“But you've never drunk fresh blood. Have you?" Simon raised his eyebrows in response. "Well, aside from mine, of course," Jace said.… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Can you nominate in order now the degrees of the lie? I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous;… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Because I am about to be devoured by poodles," I quip. "Remember me always, my love. — Holly Black Copy Share Image
I like quips. I like whiffs of cynicism and I think they can be witty. But I don't really know where wittiness… — Matthew McConaughey Copy Share Image
Some libs took offense at my David Broder quip earlier. In my own defense, I was taught in college it's OK to… — James Taranto Copy Share Image
“Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is something like this: 'You are in… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
Radical transparency has an enormous impact on our personal lives. We can no longer share thoughts, quips, photos or personal opinions anywhere… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions. — Evan Esar Copy Share Image
“Louella remarked that when foreign nations had intercourse with this country they knew they had been intercoursed.” — Jack Woodford Copy Share Image
When someone abuses me I can defend myself, but against praise I am defenceless. — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
If I have seen further than others, it is because I am surrounded by dwarfs. — Murray Gell-Mann Copy Share Image
A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by… — Charles Bowers Copy Share Image
Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods, and Becks, and wreathed… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Quips and Cranks and wanton Wiles, Nods and Becks and wreathèd Smiles. — John Milton Copy Share Image
He [Earl Scruggs] was really cool because he was very quiet, and he wouldn't say much, but then he would come out… — Earl Scruggs Copy Share Image
One of my most often repeated quips was the one I made when former Presidents Carter, Ford and Nixon stood by each… — Bob Dole Copy Share Image
“Well, I can hardly lick champagne off your dazzling personality, now can I?” — Mora Early Copy Share Image
“It is an heretic that makes the fire, Not she which burns in't.” — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
People are clever, but almost no one ever devises an optimal quip precisely at the needed moment. Therefore, virtually all great one-liners… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
I may chance have some odd quirks and remnants of wit broken on me, because I have railed so long against marriage:… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I have a lot of very close girlfriends and sisters - I'm from an all female family. My father often quips that… — Shirley Manson Copy Share Image