86 Quotes About Ridicule

Those who can't do, mock, those who do, have no time to mock.

Sarcasm is waster on the young.

And if we do speak out, we risk rejection and ridicule. I had a best friend once, the kind that you go shopping with and watch films with, the kind you go on holiday with and rescue when her car breaks down on the A1. Shortly after my diagnosis, I told her I had DID. I haven't seen her since. The stench and rankness of a socially unacceptable mental health disorder seems to have driven her away.

When men allow other people to ridicule, laugh and jeer at the truth, that cannot but bring sorrow to the heart of God

I used to wonder why people made New Jersey jokes. I don't anymore.

Mockery developed as a conformity enforcer [...] A good dose of mockery can still shut down critical thinking and make us fall right in line.

If they don’t understand you, some people will attack you. This is a sign of profound ignorance, which should never be tolerated.

It is never ridicule, but a compliment, that knocks a philosopher off his feet. He is already positioned for every possible counter-attack, counter-argument, and retort...only to find a big bear hug coming his way.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods."[Preface to Brissot's Address to His Constituents (1794)]