ridiculed for turning to astrology, but after a while, I reached the point where I didn't care. — Nancy Reagan
I couldn't be an ingenue today, because the business has changed. I remember when you could dress for a premiere just by putting on a… — Julia Roberts
It's an indication of how cynical our society has become that any kind of love story with a sad theme is automatically ridiculed as sentimental… — Winona Ryder
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. — Arthur Schopenhauer
For though love has been ridiculed and disgraced, exchanged and bartered, dragged through the courts, and sold for thirty pieces of silver, the bright, steady… — Bess Streeter Aldrich
When a writer receives praise or blame, when he arouses sympathy or is ridiculed, when he is loved or rejected, it is not on the… — Hermann Hesse
The great spiritual task facing me is to so fully trust that I belong to God that I can be free in the world--free to… — Henri Nouwen

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