I'm sorry, if you were right, I'd agree with you.
Interpretation
This quote humorously expresses disagreement while implying that the speaker's perspective is more valid.
Robin Williams' quote playfully addresses the nature of disagreement, suggesting that if the other person's view were correct, the speaker would naturally align with it. It highlights that differing opinions often stem from the speaker's belief in their own perspective, making light of the tension that can arise in conversations where agreement is expected.
In practice
Using this quote during a debate to lighten the mood.
It's that idea that you can have one drink - and no you can't. Within a week I was drinking heavily. It was so quick that even I was like, 'Wow.' Because you have that initial warm feeling going, 'Oh, I remember this'. And your body does, too. And your body goes, 'Yeah, so do I'. Then the demon voice comes, 'Yeah, so do I. You know what would be great? You know we bought a little bottle before? A full bottle would be wonderful'.
I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself.
Sometimes over things that I did, movies that didn't turn out very well - you go, 'Why did you do that?' But in the end, I can't regret them because I met amazing people. There was always something that was worth it.
I've never been asked to appear on 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!,' so I guess I mustn't be on the professional skids just yet.
The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'
I write on big yellow legal pads - ideas in outline form when I'm doing stand-up and stuff. It's vivid that way. I can't type it into an iPad - I think that would put a filter into the process.
Laughter is a celebration of our failings. That's what clowns are for. And that's what I am.
The same ten minutes that magazines urge me to use for sit-ups and triceps dips, I used for sobbing.
A good joke is the closest thing we have to divine revelation.
Rule Forty-two. All persons more than a mile high to leave the court.
Jeremy tried to be an interesting person. The trouble was that he was the kind of person who, having decided to be an interesting person, would first of all try to find a book called How to Be An Interesting Person and then see whether there were any courses available.
I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much . . . because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting.
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