Quotes About Mockery

I knew how to come up with jokes at someone's expense really fast.

MARE'S NEST. He has found a mare's nest, and is laughing at the eggs; said of one who laughs without any apparent cause.

They don't guards me! They make me be dam' fool clowns for Neptuners to laugh at. 'Get sky hook! Get bucket steam-ice!' That's what them lizards-men holler at me.

The two of them inspected a street barricade being built by the city's would-be defenders and decided that it would take the approaching Soviet tanks fifteen minutes to demolish it – 'fourteen minutes for the tank crew to stop laughing, and one minute to brush it aside'.

You see, that is the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm. It's really funny.

Ham smiled. "Cett's going to be furious." Elend shrugged. "He's a paraplegic. What's he going to do? Bite us?

Why must you choose the only dignified person in this crew as the butt of your mockery?" "Because, my dear man," Ham said, imitating Breeze's accent, "you are, by far, the best butt we have.

I've seen rocks that fly almost as well as you do - I could drop one in your seat, paint the head blue, and at least I'd stop getting lip!

An uneducated, half-brained serving boy with a hangover could make mock of you. I am left with no need to exert myself, and your very nature makes mockery of my mockery. And so it is that through sheer stupidity you make me look incompetent.

You see, that is the sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm. It's really funny.

She was a coquette; he was sure she had a spirit of her own; but in her bright, sweet, superficial little visage there was no mockery, no irony. Before long it became obvious that she was much disposed towards conversation.

to be hated cordially is only a left-handed compliment

I was the guy from the Jersey Shore, Springsteen country. We don't do yoga there. And we made fun of anybody who did.

Satire also allows you to make fun of every different aspect. It allows you to make fun of both sides. It allows you to make fun of everything, really, so you can do it in a harmless way.

Discourse has ended in America. It's all just shouting and ranting and demonization. Do you know how the rest of the world laughs at you guys? Have you got any idea? They're just rocking with laughter night and day.

Sentencing a political opponent to death after a show trial is no different to taking him out on the street and shooting him. In fact, it is worse because using the court system as a tool of state repression makes a mockery of the rule of law.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Derision is the refuge of threatened ignorance, after all.

Used a replica gun to steal a replica sportscar and experienced a replica of remorse

You know, I'm Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other.

I was so gangly, even sneakers looked awkward. Everybody kind of goes through some phase, and it's hard if you're singled out for anything. But there was this one boy in particular who made fun of me, and - it's funny - then later, when we were 18 or 19, he wanted to go out with me.

What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile.

Moja je pusta mladost protekla u borbi sa samim sobom i sa svijetom; boje?i se poruge, pokopao sam svoje najbolje osje?aje na dnu srca; ondje su izumrli.

Ningún movimiento que se plantee transformar el mundo soporta la burla ni el desprecio.