Top 426 Ridicule Quotes & Sayings

Ridicule dishonours more than dishonour.

Ridicule is the unfortunate destiny of the ridiculous.

Silence can be the worst ridicule.

Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.

Consistency is only suitable for ridicule.

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

Increasingly, Christianity is the object of scorn and ridicule.

Close friends and relatives, while not meaning to do so, often handicap on through 'opinions' and sometimes though ridicule, which is meant to be humorous. Thousands of men and women carry inferiority complexes with them all through life, because some well-meaning, but ignorant person destroyed their confidence through opinions or ridicule

A profound conviction raises a man above the feeling of ridicule.

Ridicule is often harder to bear than self-denial.

Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.

There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless. Observe the ass, for instance: his character is about perfect, he is the choicest spirit among all the humbler animals, yet see what ridicule has brought him to. Instead of feeling complimented when we are called an ass, we are left in doubt.

Brutality is sometimes easier to endure than ridicule.

When did it something of shame or ridicule to be a self-made man in America?

Ridicule is not a part of the scientific method and the public should not be taught that it is

I know there are reporters who ridicule pundits.

Flattery.... gets its kicks by flirting with insult and ridicule.

It is the fate of every truth to be an object of ridicule when it is first acclaimed.

A man must keep his earnestness nimble, to escape ridicule.

Ridicule is a public confession of fear.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Ridicule has historically proven itself a rickety fence for great ideas.

It is commonly said that ridicule is the best test of truth; for that it will not stick where it is not just. I deny it. A truth learned in a certain light, and attacked in certain words, by men of wit and humor, may, and often doth, become ridiculous, at least so far, that the truth is only remembered and repeated for the sake of the ridicule.

In the creation of comedy, it is paradoxical that tragedy stimulates the spirit of ridicule; because ridicule, I suppose is an attitude of defiance: we must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature - or go insane

Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth.

Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success.

Ridicule is man's most potent weapon.

Ridicule is the deadliest weapon of the age.

To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize.

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

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

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

In the gospel of Jesus Christ, there is no place for ridicule, bullying, or bigotry.

Ridicule is the only honorable weapon we have left.

Ridicule is the best test of truth.

Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.

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

Love can bear anything better than ridicule.

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

I don't really like using ridicule as a form of humor.

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

It is in vain to ridicule a rich fool, for the laughers will be on his side.

Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions.

No God and no religion can survive ridicule. No political church, no nobility, no royalty or other fraud, can face ridicule in a fair field, and live.

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.

I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it.

Nothing is more ridiculous than ridicule.

Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.

Soul-directed events defy logic and ridicule reason.

And took for truth the test of ridicule.

Ridicule can do much, for instance embitter the existence of young talents.

Ridicule is about the most powerful weapon possible.

Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.

Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.

We should reward people, not ridicule them, for thinking the impossible.

I think you can make fun of anything except things people can't help. They can't help their race or their sex or their age, so you ridicule their pretension or their ego instead. You can ridicule ideas - ideas don't have feelings. You can ridicule an idea that someone holds without hurting them.

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

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

ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.