"She'd tell me how she'd handle the backhanded compliment by smiling and pretending she was receiving a genuine compliment all the while ignoring their attempt to be insulting. After all, it's the way an insult is received that makes it an insult. You can't really give offense unless someone takes it."

-- Portia de Rossi

#Giving Quotes #Insulting Quotes #Way Quotes

“The ones that you're calling wild are going to be the leaders in a little while.”
“When blacks are left entirely to their own devices, Western civilizationâ€”any kind of civilizationâ€”disappears.”
“We think work with the brain is more worthy than work with the hands. Nobody who thinks with his hands could ever fall for this.”
“The next innovation, Sensavision, will be like a Walkman attached to your forehead. You won't actually have your head wired because infrared wires will send signals to you. In 2007 Mick Jagger will be on stage, and when Mick feels heat, you'll feel heat.”
“I love visiting the Air and Space Museum. It always blows my mind how far we've come from the Wright Brothers in 1906 to modern space travel.”
“Faith is not only a commitment to the promises of Christ; faith is also a commitment to the demands of Christ.”
“It is an age of stir and change, a season of new wine and old bottles. Yet, assuredly, in spite of breakages and waste, a wine worth the drinking is all the time being made.”
“I was not naturally intellectual, but somebody whose interest had to be whetted, still the case sadly.”

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