Ridiculous Quotes - Page 36

• One would understand a ban on surrogate advertising, but to completely ban [smoking] is ridiculous, a joke taken too far.

  Mahesh Bhatt

  Taken, Smoking, Advertising

  "Bollywood bans on-screen smoking". www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2005.

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• I’m a ridiculous person. If you take anything any comedian says seriously, then you’re stupid.

  Chelsea Handler

  Stupid, Comedian, Persons

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• John Prescott has made the government look greedy and ridiculous. Labour is seen as the corrupt party. The government has been fulfilling the old rule that oppositions do not win elections, governments lose them.

  William Rees-Mogg

  Party, Winning, Government

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• Religions are all founded on miracles - on things we cannot understand, such as the Trinity. Jesus calls himself the Son of God, and yet is descended from David. I prefer the religion of Mahomet - it is less ridiculous than ours.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Jesus, Son, Army

  "The St. Helena Journal of General Baron Gourgaud, 1815-1818 : Being a Diary written at St. Helena during a part of Napoleon's Captivity", translated by Norman Edwards, 1932.

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• This country exists as the fulfillment of a promise made by God Himself. It would be ridiculous to ask it to account for its legitimacy.

  Golda Meir

  Country, Israel, Promise

  Le Monde, October 15, 1971.

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• After the war, and until the day of his death, his position on almost every public question was either mischievous or ridiculous, and usually both.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Death, War, Mischievous

  Theodore Roosevelt (1926). “The Works of Theodore Roosevelt”

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• In my work I try to reach and speak to that innocence, showing it the fun and joy of living; showing it that laughter is healthy; showing it that the human species, although happily ridiculous at times, is still reaching for the stars.

  Walt Disney

  Stars, Fun, Laughter

  "A Walt Disney World Resort Outing : The Only Vacation Planning Guide Exclusively for Gay and Lesbian Travelers". Book by Dann Hazel and Josh Fippen, 2002.

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• The human species, although happily ridiculous at times, is still reaching for the stars.

  Walt Disney

  Stars, Disney Animation, Reaching

  "A Walt Disney World Resort Outing : The Only Vacation Planning Guide Exclusively for Gay and Lesbian Travelers". Book by Dann Hazel and Josh Fippen, 2002.

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• It's ridiculous if you ask me. I don't know what any of us are doing here. But we're a tribe, a network, cruising the galaxy. We have offices in every loka, in every part of existence. I suppose you make that out to be a unique situation. We're Unique! No, I don't think so. We're enlightenment.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Unique, Thinking

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• There's this absurd innate need in most men to feel that they're more powerful than women are, which is ridiculous.

  Frederick Lenz

  Powerful, Women, Enlightenment

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• The expense is damnable, the position is ridiculous, and the pleasure fleeting.

  Samuel Johnson

  Fleeting, Pleasure, Expenses

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• At this point, you are so far away from what you really are, it is ridiculous. The good news is that every step you take within brings you more in touch with that which you really are.

  Frederick Lenz

  News, Steps, Far Away

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• In my lifetime, I may have put too much emphasis on winning, because here I am an old man and the only fun I've had is winning, and that's ridiculous.

  Bear Bryant

  Inspirational, Fun, Men

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• If you want to do this - either write for TV, or write books - the first thing you have to do is write a lot. And I mean a ridiculous amount.

  Josh Lieb

  Book, Writing, Mean

  Source: www.mtv.com

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• It's kind of a funny world we live in today with tabloids and all. I feel there's so much negativity out there and people sense that people only want to read things that either are controversial or negative, therefore you end up dealing with people lying about your life and having to answer to things that become ridiculous with an onslaught of lies and you have to answer to them.

  Kate Hudson

  Lying, People, Negativity

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• In the world of 'Tim and Eric,' everything is big and ridiculous and absurd.

  Tim Heidecker

  Eric, World, Absurd

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• Space doesn't just encompass the sublime and the ridiculous. It erases the line between.

  Mary Roach

  Space, Sublime, Lines

  Mary Roach (2011). “Packing for Mars”, p.11, Oneworld Publications

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• If I want to, I can sign 20 films for ridiculous amounts of money, but I really want to do different kinds of cinema. I want creative satisfaction.

  Karisma Kapoor

  Creative, Different, Cinema

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• Oscar night is a ridiculous night where you go to these parties and you see everyone that you've ever wanted to work with and admire.

  Jordana Brewster

  Party, Night, Oscars

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Here in L.A. the standard of beauty is kind of ridiculous. I want to be doing this when I'm in my fifties and sixties and this isn't what I'm going to look like.

  Rose Byrne

  Looks, Want, Kind

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I did a lot of ridiculous television. Between 1980 and '85 I had no confidence, so I did everything I was told to do.

  Dana Carvey

  Television, No Confidence

  "Dana Carvey talks parenting, “SNL” and Carlmont High cross country". Interview with Peter Hartlaub, blog.sfgate.com. April 30, 2010.

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• I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one's needs.

  Carl Andre

  Art, Mean, Needs

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• The movies that I did in the '80s were either good or bad, but I never was oppressed with any feeling - I mean, I thought it was ridiculous to play high school or college students when I was 30. But at the same time, that was really done then.

  Curtis Armstrong

  School, Mean, College

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The 'wisdom of the crowds' is the most ridiculous statement I've heard in my life. Crowds are dumb.

  Drew Curtis

  Dumb, Crowds, Heard

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• I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer if he's from England.

  John Corigliano

  England, British, Mediocre

  "The Gospel According To John Corigliano". Interview with Frank J. Oteri, www.newmusicbox.org. February 1, 2005.

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