Never demean yourself by talking back to a critic, never. Write those letters to the editor in your head, but don't put them on paper.
Am I getting smart with you? How would you know?
I'll teach you to kick me...' You don't need to teach me--I already know how!
I don't get many hecklers now but answering them is an art form in itself.
You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
I have a sack of hate mail that I want to respond to. One day, when I’m tired or tipsy, I will respond and tell them what I think.
The only appropriate response to the question, 'Can I be frank?' is, 'Yes, if I can be Barbara.
i never pegged you for a fan of the obvious, sam", "i'm not, otherwise, i would've said, 'hey, shouldn't you be in school ?'", "touche
Well, The Rock says this, you should be concerned with fixing yourself a nice, tall glass of shut-up juice!
I always think of the good comebacks on the car ride home.
Joel Cairo: You always have a very smooth explanation ready. Sam Spade: What do you want me to do, learn to stutter?
I mean if someone you know pushes a button you're gonna strike back out.
I was asked once,'your a smart man,why arnt you rich?I replied 'your a rich man,why arnt you smart?
Wit catches of wit, as fire of fire.
You see, I, unlike you, have been made a prefect, which means that I, unlike you, have the power to hand out punishments.” “Yeah,” said Harry, “but you, unlike me, are a git.
I like it when people talk s**t. Because if people weren't talking s**t, there would be nothing for me to come back with. I need that. If I don't have any ammo, what am I going to say?
A woman springs a sudden reproach upon you which provokes a hot retort, and then she will presently ask you to apologize.
Well, I can throw a mean comeback, so there's that. I will crush them on wit.
Silence is the unbearable repartee.
And if my present actions strike you as foolish, let's just say I've been accused of folly by a fool.
He snarled at me. "This isn't over yet, Betsy." "Excellent," I said. "I would also have accepted 'You haven't seen the last of me' and 'You'll regret this'.
Hit back harder than you got hit.
When I want to be lectured on strategy, I'll consult someone who's actually won battles," Amelie said. "Not one who ran away from them." "Snap," Eve said. "You know what they're talking about?" Shane asked. "Don't need to know to get that one. She smacked him so hard his momma felt it.
A bird in the hand was worth two in the bush, he told her, to which she retorted that a proverb was the last refuge of the mentally destitute.
