Ridiculous Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not.

— Giacomo Leopardi

So many times we're portrayed in ways that we don't want to be portrayed, in ways that make us seem so ridiculous.

— Justina Machado

Do not fear being ridiculous in relation to the ridiculous.

— Jean Cocteau

We must be careful about what we pretend to be.

— Kurt Vonnegut

Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

We don't have to pretend to be something that we're not.

— Sandra Bullock

We like being ridiculous and I think that's lost on a lot of people, or they think we're coming from this super serious angle,…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

The qualities we have, make us so ridiculous as those which we affect.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

More than ever, the creation of the ridiculous is almost impossible because of the competition it receives from reality.

— Robert A. Baker

I'm ridiculous to feel ridiculous when I'm not.

— R. D. Laing

“Don’t be ridiculous.” Only one of the most condescending phrases in the English language…and”

— Christine Pope

See the ridiculous in everything.

— Robert Smith