David Starkey

We really should stop taking historical novelists seriously as historians. The idea that they have authority is ludicrous. They are very good at imagining character: that's why the novels sell. They have no authority when it comes to the handling of historical sources. Full stop.

English Historian

Maurice Sendak

I'm writing a poem right now about a nose. I've always wanted to write a poem about a nose. But it's a ludicrous subject. That's why, when I was younger, I was afraid of something that didn't make a lot of sense. But now I'm not. I have nothing to worry about. It doesn't matter.

American Artist

Genesis P-Orridge

I think one of the gorgeous things about TG is that we will go from something amazingly serious and important and significant in terms of the world and life, and then do something ludicrous and absurd.

English Musician

Sacha Baron Cohen

Dictators are ludicrous characters, and, you know, in my career and in my life, I've always enjoyed sort of inhabiting these ludicrous, larger-than-life characters that somehow exist in the real world.

English Comedian

Peter Jackson

Actors will never be replaced. The thought that somehow a computer version of a character is going to be something people prefer to look at is a ludicrous idea.

New Zealander Director

Johnny Depp

There are times when you see how ridiculous is this life, how ludicrous it is, you know, leaving your house every morning and being followed by paparazzi.

American Actor

Derren Brown

It used to frustrate me when I'd get celebrities on my shows and I had to meet them as this ludicrous magician character rather than as myself.

English Entertainer

Chris Hoy

It might seem ludicrously simple, but the obvious answer to what to wear on your bike is whatever that helps you enjoy cycling.

British Driver

Becky Sauerbrunn

It's almost ludicrous that I'm playing a game and getting paid for it. I'm just going to ride it as long as I can.

American Athlete

David Sheff

To try to help somebody who doesn't want to be helped is ludicrous. It doesn't work.

American Author

Used to express scornful amusement or ridicule, often implying something is silly.

Humor or Disdain

Emphasizes how unreasonable something is by overstating it.

Exaggeration

Often used in casual conversation rather than formal settings.

Informal Use

 What are you going to do when you get to the country? - Well, I mean, I planted peppers last week. Now I'm going to plant tomatoes. - And this completely phony picture of this mob boss is ludicrous. - You think that had an influence on the federal judge when he held that you were right and the parole commission was wrong? - I think so. I think so. - He thinks a farmer ought to be able to seed, right? - I think so.

The Murder of Carmine...

 that all around the world people are becoming less and less accepting of suffering in ever-widening circles of others, which has led to declines of all kinds of cruelty and violence, from animal abuse to domestic violence to capital punishment. And it's led to increases in all kinds of altruism. A hundred years ago, people would have thought it was ludicrous

Why some people are more...

 as a wonderful collection of some of the most effective, intelligent, intellectual, savvy, worldly and innovative people in the world. And I think that's true. However, I also have reason to believe that many, if not most, of you are actually tying your shoes incorrectly. Now I know that seems ludicrous.

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 Senate about the absolute ludicrous idea that we would actually evacuate and actually have three or four days warning which is completely off the wall turns out that they had another idea behind it even though this is they've telling the public is to save us the idea was that

Surviving a nuclear...

 that economic development is directly opposed to environmental conservation we can't conserve the natural world because we need jobs we yes we need to fight climate change but look at the cost we can't afford to do that we're in a recession that's a completely ludicrous

An Island On the Brink...

 30 years ago that would have sounded ludicrous. Today we can point at dozens of companies that have done just that. When I think about creating abundance, it's not about creating a life of luxury for everybody on this planet; it's about creating a life of possibility.

Abundance is our future...

 and you could reverse the process. Now, you might think that this idea is ludicrous and we should not do it, but you cannot deny that it's an idea that is only possible in a world in which direct democracy and software agents are a viable form of participation.

A bold idea to replace...

 put all the resources on the continents. You know, it's just ludicrous. We are always, constantly playing the zero sum game. You know, we're going to do this, we're going to take it away from something else. I believe in just enriching the economy.

Robert Ballard:...

 with arms that are seven feet long. Not only are NBA players ridiculously tall, they are ludicrously long. Had Leonardo wanted to draw the Vitruvian NBA Player, he would have needed a rectangle and an ellipse, not a circle and a square.

Are athletes really...

 where I'm going to tell you that I overcame that obstacle and triumphed. Actually, I'm going to tell you that in a world as complex and interconnected as the one we live in, the idea that one person has the answer is ludicrous.

Ludicrous

Humor or Disdain

Exaggeration

Informal Use

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