Ridiculous

Famous quotes containing the word ridiculous:

“Nothing is more ridiculous in old people that were once good-looking, than to forget that they are not so still.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“For a man who loves power, competition from the gods is annoying. I have done away with that. I have proven to these illusory gods that a man, if he has the will, can practice, without any apprenticeship, their ridiculous trade.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)

“It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him a reasonable being, yet forcing him to take this ridiculous posture, and driving him with blind craving for this ridiculous performance.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)