<p>its new territory for me and i completely drew a blank when it happened. come on it happens to everyone so any ideas. </p>
<p>especially liking anything by
socrates
twain
people along those lines</p>
<p>Intelligent quotes? I don't think you'll find anything 'intelligent' as a comeback, but... the prototypical comeback is alone the lines of:</p>
<p>I may be an idiot but at least I don't [insert cheap shot here]</p>
<p>flash your SAT scores</p>
<p>j/k :D</p>
<p>just use the word "troglodyte".</p>
<p>As in...<br>
other person: "You're an idiot."
You (almost muttering): "...troglodyte."</p>
<p>Works everytime.</p>
<p>Your mom.</p>
<p>Haha, well, on a more serious note... "Did you come up with that on your own?" it will give you some time to think on a next answer 8))</p>
<p>Go to bartleby.com and search on idiot. You'll find lots of quotes. I looked briefly and didn't find anything suitable but if you spend some time there you'll find something.</p>
<p>twain has some of the best/funniest quotes.</p>
<p>heres a few that i like
"Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times "</p>
<p>"Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint"</p>
<p>"A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way"</p>
<p>"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society"</p>
<p>"It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling."</p>
<p>"A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction."</p>
<p>usually i just haul off and hit them in the mouth (hard slap if there are lots of people around).</p>
<p>those people used to make fun of me, but they never have since. it's not like we were going to be friends anyways.</p>
<p>Some of my favorites:</p>
<p>“He had delusions of adequacy.” - Walter Kerr</p>
<p>“He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.” - William Faulkner </p>
<p>“I’ve just learned about his illness. Let’s hope it’s nothing trivial.” – Irvin S. Cobb</p>
<p>“He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others.” – Samuel Johnson</p>
<p>“There’s nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won’t cure.” - Jack E. Leonard</p>
<p>“They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.” - Thomas Brackett Reed</p>
<p>“In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily.” – Charles, Count Talleyrand</p>
<p>“They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.” - Thomas Brackett Reed</p>
<p>“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts… for support rather than illumination.” - Andrew Lang</p>
<p>"Indeed, but in</a> the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."</p>
<p>Or</p>
<p>"Better</a> to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."</p>
<p>Person 1: You're an idiot
Person 2: I'd hate to think what that makes you.</p>
<p>ZING!!! :)</p>
<p>How about you stop caring if some dudes call you can "idiot"?</p>