(370 quotes found)
“It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.”
Agatha Christie
“Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.”
Oscar Wilde
“Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool”
Charles Simmons
“I know that there are things that never have been funny, and never will be. And I know that ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.”
Dorothy Parker
“Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.”
Louisa May Alcott
“There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.”
Napoleon Bonaparte
“Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous”
David Hume
“When a man curls his lip, when he uses ridicule, when he grows angry, you have touched a raw nerve in domination”
Sheila Rowbotham
“I think the hardest part about being a teenager is dealing with other teenagers - the criticism and the ridicule, the gossip and rumors.”
Beverly Mitchell
“Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.”
Thomas Jefferson
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