If you are really, really smart, a person can suck you into an argument awfully easily, simply by saying something not so smart. So ... is that the direction you really want to go? (1.) You're smart; (2.)  they're not so smart; (3.) they're framing the conversation? (–Source: taxi1010.com stargate40)

"The answer to the trivia quiz is that St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland ... but I don't know ... they don't have snakes in Ireland."
—Likewise. Not the best.
—That's proof.

«Best verbal defense»
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—We're not descendants of fearful men.

"Stop smiling!"
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—The good thing to do is get a sense of humor about your parents – That's the shortcut.

"I've already 'been there and bought the T-shirt.'"
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—Pictures don't lie.

"Do you really believe the things you say?"
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—What could be better?

"All of this is highly complex and difficult to understand."
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—You never know what someone is like until you see what they do.

"People attach no value to it if it's free."
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—I've given something to people all over the world.

«How to use sarcasm in self defense»
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—You can have a show, My Early Life ... Like I'm in the Army or something ... There's all different kinds.

"ROW FIVE! ... I KNOW THAT!"
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—That costs a lot.

"If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?"
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—It's sad, it's murky, it's Wagnerian – They like to suffer.

"I've been known to go shopping on the other side of town."
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—Is there anything wrong with that?

"The great subjects of online video are stunts, pranks, violence, gotchas, virtuosity, upsets and transformations. Where television is supposed to satisfy expectations with its genres and formulas, online video confounds them." (—Virginia Heffernan, "The Susan Boyle Experience," The New York Times Magazine, 28 June 2009)
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—"If you know exactly what you're going to do, then why bother doing it?" (–Picasso)

"Oh, you're a writer, too?"
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—It's a lot easier to make a house than to fix one up.

"Why shouldn't we look to the wisdom of a judge from abroad with at least as much ease as we would read a law review article written by a professor?" (–U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg)
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—Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

"Give me back thirteen." [Someone from the Olympic Club pretending they gave you a twenty dollar bill; they actually gave you a ten dollar bill, which you immediately stuck under a rubber band attached to your visor - separate and VERY VISIBLE]
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—You gave me a ten.

"Putting on airs."
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—THE WORST!

"They never make you feel worthless." [The Brazilians]
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—It's really amazing how far people go.

"My opponent gives speeches; I offer solutions." (–Hillary Clinton, referring to Barack Obama)
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—And that'll do it.

"I don't say ugly things."
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—The importance of being civil in a wild world.

"That's what I was going to say before I was interrupted."
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—Very intelligent.

"I'm not a girl – I'm a woman!"
—Likewise. Not the best.
—She's a real bargain.

"I already have a boyfriend."
—Likewise. Not the best.
—Does it cost anything?

"I have so many things!"
—Likewise. Not the best.
—It's wicked.