Argument Quote by Criss Jami

“Ridicule is one of the favorite weapons of wickedness, and it is sometimes incomprehensible how good and brave boys will be influenced for evil…

— Theodore Roosevelt ridicule bullying

In the philosophical dialect, a cynic takes an insult as a compliment since opposition is already his style.

— Criss Jami

Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh.

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize.

— Blaise Pascal

A profound conviction raises a man above the feeling of ridicule.

— John Stuart Mill

“After all, it is sometimes rather enjoyable to feel insulted, is it not? For the person knows that no one has insulted him, and…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

I mean it as a compliment when I say that you could almost define a philosopher as someone who won't take common sense for…

— Richard Dawkins

Ridicule is also a weapon against forces of evil. Really clever, intelligent ridicule.

— Ralph Fiennes

You can say no. You can not be the object of ridicule.

— Peter Dinklage

The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule, sarcasm, merely stating an…

— Rowan Atkinson

You gotta deal with a lot of people, the naysayers... but I've always been the guy who kinda just smiles and laughs at it.…

— Mohamed Bamba

Among the arts of conversation no one pleases more than mutual deference or civility, which leads us to resign our own inclinations to those…

— David Hume