Mockery Quotes

... the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be.

It felt to me like I was living my life in a way that didn't make mockery of my values. That's what I intended to do. So, that became a very radicalizing proposition for me.

Ah,” said Magnus. “Nerd love. It is a beautiful thing, while also being an object of mockery and hilarity for those of us who are more sophisticated.

If one is not a living mockery of one's own ideals, one has set one's ideals too low.

Is there not a terrible hollowness, mockery, want, craving, in that existence which is given away to others, for want of something of your own to bestow it on?

The mockery of friends is affectionate, and inoculates against foolishness.

The freewill you have given, we have made a mockery of.

Virtually all the trends that matter are making a mockery of the industry's ritual incantations about the values and virtues of a free press in a free society.

Farewell, Father," she said. He fell back upon his chair, choking. She laughed, not with mirth or even mockery, but something that was closer to a sob. "You crafted me so sharp, I cut even myself.

And I am a mockery, who was God before.

If we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice.

Any cause that requires mockery and abuse to advance itself isn't one I need to engage with, regardless of my basic beliefs or agreement with the underlying goals.

Resident mockery, give us an hour for magic.

As a man is, so is his God; therefore God was so often an object of mockery. [Ger., Wie einer ist, so ist sein Gott, Darum ward Gott so oft zu Spott.]

It's I politics that men are always aggravating the hopeless tangle of their laws, obscuring the simplest principles and making a mockery of liberty.

Virtue tested: "Have I not survived hunger and thirst, suffering, and mockery for the sake of the truth which heaven has awakened in my heart?

Love is a gracious host to his guests though to the unbidden his house is a mirage and a mockery.

Two devils rose from the water, and flew off through the air, crying, 'Oh, oh, oh!' and turning one over another, in sportive mockery.

The Patriot Act makes a mockery of the Sixth Amendment, which protects your right to a speedy and public trial, and your right to the assistance of counsel for your defense.

There is no free will if to exercise it in certain ways produces punishment. That makes a mockery of free will and renders it counterfeit.

That spirit of mockery characteristic of the guaracha was part of the mambo from the beginning.

Mockery when done without prejudice or discretion, can be a form of respect. It's the closest we'll ever come to true equality.

The spirit, Sir, is one of mockery.

There's a fine line between participation and mockery.

Trump will not respond to reasoned argument. He will not be held accountable for the things he said. All you can do is point and laugh. Because the devil cannot abide mockery.

Saying We will destroy terrorism is about as meaningful as saying: We shall annihilate mockery.

In mockery I have set A powerful emblem up, And sing it rhyme upon rhyme In mockery of a time Half dead at the top.

There is some virtue in almost every vice, except hypocrisy; and even that, while it is a mockery of virtue, is at the same time a compliment to it.

what cannot be saved when fate takes, patience her injury a mockery makes

It is most remarkable that Lincoln, when he saw so much that was vulnerable in the leadership of the Church, did not move to the opposite error and become a scoffer.

When we played softball, I'd steal second base, feel guilty and go back.

Pride and ego makes a mockery of an apology. Humility wins forgiveness without question...so break 'yo'self'!

Everyone has a sense of humor. If you don't laugh at jokes, you probably laugh at opinions.

Maxim 8: Mockery and derision have their place. Usually, it's on the far side of the airlock.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

You can spit on a rose, but it's still a rose.

Sarcasm is waster on the young.

Angels are good not simply because they see bad as bad, but also because they see bad as corny.

A lion does not flinch at laughter coming from a hyena.

It is very normal for one ugly weed to not want to stand alone.

A gorilla does not budge from a banana thrown at it by a monkey.

Laugh not at the dead, for the corpse at your feet is prophetic of your own destiny.

My cat mocks me frequently. It's the universe's way of keeping me from getting too big of an ego.

Some skeptics believe religious people are religious because they fear Hell. It's about as fair as saying skeptics are skeptics because they fear the ridicule of modern society.

Until pains are endured, depressions surmounted, mockeries ignored and goliaths conquered, destiny might not be achieved

Whether people see you as a shadow or as an invisible or stupid sort of thing, a time will come when that Image of yours will never be seen by commoners.

literature was the best plaything that had ever been invented to make fun of people.

Be careful not to laugh at the Phoenix when she goes up in flames, or you'll be left in the dust when she grows her new wings and flies swiftly away.

The real satire starts when I’m shockingly mocked, not mockingly shocked.

Keep away from people who always try to stop you from sharing your opinions with the entire world. Don't listen to people who mock you because you talked about who you want to be! Exposed yourself!

Keep your problems to yourself, if its too much for you, kill it slowly till it disappears from your life.