Satire's nature is to be one-sided, contemptuous of ambiguity, and so unfairly selective as to find in the purity of ridicule an inarguable moral truth.
E.L. DoctorowTag: truth satire balance ridicule fairness bias
What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.
John BunyanWhat would you think of an engineer who expounded the art of flying without revealing the secrets of the engine and propeller? That's what you do, you engineer of the human soul. Just that. You're a coward. You want the raisins out of my cake but you don't want the thorns of my roses. Haven't you too, little psychiatrist, been cracking silly jokes about me? Haven't you ridiculed me as "the prophet of bigger and better orgasms"? Have you never heard the whimpering of a young wife whose body has been desecrated by an impotent husband? Or the anguished cry of an adolescent bursting with unfulfilled love? Does your security still mean more to you than your patient? How long will you go on valuing your respectability above your medical mission? How long will you refuse to see that your pussyfooting procrastination is costing millions their lives?
Wilhelm ReichTag: fear inspirational ridicule black-humor
My confidence was of the hothouse variety, carefully cultivated under highly regulated conditions. One wrong look, one mean comment, and my facade would wither.
Justina ChenTag: confidence ridicule
Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
André GideA man does not have to feel less than human to realize his sin; oppositely, he has to realize that he gets no special vindication for his sin.
Criss JamiTag: equality human sin forgiveness salvation confession excuses torture repentance ridicule normal realization special insulting equal normality sinner vindication exceptions confronting-problems demeaning degrading
The devil's happy when the critics run you off.
Criss JamiTag: fear certainty happiness devil persistence confidence judgment uplifting determination happy criticism satan cowardice perseverance ridicule boldness critics scrutiny standing-your-ground
It is never ridicule, but a compliment, that knocks a philosopher off his feet. He is already positioned for every possible counter-attack, counter-argument, and retort...only to find a big bear hug coming his way.
Criss JamiTag: philosophy philosophers theology ridicule anticipation apologetics compliment arguments retort defense theologians evangelism hugs bear evangelists attack argumentation counter apologists counter-argument evangelism-apologetics
Everyone pretends to be 'free thinkers', but few individuals pass the line into expressive territories that may be detrimental to their own social well-being.
Criss JamiTag: individuality courage creativity persecution ridicule boldness free-thinker risks rejection well-being detrimental
He saw with sudden awful clarity that if he turned tail now and if, by some appalling miracle, she should survive, he'd never hear the end of it. She'd latch onto his flawed character and hold it up for relentless ridicule till the end of time, or thereabouts.
Helen HodgmanTag: miracle ridicule clarity survive end-of-time flawed-character
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