I think the Irish humour is unique, there are lots of aspects to it. The Irish are quick witted, and their banter… — Dylan Llewellyn Copy Share Image
“Sally rolled her eyes. "Will there ever be a time that I don't have to send you two to opposite corners?" "When… — Quinn Loftis Copy Share Image
most of our social and educational institutions are designed to weed out or make over people ... until we produce a world… — Helen McCloy Copy Share Image
Comedy mocks the vanity of visions of rational control. The person who can joke amidst a confrontation with evil, like the quick-witted… — Peter Leithart Copy Share Image
No one could have called Mr. Standen quick-witted, but the possession of three sisters had considerably sharpened his instinct of self-preservation. — Georgette Heyer Copy Share Image
America -- rather, the United States -- seems to me to be the Jew among the nations. It is resourceful, adaptable, maligned,… — Edna Ferber Copy Share Image
Those who have a natural talent for calculation are generally quick-witted at every other kind of knowledge; and even the dull, if… — Plato Copy Share Image
So do I wish I was to be king? That is not a question I ask myself. I ask myself, Would I… — Sharon Shinn Copy Share Image
“Instead of being regarded as intelligent or knowledgeable, many a woman would rather be regarded as beautiful or good in the kitchen;… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Internet offers a quick-witted tool to help bring peoples together. Cyber Apartheid, by its turn, a dull-witted firewall to keep them apart. — Jean-Paul Malfatti Copy Share Image
Most writers are not quick-witted when they talk. Novelists, in particular, drag themselves around in society like gut-shot bears. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Most unintelligent or foolish people do not regard themselves as that; they regard themselves as not-that-intelligent or not-that-wise.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The food is excellent. The beer is cold. The sun nearly always shines. There is coffee on every corner. Life doesn’t get… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
The people are immensely likable— cheerful, extrovert, quick-witted, and unfailingly obliging. Their cities are safe and clean and nearly always built on… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
My dad is a very quick-witted, sarcastic, dry, humorous guy, whereas my mom's very silly, and that side of the family is… — Tim Heidecker Copy Share Image
In general, the men of lower intelligence won out. Afraid of their own shortcomings and of the intelligence of their opponents, so… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
I've had years of teasing about my red hair, but I definitely think it toughened me up. If you're ginger, you end… — Ed Sheeran Copy Share Image
