Don't pay attention to the critics - don't even ignore them.
Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply.
I would say if you're getting hate on social media, just don't reply.
Pakistan is running away from talks which will be held only when we get reply. Time available is only tonight.
To that there is an answer.
To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.
The question was: Will you meet me tomorrow? And the word was: Yes.
What can you do if they have slapped you with a legal notice? You have to reply. For all you know, they have taken you to jail or something.
Silence is the unbearable repartee.
Oh, here's a clever one. Do you remember this question from the first test?It reads, 'What wrong with this statement?' And do you know what Constance wrote in reply? She wrote, 'What's wrong with you?
...it was better to answer, no matter how ineptly, thank to withhold a reply. Because sometimes silence could wound someone nearly as badly as a bullet.
Word of mouth works now, much more than ever. @-reply every single person.
Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
We may expect answers to prayer, and should not be easy without them any more than we should be if we had written a letter to a friend upon important business, and had received no reply.
I have to laugh when I receive newsletters from major personalities and when you hit reply, you get a 'do-not-reply' address. It's ridiculous! Don't you want your customers to reply to you?
Believe me, there exists no such dilemma as that in which a gentleman is placed when he is forced to reply to a blackguard.
His reply offers infinite solace in a single word. Always.
