Jim's Favorite Famous Quote, Quip, Axiom, and Maxim Repository
Category: Comebacks.

The repository contains 46 quotes in the category “Comebacks.”
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When asked who he considered the greatest generals:

The victors.

Napoleon Bonaparte
1769 — 1821

When asked how it felt to turn eighty:

Pretty good, considering the alternative.

Maurice Chevalier
1888 — 1972

Response a woman who had written a letter asking for "a sentiment and an autograph":

Madam, when you ask from another that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp. There’s your sentiment, and here’s your autograph.

President Abraham Lincoln
1809 — 1865

When asked by defense attorney Kerry Lawrence how he found defendant Alan Walker's home address:

As an old reporter, we have a few secrets, and the first thing is we try the phone book.

Andy Rooney
1919 — 2011

Upon being asked his hat size:

I don’t know, I’m not in shape.

Yogi Berra
1925 —     

Upon being asked by Australian wicketkeeper Rod Marsh, "So how are your wife and my kids?":

The wife’s fine, the kids are retarded.

Ian Botham

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