A Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

The best revenge is living well without you.

Joyce Carol Oates

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Joyce Carol Oates
American - Writer
Born: June 16, 1938

Have you ever heard the phrase, Living well is the best revenge?" "Where I come from, someone's head in a bag is generally considered the best revenge

Lois McMaster Bujold

But the best revenge for naysayers is living well. And living well is doing your job and taking care of your family.

Jalen Rose

The best revenge is living well.

Jerry Seinfeld

Living well is the best revenge.

George Herbert

They say living well is the best revenge but sometimes writing well is even better.

James Franco

Living well is the best revenge.If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

Max Eastman

The best revenge is living well, my dad told me once.

Barry Lyga

Living well and ripping your enemy's still-beating heart out with your bare hands is the best revenge.

Michael O'Donoghue

The cultural propaganda embodied in two liquor advertisements, "Living well is the best revenge" and "Sip it with arrogance," have a curious, perhaps demonic appeal. Consumerism indeed has its own spirituality.

Brennan Manning

You should know I disagree with a lot of traditional advice. For instance, they say the best revenge is living well. I say it’s acid in the face—who will love them now?

Mindy Kaling

revenge is living well with out you.

Ellen Hopkins

Living well eliminates the need for revenge.

Kanye West

Simply coming to the perpetrator and delivering the message is Nozick's definition of revenge. And in that sense, Adi is exacting revenge. When people ask, "Does Adi want revenge?" - they mean violent revenge. But in Nozick's formulation, it is revenge. That is the essence of revenge.