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Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments. — Anne Sullivan Macy
Great men of action... never mind on occasion being ridiculous; in a sense it is part of their job, and at times they all are. — Oswald Mosley
It's ridiculous to live 100 years and only be able to remember 30 million bytes. You know, less than a compact disc. The human condition… — Marvin Minsky
I put down my book, The Meaning of Zen, and see the cat smiling into her fur as she delicately combs it with her rough… — Dilys Laing
A kitten is the most irresistible comedian in the world. Its wide-open eyes gleam with wonder and mirth. It darts madly at nothing at all,… — Agnes Repplier
The problem is that the people with the most ridiculous ideas are always the people who are most certain of them. — Bill Maher
If there is something very slightly wrong in our definition of the theories, then the full mathematical rigor may convert these errors into ridiculous conclusions. — Richard P. Feynman
We got the vote, which we should've been born with, in 1920. Everything we've had to struggle for it's ridiculous. — Helen Thomas
In a man devoted to knowledge, pity seems almost ridiculous, like delicate hands on a cyclops. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Madame, it is an old word and each one takes it new and wears it out himself. It is a word that fills with meaning… — Ernest Hemingway
No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. Otherwise he voluntarily makes himself a great baby - so… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The empty tomb stands, a veritable rock, as an essential element in the evidence for the resurrection. To suggest that it was not in fact… — Norman Anderson
I know quite well that one needs ridiculous, mad situations like that; one can't write really well about anything else. Why was that old fellow… — Aldous Huxley
The person of analytic or critical intellect finds something ridiculous in everything. The person of synthetic or constructive intellect, in almost nothing. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The way to deal with superstition is not to be polite to it, but to tackle it with all arms, and so rout it, cripple… — H. L. Mencken
The fact that anyone would find me sexy is very, very flattering, but ridiculous. I so don't believe it. But I'm flattered. Truth is, I… — Laura Prepon
Keeping ridiculous hours doesn't mean you'll be successful. — Tony Dungy
People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not. — Giacomo Leopardi
In politics, being ridiculous is more damaging than being extreme. — Roy Hattersley
But you know, where did the Brontes go to college? Where did George Eliot go to college? Where did Thomas Paine or Thomas Jefferson or… — Jamaica Kincaid
I have no reason to influence people. I just want to have it all for myself. I just want someone to pat me on the… — Robert Pattinson
Those that are good manners at the court are as ridiculous in the country, as the behavior of the country is most mockable at the… — William Shakespeare
Nothing turns off an investor more than when an entrepreneur comes in with a ridiculous valuation. — Kevin Harrington
Biographical history, as taught in our public schools, is still largely a history of boneheads; ridiculous kings and queens, paranoid political leaders, compulsive voyagers, ignorant… — Martin Gardner

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