Ridiculous Quotes

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To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That is a freedom. — Rowan Atkinson
In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in… — Enid Bagnold
I have this theory that, depending on your attitude, your life doesn't have to become this ridiculous charade that it seems so many people end… — Christian Bale
The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris. — Honore de Balzac
Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead. — Ambrose Bierce
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving… — Bono
Celebrity is ridiculous and silly and it's mad that people like me are listened to - you know, rap stars and movie stars. — Bono
The idea that there is one kind of African is, of course, ridiculous. Sometimes African entrepreneurs want to kill you because you are saying public… — Bono
I often look ridiculous in Japan. There's really no way to eat in Japan, particularly kaiseki in a traditional ryokan, without offending the Japanese horribly.… — Anthony Bourdain
The Kobe craze really annoyed me. Most of the practitioners had no real understanding of the product and were abusing it and exploiting it in… — Anthony Bourdain
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 it. — Ray Bradbury
Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won't make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work… — Richard Branson
Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when… — Lenny Bruce
Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples. — George Burns
What was frustrating about Armageddon was the time I spent not doing anything. It was a big special effects film, and I wasn't crazy about… — Steve Buscemi
When things get so absurd and so stupid and so ridiculous that you just can't bear it, you cannot help but turn everything into a… — David Byrne
All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving… — Albert Camus
I made a series of wrong decisions about moderately recent books, and I've sold the rights to studios for ridiculous amounts of money and the… — John le Carre
Her hat is a creation that will never go out of style; it will just look ridiculous year after year. — Fred Allen

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