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Quotes About Mockery

Kill me?' The Bloody-Nine laughed louder than ever. 'I do the killing, fool!
~ Joe Abercrombie
Shoglig was talking shit. That old bitch didn't know when I was going to die at all. If I'd known that I'd surely have worn more armour.' Whirrun made a sound somewhere between a cough and a laugh, then winced, coughed, laughed again, winced again. 'Fuck, it hurts. I mean, you know it will, but, fuck, it really does hurt. Guess you showed me my destiny anyway, eh, Craw?
~ Joe Abercrombie
The far left's mockery of the competitive institutions of "bourgeois democracy" and capitalism, its cynicism about the possibility of any objectivity in the media, the civil service, or the judiciary, has long had a right-wing version too.
~ Anne Applebaum
The trees taunt you; the sand mocks you; the water calls your name... and they say golf is a quiet game
~ Anonymous
One of the funny lines that Daniel Bryan said in a promo is that he made fun of me for driving in an SUV, and he asked why such a small man like myself needs to drive an SUV, but we're standing literally eye to eye, and I'm like, 'Ummm.'
~ Mustafa Ali
It's all been satirized for your protection.
~ Bill Maher
She laughed with thrilling scorn. Sophisticated-God, I'm sophisticated!
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
It was necessary for him to have hope. So he built hope, desperately and tenaciously out of the stuff of his dream, a hope flimsy enough, to be sure, a hope that was cracked and dissipated a dozen times a day, a hope mothered by mockery, but, nevertheless, a hope that would be brawn and sinew to his self-respect.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
she laughed with thrilling scorn. 'Sophisticated—God, I'm sophisticated!
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
What had seemed a melancholy happening, now seemed a tiresome anticlimax. HE was dressed at half past, so he sat down by the window; felt that the sinews of his heart were twisted somewhat more than he had thought. What an ironic mockery the morning seemed! -- bright and sunny, and full of the smell of the garden...
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
Two things I can't stand, Haze said, ---a man that ain't true and one that mocks what is.
~ Flannery O'Connor
The Democrats and the mainstream media shouldn't be so quick to mock White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders for suggesting that President Trump was chosen by God to lead this country.
~ Paula White
There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know, why not just come out and say it?
~ Barbara Ehrenreich
From the start of her leadership of the Conservative party in February 1975, Thatcher's style seemed shrill and uncompromising, and she became an easy object of mockery. When she left office nearly 16 years later, she was a widely recognised, but clearly still highly controversial, figure.
~ Kwasi Kwarteng
Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth.
~ William Warburton
I remember when humor was gentle pokes. I used to call it 'arm around the shoulder' humor. Now they go for the jugular and they take no prisoners. It's mean, mean stuff.
~ Robert Orben
Thomas More said, "The devil . . . the proud spirit . . . cannot endure to be mocked.
~ Robert Spencer
So I caution you, beware of those who mock goodness and self-discipline.
~ Robin Hobb
Am I horny enough to hump a bedpost? Mica asked. Not quite yet. Should I consult with you first, Doctor? Sarcasm lay thick and heavy in her voice. I believe a consult would be a good idea. Ely nodded with mocking solemnity as Mica lifted herself onto the gurney. You never know what you may end up hurting if the act isn't done properly.
~ Lora Leigh
Adieu, Lord Dain," she answered without turning her head. "Have a pleasant evening with your cows." Cows? She was merely trying to provoke him, Dain told himself. The remark was a pathetic attempt at a setdown. To take offense was to admit he'd felt the sting. He told himself to laugh and return to his… cows.
~ Loretta Chase
That bitch fate has a cruel sense of humor.
~ Lori G. Armstrong
Shut up, Dixie cup
~ Louis Sachar
I only know that it's the way of the world; and people who set themselves against it, only get laughed at for their pains.
~ Louisa May Alcott
These words were spoken by Him to whom, according to His own statement, is given all power in heaven and on earth. You who hear me must consider within yourselves whether you will bow before his authority or not, accept and believe the words or not. But if you do not wish to do so, then for heaven's sake do not go and accept the words because they are clever or profound or wonderfully beautiful, for that is a mockery of God.
~ Soren Kierkegaard