Enemy Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

Ridicule has even been the most powerful enemy of enthusiasm, and properly the only antagonist that can be opposed to it with success.

— Oliver Goldsmith

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

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

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

— Ralph Fiennes

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

Ridicule can do much, for instance embitter the existence of young talents; but one thing is not given to it, to put a stop…

— Aron Nimzowitsch

Ridicule is a public confession of fear.

— Vanna Bonta

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

When once enthusiasm has been turned into ridicule, everything is undone except money and power.

— Madame de Stael

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

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

— Peter Dinklage