Quotes for All
The reason it is difficult is that we have been conditioned to laugh at conspiracy theories, and few people will risk public ridicule by advocating them. On the other hand, to endorse the accidental view is absurd. Almost all of history is an unbroken trail of one conspiracy after another. Conspiracies are the norm, not … Read more
… the understatement, the self-ridicule, the delight in the foreignness of foreigners, the complete denial of any attempt to enlist the sympathies of his readers in the hardships he has capriciously invited. Evelyn Waugh
Nobody can make a monkey out of anyone who isn’t a monkey to start with. Esther Forbes
In a world not made for women, criticism and ridicule follow us all the days of our lives. Usually they are indications that we are doing something right. Erica Jong
I wonder why we are always sort of ashamed of our best parts and try to hide them. We don’t mind ridicule of our ‘sillinesses’ but of our ‘sobers’. Emily Carr
A man who fears ridicule will never go far, for good or ill: he remains on this side of this talents, and even if he has genius, he is doomed to mediocrity. Emile M. Cioran
People who mock rap and say, \”I don’t like it,\” they should go and check out Kanye [West] in the studio rapping, or Marshall, Eminem, when he’s in the studio. It’s a phenomenon. Don’t knock it until you’ve seen it. It may not be your cup of tea, but don’t ridicule it. Elton John
I am a fool, fools tend to follow their hearts amidst ridicule. Ellis
I had long ago learned that when you are the giant, alien visitor to a remote and foreign culture it is sort of your job to become an object of ridicule. It’s the least you can do, really, as a polite guest. Elizabeth Gilbert
… so long as woman labors to second man’s endeavors and exalt his sex above her own, her virtues pass unquestioned; but when shedares to demand rights and privileges for herself, her motives, manners, dress, personal appearance, and character are subjects for ridicule and detraction. Elizabeth Cady Stanton