Salman Rushdie Quotes

A lot of times, you had to beat the bullies at their own game. But the difficulty is not becoming the bully yourself.

When someone mistreats you, the correct reaction is not to go out and do something to destroy somebody else's property.

For me, I'm going to try to do the same thing to you no matter if I like you, no matter if I hate you, no matter if it pops up. You're not going to be able to say one thing, and now I really want to kick you.

Etiquette does not render you defenseless. If it did, even I wouldn't subscribe to it. But rudeness in retaliation for rudeness just doubles the amount of rudeness in the world.

I keep thinking, we teach children to use language to solve their disputes. We teach them not to hit and fight and bite. Then look what adults do!

The harder they resist us, the tougher will be our response.

We do have to retaliate but the problem is that every retaliation produces a counter-retaliation…

I don't find anything comes out of getting in someone's face during an interview and screaming.

Those who think that through concessions they will gain respect and peace are wrong. It's the other way around; it will lead to more wars.

He who turns the other cheek will get hit with the other fist.

I'm against the fighting. But sometimes when you're trying to help your team, trying to win the games, there are moments when you need to get a little aggressive.

Violence does not resolve. It always leads to more violence.

My last fight was more than 20 years ago. I'm not a fighter, I'm a lover. If somebody's going to speak bad about me, I will walk away. But if a guy like Steven Seagal slaps me once, I will slap him twice as hard. Life is full of violence.

I have observed that whenever you try to hit somebody, there is a tendency for them to try to hit you back.

It is so tempting to return rudeness with rudeness!

We get blows and return them.

If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.

Yes, that man acted ugly," she told us in plain English. "But throwing more ugliness back at him ain't the answer.

I'm not joining in personal attacks... I don't do personal attacks.

If someone criticizes me, I strike back.

If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids taught me that. And I do it with adults now.

If someone hits me I consider it a challenge.

I just don't believe that you have to come in and insult people when you want to change things.

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.

I like to get on with people. I don't go around being nasty, but if someone crosses me, I can be horrible back.