An attack is always a smear when it is directed against you.
To call someone “privileged” is to say that his or her successes are undeserved. It’s a personal insult posing as social critique.
That was it - I lost my job... I was very discouraged. I wanted to be in defense work... I'm an American, and I have nothin' to do with Japan, and so it's sort of an insult to me.
When a man or woman is truly honest, it is virtually impossible to insult them personally.
When a guy would write some scathing article about me, that used to really bother me. I didn't get it. I'm like, What is that? You don't know me... That ate me up.
Greg stands up, wiping his mouth. "I saw your mother's trial in the paper, Sharpe. I know you're just like her." "If I was, I would make you beg to blow me," I sneer.
Trump called me a 'nasty guy' on the phone, and some of his surrogates called me 'obsessed' and biased on TV.
You know how only you can insult your own family? That's how I feel about Florida.
When you are insulted, you must not only not resent it, but you must make it an opportunity to exhibit the Son of God in your life. And you cannot imitate the nature of Jesus-it is either in you or it is not. A personal insult becomes an opportunity for a saint to reveal the incredible sweetness of the Lord Jesus.
Being called Angelina is like one of the worst things you could ever be called.
You can call me 'Tons of Lard' for all I care, as long as I get to work.
I was called fool's gold. That's what I was called in the draft combine. That's how I remember it. I took it personal.