The most effective comeback to an insult is silence.

You know when you have THE best comeback for someone's insult, but to save face you just bite your tongue? Yeah, that.

— Anonymous

Insults are pouring down on me as thick as hail.

— Edouard Manet

Right before the game, she strolled up to me. "Hey, Seaweed Brain." "Will you stop calling me that?" She knows I hate that name,…

— Rick Riordan

Sometimes I think I might insult people by being openly flirtatious, then snatching it back.

— Dominique Swain

A close associate of his gave an interview in which the book was described as quotes 'fiction from being to end'. I suffered trial…

— Anthony Holden

Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.

— Cordell Hull

If they had said my writing wasn't good enough, fair enough, that's an opinion. But to say it's too complex is to insult the…

— Tanith Lee

Hi there, I'm a human being! What are you?

— Russell Lynes

Friends never make assumptions about you. They never expect a reason to go out with you. In fact friends only expect you to be…

— Russell Lynes

To be honest, my videos are for myself. I didn't look at social media as a vehicle for my comeback.

— Sameera Reddy

Whether the issue was black political power or nuclear power, Scott-Heron didn't mince words. His comeback record, 'I'm New Here,' doesn't mince words either,…

— Will Hermes

Cancer reminds me of a very bad but tenacious performer who, although no one wants to see, insists on doing an encore, having a…

— Valerie Harper

We have invented a new human right here - the right to return home after a war.

— Paddy Ashdown

I think it takes about a million words to make a writer. I mean that you're going to throw away.

— Jerry Pournelle

I'm really thankful to God, man. Like now, I'm really making a real comeback with my group. With or without a record, with or…

— Ike Turner