Ridiculous Quotes - Page 38

• What is most vile and despicable about money is that it even confers talent. And it will do so until the end of the world.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  World, Talent, Ends

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• Chimerical and empty being, your name alone has caused more blood to flow on the face of the earth than any political war ever will. Return to the nothingness from which the mad hope and ridiculous fright of men dared call you forth to their misfortune. You only appeared as a torment for the human race. What crimes would have been spared the world, if they had choked the first imbecile who thought of speaking of you.

  Marquis de Sade

  War, Men, Race

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• It's that quirky kind of weekend feeling they write ridiculous sunny-day songs about. You know the ones--I'm sure they're on your iPod even though you'd never admit it.

  Neal Shusterman

  Song, Writing, Weekend

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• Fate is the malevolent little jester sitting up in the heavens and pondering over how ridiculous we humans are and he does his best to make fools out of all of us. And sooner or later he succeeds.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Fate, Heaven, Sitting

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• Vanity's ridiculous, but we all fall prey to it from time to time.

  David Eddings

  Fall, Vanity, Prey

  "Belgarath the Sorcerer".

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• The entire principle of a blind taste test was ridiculous. They shouldn't have cared so much that they were losing blind taste tests with old Coke, and we shouldn't at all be surprised that Pepsi's dominance in blind taste tests never translated to much in the real world. Why not? Because in the real world, no one ever drinks Coca-Cola blind.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Real, Principles, Pepsi

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• You think Bernadette Maguire killed him?” “Uh… no. She’s, like I said, she’s old.” “Old people can kill people too.” “I know, but…” “She could be a ninja.” “She’s not a ninja, for God’s sake. She’s somebody’s great grandmother.” “I want you to think carefully about this, Kenny. Have you ever seen her with a sword?” “What?” “How about throwing stars?” “This is ridiculous.” “Have you ever seen her dressed up as a ninja? That would have been my first clue.” The girl sucked in her cheeks so she wouldn't laugh out loud.

  Derek Landy

  Girl, Stars, Grandmother

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• At the evident risk of seeming ridiculous, I want to begin by saying that I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously. I hope this isn't too melodramatic or self-centred a way of saying that I attempt to write as if I did not care what reviewers said, what peers thought, or what prevailing opinions may be.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Writing, Self, Risk

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• Uh, excuse me, sir, I, uh, don't known how to uh, to uh, tell you this, but you were three minutes late. The schedule is a little, uh, bit off." He grinned sheepishly. "That's ridiculous!" murmured the Ticktockman behind his mask. "Check your watch." And then he went into his office, going mrmee, mrmee, mrmee, mrmee.

  Harlan Ellison

  Office, Watches, Three

  Harlan Ellison (1979). “The fantasies of Harlan Ellison”, Macmillan Reference USA

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• What one generation finds ridiculous, the next accepts; and the third shudders when it looks back on what the first did.

  Peter Singer

  Generations, Looks, Next

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• Even at eleven, he had observed that things turned out right a ridiculous amount of the time.

  Stephen King

  Eleven, Amount

  Stephen King (1987). “It: 2”, Signet

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• In a way, the futile excuses many people use to cover their superstitions are demolished. They think it is enough to have some sort of religious fervor, however ridiculous, not realizing that true religion must be according to God's will as the perfect measure; that He can never deny Himself and is no mere spirit form to be changed around according to individual preference.

  John Calvin

  Religious, Thinking, People

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• When you are a king, you may make as many ridiculous laws as you like. That is what being a king is all about.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Kings, Law, May

  Kate DiCamillo (2009). “The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread”, p.119, Candlewick Press

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• Forgiveness, reader, is, I think, something very much like hope and love - a powerful, wonderful thing. And a ridiculous thing, too.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Powerful, Thinking, And Love

  Kate DiCamillo (2013). “The Essential Kate DiCamillo Collection”, p.207, Candlewick Press

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• Interview? Oh don't be ridiculous.

  Freddie Mercury

  Interviews

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• His attitude, though always bad, has changed since he helped me prep the Pandora charm for Morgan. He thinks I'm falling for her, as ridiculous as that sounds, and he might be tempted to take matters into his hands.

  Kim Harrison

  Attitude, Fall, Thinking

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• I'm sorry,' said the shopkeeper. 'I can't understand your ridiculous accent.' 'My accent?' 'It is quite silly.' 'So you can't understand me?' 'Not a word.' 'Then how did you understand that?' 'I didn't.' ''You didn't understand what I just said?' 'That's right.' 'You understood that, though.' 'Not at all.' The American glowered.

  Derek Landy

  Sorry, Silly, Accents

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• I try not to underestimate my opponents, no matter how ridiculous their beards.

  Derek Landy

  Trying, Opponents, Matter

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• If anyone else asked that question, O He Who Is Terrible and Great, I would have said they were an ignorant fool; in you it is a sign of the disarming simplicity which is the fount of all virtue.

  Jonathan Stroud

  Simplicity, Ignorant, Fool

  Jonathan Stroud (2003). “Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book One: Amulet of Samarkand, The (International Edition)”, Disney-Hyperion

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• I send a silent thank-you to Dalton for suggesting I wash off the makeup. How ridiculous, how perverse I would feel presenting that painted Capitol mask to these people. The damage, the fatigue, the imperfections. That's how they recognize me, why I belong to them.

  Suzanne Collins

  Makeup, People, Imperfection

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.90, Scholastic Inc.

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• I swing my arms to loosen myself up. Place my fists on my hips. then drop them to my sides. Saliva's filling my mouth at a ridiculous rate and i feel vomit at the back of my throat. I swallow hard and open my lips so I can get the stupid line out and go hide in the woods and-that's when i start crying.

  Suzanne Collins

  Stupid, Swings, Mouths

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)”, p.162, Scholastic Inc.

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• I wanted to run after him, but remembered that it is ridiculous to run after one's wife's lover in one's socks; and I did not wish to be ridiculous but terrible.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Running, Wife, Wish

  Leo Tolstoy (1998). “The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories”, p.157, Oxford University Press, USA

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• The only thing I can recommend at this stage is a sense of humor, an ability to see things in their ridiculous and absurd dimensions, to laugh at others and at ourselves, a sense of irony regarding everything that calls out for parody in this world. In other words, I can only recommend perspective and distance.

  Vaclav Havel

  Distance, Laughing, Perspective

  "War Through a Poet's Lens" by Donald P. Kommers, www.americamagazine.org. April 22, 2000.

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• I've been so ridiculous all my life that a little bit more or a little bit less hardly matters now.

  Jean Rhys

  Littles, Matter, Bits

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• This is payback, isn't it?" Jim glared at me. "Don't be ridiculous," I told him. "As the Consort of the Pack, I'm far above petty revenge.

  Ilona Andrews

  Revenge, Payback, Packs

  Ilona Andrews (2012). “Gunmetal Magic: A Novel in the World of Kate Daniels”, p.302, Penguin

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