Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
The speaker lists various non-committal responses they would give if they were a Magic-8-Ball.
In plain terms
I would give vague answers like a Magic-8-Ball.
What can you take from it?
Use ambiguity to avoid giving direct answers.

Where it applies

  • difficult questions
  • casual chat

Putting it to work

  • avoiding direct answers

Questions to consider

  • When is it okay to be vague?

Another view

Avoiding answers can sometimes erode trust in relationships.

More from Davey Havok

  1. [On the annual Almost Acoustic Christmas concert thrown by KROQ] That show was fantastic - our fifty minutes seemed like five. They had spinning stages and ten…

    Permalink to quote #103
  2. Interviewer: Why rabbits? Davey: Why not?

    Permalink to quote #105
  3. Random: Davey, are you still straight? Revolver Magazine: I think they mean Straight Edge. Davey: Oh, I thought they might have been confused after the 'I blow…

    Permalink to quote #102

Related quotes

  1. You need to have the courage to say to your wife, get in there and make me some bean dip.

    Phil HendriePhil Hendrie quote #1
  2. Include me out.

    Samuel GoldwynSamuel Goldwyn quote #1
  3. If you smell what The Rock is cooking!

    Dwayne (The Rock) JohnsonDwayne (The Rock) Johnson quote #1