Ridicule Quotes

The wisest and the best of men, nay, the wisest and best of their actions, may be rendered ridiculous by a person whose first object in life is a joke.

Imitation is the sincerest form of insult.

I cannot stand all the people who take themselves very seriously, who cannot just laugh at themselves.

Elizabeth Taylor's so fat she puts mayonnaise on aspirin.

One camel does not make fun of another camel's hump.

The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.

Above all else, the devil can not stand to be mocked.

If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.

The people never endeavor to ridicule those they love and esteem, nor will they suffer them to be ridiculed. If any one attempts it, their ridicule returns upon the author; he makes himself only the object of public hatred and contempt.

So I guess your wooden leg makes you a table.

Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander.

In public, as well as private life, the only way to prevent being ridiculed or censured, is to avoid all ridiculous or wicked measures, and to pursue such only as are virtuous and worthy. If any man thinks he has been ridiculed, upon any of our public theatres, let him examine his actions he will find the cause, let him alter his conduct he will find a remedy

I've spent my entire career being a satirist.

Humor is the ultimate truth. If it’s not true, the joke is not funny.

I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.

I found myself often asking the question, "Who deserves to be made fun of?" Depending on your mood, the answer can be no one or everyone. It took me a while to understand the math of how those field pieces came together. I don't think that ridicule is ever funny, but there are times when that gets the biggest response.

Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That's their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood.

Training for the ballet, Potter?" yelled Malfoy.

I think it's legitimate to do satire. If you're going to write a book of satire on Marilyn Monroe or Madonna, you're not going to get their permission, because you're going to make fun of them!

Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.

Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time.

Please try not to be such a wiener-head.

My mom and sister both make fun of me now. Well, it looks like you're on trade block again. Where we going this year?