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.
I think if you come from a history of persecution you have to develop a sense of humour.
Let a smile be your umbrella, and you'll end up with a face full of rain.
When you're onstage and you know you're bombing, that's very, very scary. Because you know you gotta keep going - you're bombing, but you can't stop.
You know how they say that religion is the opiate of the masses? Well I took masses of opiates religiously.
Somewhere around the place I've got an unfinished short story about Schrodinger's Dog; it was mostly moaning about all the attention the cat was getting.
One prefers, of course, on all occasions to be stainless and above reproach, but, failing that, the next best thing is unquestionably to have got rid of the body.
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