Deflection Quotes

Accuse your enemy of what you are doing as you are doing to create confusion.

I've been called worse things by better people.

There's folks 'ud stand on their heads and then say the fault was i' their boots.

I had brainwashed myself into saying things like, 'If people don't like what I'm writing then they shouldn't read it.'

When a man tells you what people are saying about you, tell him what people are saying about him; that will immediately take his mind off your troubles.

If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.

To err is human. To blame somebody else is politics.

Did I ever say an engagement was an elephant, madam?

Why do analysts always answer a question with a question?

Am I getting smart with you? How would you know?

It's easier to criticize somebody else, than to see yourself.

Those who call me an opportunist are following the old rule: If you can't attack the data, attack the person.

If it sounds like I’m trying to dodge the question, It’s probably because I am.

I see it all the time in politics. If a candidate gets caught in a lie, he quickly tries to change the subject by throwing more mud at his opponent. The mud keeps flying until some of the slanderous material sticks.

I don't think comedy necessarily comes from a dark place. But I do think what a lot of us have in common is that, growing up, being funny was a coping mechanism.

When he said we were trying to make a fool of him, I could only murmur that the Creator had beat us to it.

That's a good question. Let me try to evade you.

I'm not calling Mr. DeSantis a racist. I'm simply saying the racists believe he's a racist.

Why did the wise guys always accuse other people of being wise guys?

A lot of people that are always trying to be funny and "on" and performing are just hiding. It's just a cover for what they really are and how they really feel.

It's nothing. A school project. My go-to answer for anything. Staying out late? School project. Need extra money? School project.

Have I had therapy? I went to a yoga class once.

It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.

Too often, when people are in trouble they look for scapegoats.

Actually, I didn't say that.