#ridiculous

Often, moreover, it is...that aspect of our being that society finds eccentric, ridiculous, or disagreeable, that holds our sweet waters, our secret well of happiness, the key to our equanimity in malevolent climes. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#eccentric #happiness #hard-times #inspirational #ridiculous

Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous. ↗

— David Hume

#errors #generally #only #philosophy #religion

Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#dead #desire #friends #living #made

You can't have bank holding companies acting as hedge funds. You can't have them taking a million-dollar pension plan for Joe Schmo the bus driver and treat it with the same risk appetite that you treat George Soros' pocket money. It's fundamentally ridiculous. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#appetite #bank #bus #bus driver #companies

There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#ridiculous #step #sublime

I don't know any form of art or entertainment that can affect people the way movies can. I know it sounds ridiculous, but they can change your world. They can change your views. ↗

— Chris Evans

#any #art #change #entertainment #form