Rebuttal Quotes

“Once, when a religionist denounced me in unmeasured terms, I sent him a card saying, "I am sure you believe that I will go to hell when I die, and that once there I will suffer all the pains and tortures the sadistic ingenuity of your deity can devise and that this torture will continue forever. Isn't that enough for you? Do you have to call me bad names in addition?”
― Isaac Asimov, I. Asimov: A Memoir

“To be or not to be. That's not really a question.”
― Jean Luc Godard

“To be able to listen -- really, wholly passively, self-effacingly listen -- without presupposing, classifying, improving, controverting, evaluating,
approving or disapproving, without dueling with what is being said, without rehearsing the rebuttal in advance, without free-associating to portions of what is being said so that succeeding portions are not heard at all -- such listening is rare.”
― Abraham Maslow

“English: "Some people are opposed to anything, before they understand what they criticize."

Česky: „Někteří lidé oponují dřív, než pochopí, co kritizují.”
― Sebastián Wortys, Vtiposcifilo-z/s-ofie

“I WENT AS A MUSICIAN, AND I INTERACTED WITH OTHER MUSICIANS. IT'S TRUE THERE IS ANOTHER LEVEL TO THIS STORY, BUT THIS IS A BEGINNING, A SINCERE BEGINNING. I TRIED TO INTRODUCE THIS MUSIC TO PEOPLE WHO NEVER HEARD IT BEFORE. SINCERITY DOESN'T SEEM TO BE HELD IN HIGH REGARD. I'M HERE. I'M LISTENING. I RESPOND THE BEST I CAN. AT LEAST I'M INTO DIALOGUE. I HAVE ALWAYS INTENDED THAT THIS MUSIC BE USED TO SERVE THE AFRICAN PEOPLE.”
― Robert Hilburn, Paul Simon: The Life [Deckle Edge]

“English: "Before trying to falsify something, try understand it more thoroughly first."

Česky: „Než se začnete snažit něco vyvrátit, snažte se to důkladněji pochopit.”
― Sebastián Wortys, Vtiposcifilo-z/s-ofie