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Ridicule Quotes - Page 2

Suburban houses and tin sheds are often the objects of ridicule.

Suburban houses and tin sheds are often the objects of ridicule.

David Byrne
House, Tin, Ridicule

I know there are reporters who ridicule pundits.

Daniel Okrent
Pundits, Ridicule, Reporters
"It's curtains for Okrent". Interview with Steve Kettmann, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2005.

There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch.

Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
Ridiculous, Neighbor, Ridicule
"Oeuvres, Dialogues des Morts". Book by Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (Chapter IV), traslated, 1683.

How comes it to pass, then, that we appear such cowards in reasoning, and are so afraid to stand the test of ridicule? - Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
Coward, Tests, Ridicule

Fashion, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.

Ambrose Bierce
Wise, Fashion, Ridicule
Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2396, Delphi Classics

Anyone who attempts anything original in the world must expect a bit of ridicule.

Alberto Juantorena
World, Originality, Ridicule

Anybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule.

Al Franken
Lying, Should, Ridicule
Interview with Richard Blow, www.motherjones.com. November, 1996.

Ridicule has followed the vestiges of truth, but never usurped her place.

Walter Savage Landor
Ridicule
Walter Savage Landor (1824). “Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen”, p.292

If there's anything intolerance can't tolerate, it's ridicule!

Arlene Francis
Tolerance, Ridicule, Tolerate
Arlene Francis (1960). “That Certain Something; the Magic of Charm”

The greatest weapon in the world ... is ridicule.

Mary Roberts Rinehart
World, Weapons, Ridicule
Mary Roberts Rinehart (2014). “Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions”, p.176, Simon and Schuster

Ridicule is a public confession of fear.

Vanna Bonta
Confession, Ridicule

We are afraid of failure, of ridicule, of being rejected. We are afraid we’re not good enough.

Rhonda Britten
Not Good Enough, Rejected, Ridicule

Once you identify yourself as believing something, you open yourself to ridicule.

Jim Gaffigan
Believe, Ridicule
"Comic Jim Gaffigan On Stand-Up, Faith And Opening For The Pope". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 24, 2015.

Silence can be the worst ridicule.

Helen Nielsen
Silence, Worst, Ridicule

One avoids Creolisms. Some families completely forbid Creole and mothers ridicule their children for speaking it.

Frantz Fanon
Mother, Children, Ridicule
Frantz Fanon (1967). “Black Skin, White Masks”, p.20, Pluto Press

Increasingly, Christianity is the object of scorn and ridicule.

David R. Mains
Christian, Religious, Ridicule

Love can bear anything better than ridicule.

Caitlin Thomas
Bears, Ridicule

If prayer is to leave the public schools, let the ridicule of prayer leave also.

Boyd K. Packer
Prayer, School, Ridicule
Boyd K. Packer (1975). “Teach Ye Diligently”

To ridicule philosophy is truly philosophical. [Fr., Se moquer de la philosophie c'est vraiment philosophe.]

Blaise Pascal
Philosophy, Philosophical, Ridicule

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