Quotes About Banter

Zoey~ 'Listen to me, whinning about money and a scarf. Ah, hell! I'm starting to sound like Aphrodite.' Stark~ 'If you turn into Aprodite I'm going to stab myself.' Zoey~ 'If I turn into Aprodite, stab me first.' Stark~ 'Deal.' Zoey~ 'Deal.

I have always had a suspicion that Aunt Dahlia, while invariably matey and bonhomous and seeming to take pleasure in my society, has a lower opinion of my intelligence than I quite like. Too often it is her practice to address me as 'fathead', and if I put forward any little thought or idea or fancy in her hearing it is apt to be greeted with the affectionate but jarring guffaw.

A hoarse shout from within and a small china ornament whizzing past my head informed me that my old friend was at home.

Come on, he said. Bring the poker. I brought the tongs as well. I felt like it.

Mere surprise, however, was never enough to prevent Psmith talking.

Well, ha-jolly-ha to YOU, young Stiffie-- with knobs on!

I said, 'Don't talk rot, Old Tom Travers. I am not accustomed to talk rot, he said. Then, for a beginner, I said, you do it dashed well.

Hallo, Bertie. Hallo, old turnip. Where have you been all this while? Oh, here and there! Ripping weather we're having, Bertie. Not bad. I see the Bank Rate is down again. No, really? Disturbing news from Lower Silesia, what? Oh, dashed! He pottered about the room for a bit, babbling at intervals. The boy seemed cuckoo. Oh, I say, Bertie! he said suddenly, dropping a vase which he had picked off the mantelpiece and was fiddling with. I know what it was I wanted to tell you. I'm married.

Morning, Bill,' said Lord Tidmouth agreeably. 'Go to hell!' said Bill. 'Right-ho,' said his lordship.

Bertie," said Bingo reproachfully, "I saved your life once." "When?" "Didn't I? It must have been some other fellow, then." ("Jeeves in the Springtime")

Asshole cunt peepee fuck." "Ah," grinned Old Sludge, showing his one tooth, "going to the company store to get some algae chewies, huh?" "Goddamn poopoo," I would grin back at him.

Ah," grinned Old Sludge, showing his one tooth, "going to the company store to get some algae chewies, huh?" "Goddamn poopoo," I would grin back at him.

AidanIsAPoopyHead.

What's your natural color, if you don't mind my asking?" "I don't mind," Molly says. "It's dark brown." "Well, my natural color is red." It takes Molly a moment to realize she's making a little joke about being gray. "I like what you've done with it," she parries. "It suits you.

Sure, I've occasionally told Louis Chen that I hope a monster eats him, and he's told me to go boil my head a few times, but that tends to be in the heat of the moment, and anyway we're getting married once we get old enough, so we don't have to make nice all of the time.

Wedding: the point at which a man stops toasting a woman and begins roasting her.

Let's see what you've got—as the actress said to the bishop

I like working in small teams where people on the team have very different skills than what I have and that banter back and forth, and the ability to build something collectively that none of you could do individually is actually a really useful and valuable thing.

Another one of your quippy japes?

When someone tries to derail an argument with an insult, your response depends on who the audience is. If the two of you are alone, say something like, "This isn't recess. I'm out of here," and walk away. You're not about to persuade the jerk. But if there are bystanders, ridicule the insult. "So Bob's answer to the problem of noise in this town is that I'm a jerk. Was that helpful to you all?" You turn sophistry into genuine banter.

I kid around a lot, but pranks are not my best strength!

With my boyfriend, we can make sexist jokes to each other because we know it's absolutely not true. If I get home from a long day and he says: 'Go on, get in the kitchen,' it's funny because we know it's not our lives.

Tommy If I wanted a kiss I'd call your mother.

But Moominmamma was quite unperturbed. "Well, well!" she said, "it seems to me that our guests are having a very good time." "I hope so," replied Moominpappa. "Pass me a banana, please dear.