Common Quote by Martin Farquhar Tupper

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.

— Joseph Addison

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

— Ralph Fiennes

Ridicule may be the evidence of with or bitterness and may gratify a little mind, or an ungenerous temper, but it is no test…

— Tryon Edwards

Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counteract ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, which then reacts to your advantage.

— Saul Alinsky

“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

Ridicule, the weapon of all others most feared by enthusiasts of every description, and which from its predominance over such minds, often checks what…

— Walter Scott

Ridicule is a public confession of fear.

— Vanna Bonta

Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage.

— Saul Alinsky

Ridicule is the unfortunate destiny of the ridiculous.

— James Howard Kunstler

I know that there are things that never have been funny, and never will be. And I know that ridicule may be a shield,…

— Dorothy Parker

Nothing is more ridiculous than ridicule.

— Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

In the creation of comedy, it is paradoxical that tragedy stimulates the spirit of ridicule; because ridicule, I suppose is an attitude of defiance:…

— Charlie Chaplin