quotes

The Best Quotations

best-quotations.com
 


My "other" sites:

best quotations about

Mockery


Mockery

14 quotesVisits: 8,096

Quotations

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

—  Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher

19 likes
Mahatma GandhiFirst they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.

—  Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948, Indian leader of independence

13 likes
Nicolas Gomez DavilaThe barbarian either totally mocks or totally worships. Civilization is a smile that discreetly combines sarcasm and respect.

—  Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer

10 likes
Baruch SpinozaI have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.

—  Baruch Spinoza, 1632-1677, Dutch philosopher

9 likes
Ricky GervaisNever confuse your right to say what you believe with a right to never be disagreed with and ridiculed for saying what you believe.

—  Ricky Gervais, 1961-, British comedian & screenwriter

8 likes
Lord ChesterfieldHonest error is to be pitied not ridiculed.

—  Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer

8 likes
Alice Roosevelt LongworthMy specialty is detached malevolence.

—  Alice Roosevelt Longworth, 1884-1980, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt

6 likes
Edward GibbonOf the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule.

—  Edward Gibbon, 1737-1794, English historian

4 likes
AnonymousWhen I hear artists... making fun of businessmen I think of a regiment in which the band makes fun of the cooks.

—  Anonymous

2 likes
Terry PratchettTwo types of people laugh at the law: those that break it and those that make it.

—  Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer

Ashleigh BrilliantIf you can neither accept it or change it, try to laugh at it.

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

P.J. O’ RourkeThere is parody, when you make fun of people who are smarter than you; satire, when you make fun of people who are richer than you; and burlesque, when you make fun of both while taking your clothes off.

—  P.J. O’ Rourke, 1947-2022, American columnist & writer

Funny Quotes

Rodney DangerfieldThis morning, when I put on my underwear, I could hear the Fruit-of-the-Loom guys laughing at me.

—  Rodney Dangerfield, 1924-2004, American comedian

2 likes
Ashleigh BrilliantThey laughed at Edison and Einstein,
but somehow I still feel uncomfortable when they laugh at me.

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist




Similar categories & topics of Quotations






Similar Topics

Insult

Pettiness

Unworthiness

Laughter

Criticism

Disliking

Cynicism

Contempt

Absurdity

Vulgarity

Contrary Topics

Politeness

Praise & Flattery

Respect

 Popular Topics
1 Friendship
2 Victory & Defeat
3 Solitude
4 Seduction
5 Self-reliance
6 Ego
7 Drinking
8 Cunning
9 Eroticism
10 Nudity
11 Vanity
12 Self-deprecation
13 Incompetence
14 Sex
15 Religion
16 Meaning of Life
17 Life
18 Death
19 Corruption
20 Democracy
 

2024: Manolis Papathanassiou