Top Mockery Quotes

I cannot here withhold the statement that optimism, where it is not merely the thoughtless talk of those who harbor nothing but words under their shallow foreheads, seems to me to be not merely an abs...

The more you try to impress, the more you become depressed, and the more they get tired of your coercion. It doesn't make them love you, instead, they'll see you as a little child, trying to draw a se...

Mockery Definition

(n.) The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance.

(n.) Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule.

(n.) Subject of laughter, derision, or sport.

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.

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.

Weeping for other people's pain isn't true weeping if it doesn't come from deep down your heart.

What a shocking bad hat!' was the phrase that was next in vogue. No sooner had it become universal, than thousands of idle but sharp eyes were on the watch for the passenger whose hat shewed any signs...

And when the end comes, we shall see the end. We shall see and understand how we started better. We shall see those who started well and those who ended well. When the end comes, we shall surely see t...

A small temptation can stop a great glory and turn great joy into a great sorrow

Do you wish to speak in Provençal, French, or Latin? They are all I can manage, I'm afraid.Any will do, the rabbi replied in Provençal.Splendid. Latin it is, said Pope Clement.

Ah, pay no heed if your enemies laugh. They'll not be able to once you lop off their heads.

Sarcasm is waster on the young.

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

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

The mockery towards the ignorant reflects ignorance.

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

I have led you down a road of deception just to correct you and make you look like an uneducated ass

Eko brushed a tear from her eye, and Immo jeered at her, but father held up a hand. Never mock a tender heart, he said.

Here comes Mamma Vauquerr, fair as a starrr; and strung up like a bunch of carrots. Aren't we suffocating ourselves a wee bit?' he asked, placing a hand on the top of her corset. 'A bit of a crush in...

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

When the gates of mockery and abuse is opened, the heart becomes a shock absorber