A solid-enough retort can immortalize you.

That's because people just love a witty riposte that punches a hole straight through their subject, often accompanied by a hefty dose of instant karma. It's the ultimate power move because it not only leaves its utterer aloft in the annals of history as a person of wit and intelligence, it more often than not leaves its recipient forever memorialized more for being the target of the retort than anything else. Such is the power of a solid comeback.