Ridicule Quotes

Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.

Ridicule is the deadliest weapon of the age.

Ridicule more often settles things more thoroughly and better than acrimony.

Ridicule is the only honorable weapon we have left.

We must be on our guard against giving interpretations which are hazardous or opposed to science, and so exposing the word of God to the ridicule of unbelievers.

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

To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize.

Man learns more readily and remembers more willingly what excites his ridicule than what deserves esteem and respect.

Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.

RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character distinguishing him who utters them.

Some claims deserve ridicule, and anything less falsely elevates them.

We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects.

Nothing is more ridiculous than ridicule.

Ridicule is often employed with more power and success than severity.

I know there are reporters who ridicule pundits.

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

Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away.

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

I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.

Ridicule is the best test of truth.

Ridicule is the unfortunate destiny of the ridiculous.

Advanced engineering always, like advanced everything else, brings down upon it the discredit of ridicule of minds who cannot see so far.

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

I am a fool, fools tend to follow their hearts amidst ridicule.

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

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

Ridicule dishonours more than dishonour.

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

Logic ridicules love, and love smiles knowingly at the whole foolishness of logic.

Nobody can make a monkey out of anyone who isn't a monkey to start with.

I love to write humor. If I could make a living doing it that is all I would write. The happiest period of my life is when I was writing the sequels to "MASH". I was able to ridicule everyone.

And took for truth the test of ridicule.

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

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

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

Silence can be the worst ridicule.

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

Love can bear anything better than ridicule.

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

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

Increasingly, Christianity is the object of scorn and ridicule.

Ridicule is a public confession of fear.

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

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