If you can't ignore an insult, top it; if you can't top it, laugh it off; and if you can't laugh it off, it's probably deserved.

Quote by J Russell Lynes

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Ragtime was a fanfare for the 20th century.

Ragtime was a fanfare for the 20th century.

Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it.

Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it.

The bungalow had more to do with how Americans live today than any other building...

The bungalow had more to do with how Americans live today than any other building...

Cynicism: The intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.

Cynicism: The intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.

Any real New Yorker is a you-name-it-we-have-it-snob whose heart brims with sympathy for the millions...

Any real New Yorker is a you-name-it-we-have-it-snob whose heart brims with sympathy for the millions...

There are times when you just get down, you feel like nobody likes you. We're...

There are times when you just get down, you feel like nobody likes you. We're...

Camouflage is a game we all like to play, but our secrets are as surely...

Camouflage is a game we all like to play, but our secrets are as surely...

I never thought about draw or lose before each game. I always think about winning...

I never thought about draw or lose before each game. I always think about winning...

How you play the game is for college ball. When you're playing for money, winning...

How you play the game is for college ball. When you're playing for money, winning...

Most games are lost, not won.

Most games are lost, not won.

A sportsman is a man who every now and then, simply has to get out...

A sportsman is a man who every now and then, simply has to get out...

If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I...

If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I...

The players get no respect around here. They give you money, that's it, not respect....

The players get no respect around here. They give you money, that's it, not respect....

Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player.

Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player.

Play is a uniquely adaptive act, not subordinate to some other adaptive act, but with...

Play is a uniquely adaptive act, not subordinate to some other adaptive act, but with...

The girl who can't dance says the band can't play

The girl who can't dance says the band can't play

In my plays I want to look at life - at the commonplace of existence-as...

In my plays I want to look at life - at the commonplace of existence-as...

Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick...

Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick...

If animals play, this is because play is useful in the struggle for survival; because...

If animals play, this is because play is useful in the struggle for survival; because...

It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning...

It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning...