People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We are never so ridiculous through what we are as through what we pretend to be.
People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.
I have seen the day, when, if a man made himself ridiculous, the world would laugh at him. But now, everything that is mean, disgusting, and absurd, pleases them but so much the better!
People are surprised to find out that an awful lot of people think that they're idiots.
I've learned in my years as a journalist that when a politician says 'That's ridiculous' you're probably on the right track.
People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization.
Sometimes it's the crazy people who turn out to be not so crazy.
When things get so absurd and so stupid and so ridiculous that you just can't bear it, you cannot help but turn everything into a joke.
Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.