#idic

Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won't make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa - and it's about getting a balance. ↗

— Richard Branson

#africa #balance #better #big #enjoy

We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them. ↗

— Gerald Brenan

#aware #bad #being #confess #fear

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

#ever #everyone #go #night #oscar

I hope I never get so hard up I have to do advertisements. I've gotten ridiculous offers. ↗

— Tracey Ullman

#gotten #hard #hope #i #never

The greatest height of heroism to which an individual, like a people, can attain is to know how to face ridicule. ↗

— Miguel de Unamuno

#face #greatest #height #heroism #how

Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples. ↗

— George Burns

#had #i #pimples #retirement #ridiculous

I started trying to do my own music at home, and I was like, 'You know what, I can play the guitar, sort of. And I can do these things, sort of. And I can make these crazy noises on my computer, sort of. But I need a ridiculously good drummer. I need someone to help me with string arrangements.' ↗

— Steve Burns

#computer #crazy #drummer #good #guitar

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. ↗

— David Byrne

#bear #cannot #everything #get #help

You can't win with some people. If you're not in government, you're criticised for being not serious. If you are in government, you're criticised for wanting power. That's the Labour party's line of attack, and it's a bit ridiculous. ↗

— Vince Cable

#being #bit #criticised #government #labour

The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men. ↗

— Emile Zola

#connected #fate #fear #greater #greater importance