30 Hilariously Ridiculous Quotes That All Kids Will Love

Oluwatosin Michael
Sep 19, 2023 By Oluwatosin Michael
Originally Published on Mar 23, 2021
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Laughter, they say, is the best medicine and there is no denying that it's pretty accurate!

Whether you're having a rough day or you're feeling down, some funny and ridiculous quotes can crack you up in no time. In fact, you don't really need a reason to read some hilarious and ridiculous quotes to laugh out loud, do you?

Kids especially love to read funny quotes, ridiculous quotes and inspirational quotes. Whether the quote makes sense or not, as long as it's funny or ridiculous and they get it, you can rest assured that kids will crack up laughing at the ridiculous quote. Conveying an inspirational message in the form of funny and ridiculous quotes is also a great way to motivate kids who'd be otherwise reluctant to read something with a serious and preachy tone. Read on for the best hilariously ridiculous quotes!

If you like this content, check out sarcastic quotes and funny quotes for kids as well!

Funny Inspirational Quotes

Here are some funny ridiculous inspirational quotes and funny quotes about life that'll make you think and laugh at the same time.

1. “The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”

- Terry Pratchett.

2. “Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.”

- Dr. Seuss.

3. “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.”

- Zig Ziglar.

4. “Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.”

- Terry Pratchett.

5. “Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.”

- Elbert Hubbard.

6. “To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.”

- Doug Larson.

7. “A failure is like fertilizer; it stinks to be sure, but it makes things grow faster in the future.”

- Denis Waitley.

8. “If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”

- Dalai Lama.

9. “To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target.”

- Ashleigh Brilliant.

10. "By the time a man realizes that his father was right, he has a son who thinks he's wrong."

- Charles Wadsworth.

11. "Life is like a sewer…what you get out of it depends on what you put into it."

- Tom Lehrer.

12. "Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there."

- Will Rogers.

13. "Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door."

- Kyle Chandler.

14. "You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club."

- Jack London.

Ridiculous Quotes That Make No Sense

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If inspirational quotes weren't enough, here is a collection of hilarious quotes that seem absurd but are quite relatable and worth a read!

15. “If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.”

- Dorothy Parker.

16. “The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion.”

- Fred Allen.

17. “I can’t understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars.”

- Fred Allen.

18. “How many people here have telekenetic powers? Raise my hand.”

- Emo Philips.

19. “My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She’s ninety-seven now, and we don’t know where the hell she is.”

- Ellen DeGeneres.

20. “I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”

- Douglas Adams.

21. “If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of car payments.”

- Earl Wilson.

22. "Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it."

- Cullen Hightower.

23. "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia."

- Charles M. Schulz.

24. "I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early."

- Charles Lamb.

25. "All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height."

- Casey Stengel.

26. “My favorite machine at the gym is the vending machine.”

- Caroline Rhea.

27. “As a child my family’s menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.”

- Buddy Hackett.

28. “Inside me there’s a thin person struggling to get out, but I can usually sedate him with four or five cupcakes.”

- Bob Thaves.

29. “I don’t believe in astrology; I’m a Sagittarius and we’re skeptical.”

- Arthur C. Clarke.

30. “Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.”

- Anton Chekhov.

31. "People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day."

- A.A. Milne.

32. "If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?"

- George Carlin.

Dumb And Hilarious Quotes By Celebrities

These ridiculous celebrity quotes are guaranteed to leave you in splits!

33. “I actually don’t like thinking. I think people think I like to think a lot. And I don’t. I do not like to think at all.”

- Kanye West.

34. “How can mirrors be real if our eyes aren’t real?”

- Jaden Smith.

35. “Fiction writing is great, you can make up almost anything.”

- Ivana Trump.

36. “Wal-mart...do they like make walls there?”

- Paris Hilton.

37. "Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter."

- James A. Garfield.

38. "If life gives you lemons, make some kind of fruity juice."

- Conan O'Brien.

39. “If everybody in the world dropped out of school, we would have a much more intelligent society.”

- Jaden Smith.

40. "Follow your passion, stay true to yourself, never follow someone else’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path then by all means you should follow that."

- Ellen DeGeneres.

41. "No, no, I didn’t go to England, I went to London."

- Paris Hilton.

42. "A day without sunshine is like, you know, night."

- Steve Martin.

43. "The Bible never says anything about dinosaurs. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them. Somebody actually saw Adam and Eve eating apples. No one ever saw a Tyrannosaurus rex."

- Carl Everett.

Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for ridiculous quotes, then why not take a look at [cute quotes], or snarky quotes.

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Written by Oluwatosin Michael

Bachelor of Science specializing in Microbiology

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Oluwatosin MichaelBachelor of Science specializing in Microbiology

With a Bachelor's in Microbiology from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Oluwatosin has honed his skills as an SEO content writer, editor, and growth manager. He has written articles, conducted extensive research, and optimized content for search engines. His expertise extends to leading link-building efforts and revising onboarding strategies. 

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