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If you don't like your outcomes, change your responses.
Well, any good comeback needs some true believers.
Usually, a well thought answer makes an aggressor think twice.
Audiences are always better pleased with a smart retort, some joke or epigram, than with any amount of reasoning.
I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.
I make no other answer than the act,
the Master said: "The only fit reply
to a fit request is silence and the fact." [XXIV]
I accept your deflection and raise you another question.
Silence is the best response to a fool ...
silence is the most intolerable of answers.
REPARTEE, n. Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a constitutional aversion to violence, but a strong disposition to offend. In a war of words, the tactics of the North American Indian.
His response was remarkable for its irrelevance, if for nothing else.
How someone is responding to you may have nothing to do with you.
Rebut the negative, and the opposing campaign has not merely lost a skirmish, it has suffered almost irreparable damage. An effective rebuttal makes it hard for the campaign whose ad is destroyed to be believed about anything ever again.
An answer in words is delusive; it is really no answer to the questions you ask.
To admit you want to have a comeback means you have to admit you weren't what you were supposed to be. You dropped below your own standard.
I answer that I cannot answer.
In communication, you get back what you send out.
Snark is a fabulous defense mechanism.
Beware of allowing a tactless word, a rebuttal, a rejection to obliterate the whole sky
Only a rebuke that 'has something in it' will sting, will have the power to stir our feelings, not the other sort, as we know.
To handle a hard situation, try a soft answer.
You have to let other people be right' was his answer to their insults. 'It consoles them for not being anything else.
I replied that you could never change your life, that in any case one life was as good as another and that I wasn't at all dissatisfied with mine here.
Replies don't matter unless we have actual conversation though. Like, wouldn't you rather be understood than acknowledged
Silence is the best defence for any argument.
If you want a better answer, krasivyy, ask a better question. - Koldan Vasin
You only think of the best comeback when you leave.
We all think we're retaliating," I say. "That's the nature of conflict. We all think our actions are justified by someone else's actions. But actually, we're responsible for what we do.
You are luckier to be wisely rebuked than forced to hear the songs of fools,
I didn't respond, because naked people never win arguments.
By choosing to have a calm response to what seems negative you bring clarity and balance to your message.
When you are exposed to others' negativity, you do not need to respond. You can choose to put your attention elsewhere and let their words be a tiny drop in the infinite ocean of your peaceful silence.
There is nothing as sweet as a comeback, when you are down and out, about to lose, and out of time.
An answer to a question no one asked is a wasted answer.
Silence is the best answer to a fool.
The meaning of your communication is the response you get.
Silence is less injurious than a weak reply.
I instantly regretted my comeback but that's the thing about unkind words. You can try to undo the damage, but (a) it's hard when you're all coffee-ed up, and (b) you can't take it back, ever.
It is triple ultra forbidden to respond to criticism with violence. There are a very few injunctions in the human art of rationality that have no ifs, ands, buts, or escape clauses. This is one of them. Bad argument gets counterargument. Does not get bullet. Never. Never ever never for ever.
If someone criticizes me, I strike back.
You're thinking too hard about how to respond to my stupidity. Have to be polite don't you?
Son, always answer back when you receive an insult. Do it straight away. Even if there's a chance there was nothing behind it, take back control, answer them back. An insult is an attack. You must counter.
Often silence is the most dignified response.
Silence is sometimes the best answer
Never defend yourself; agree with your critics, it takes the wind out of their sails.
Return animosity with virtue.
And yet, will we ever come to an end of discussion and talk if we think we must always reply to replies? For replies come from those who either cannot understand what is said to them, or are so stubborn and contentious that they refuse to give in even if they do understand.
A woman springs a sudden reproach upon you which provokes a hot retort, and then she will presently ask you to apologize.
Do not respond to these insults, they will not increase your abilities. You will tire yourself needlessly.
Never argue; repeat your assertion.
Sometimes in life, you have to hit back! It's not always gonna be easy!
I don't want you to forget this moment. In about a week, I'll come up with a scathing retort. - T-SHIRT
Contempt is a well-recognized defensive reaction.
I regret to say I'm
unable to reply to your unexpressed desires.
Silence is the safest response for all the contradiction that arises from impertinence, vulgarity, or envy.
Do not apologize. Offer sarcasm.
Denial is a strong if imperfect defense.
Being insulted offers you an opportunity to practice decency and having a non-response internally.
The wise respond.The foolish react.The wise think and then act.The foolish act and then regret.-RVM
It was better to answer, no matter how ineptly, thank to withhold a reply. Because sometimes silence could wound someone nearly as badly as a bullet.
Arguments cannot be answered with insults ... Kindness is strength ... Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, every one should be serene, slow-pulsed, and calm.
Sometimes the most appropriate response to an attack is to not engage, especially in situations where your own words may be used as weapons against you.
I didn't answer. We were not buddies. We could not chat about the proximity of our offices, or football, or forgiveness.
An ancient sage once said, A soft answer turns away anger.
Don't get mad, get even,
I'm not a reactionary.
If ever a fool utters all kinds of insults against you,
The best bet is to not respond at all.
The first reaction is, get defensive. Second reaction is, what are we going to do about it?
When our responses turn into reactions and we set out to teach people a lesson, we lose. We lose because the act of teaching someone a lesson rarely succeeds at changing them, and always fails at making our day better, or our work more useful.
There is no philosophy without the art of ignoring objections.
You can't be responsible for the way people respond to you. You're only responsible for yourself.
Indignation is often the best defense.
Silence is an arguement hard to refute
I rarely ever respond to misquotes and wrong information. Plus, it only serves to bring attention to the matter.
Even if you feel wronged, respond right.
It's futile to talk reason to anger
Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years.
It is a fundamental rule of human life, that if the approach is good, the response is good.
Assertion is not argument; to contradict the statement of an opponent is not proof that you are correct.
Argument should be polite as well as logical.
People who have power respond simply. They have no minds but their own.
Choosing a gentle reply doesn't mean you're weak; it actually means you possess a rare and godly strength.
When you start (telling it like it is) speaking the truth, those who opposed it are part of the on-going problems that exist in any society. But it's always good to acknowledge the rebuttal of an opposition. Because the better rebuttal will often win the debate.
The major dilemma is that we tend to listen to reply, while all we should do is: listen to understand and feel.
Rational argument can be defeated by refusing to argue rationally.
The only fit reply to a fit request is silence and the fact.
When you REACT you are giving away your power. When you RESPOND you are staying in control of yourself.
The wise respond; the otherwise react.
Turnabout is fair play. Payback is a bitch.
Always schedule your comeback.
Be the answer not the question.
Proverbs 15:1-3 1 A gentle answer deflects anger, but harsh words make tempers flare. 2 The tongue of the wise makes knowledge appealing, but the mouth of a fool belches out foolishness.
I'm tenacious and no is not a good answer to give me.
If you want to change the way people respond to you, change the way you respond to people.
I don't like your tone, was Violet's standard answer when one of her children was winning an argument.
I'd tell you to shove your condescending tone up your ass, but a big stick got there first.
Wrath what do you say"
"Fuck' came the reply
"Appropriate word choice, my lord, but not really an answer".
Response is what we have trained ourselves to be; it is a reflection of our manhood, character, ideals. We cannot always control our surface reactions, but we can sit at the helm of our lives and control our responses to the blows of life.
How should they answer?
The best answer to bad speech is good speech