Quotes About Repartee

The waiter smiled a polite little waiter's smile. He had almost exhausted his polite little waiter repertoire and would soon be slipping into his role of a rather tight-lipped and sarcastic little waiter.

"Mr. Churchill you're drunk!" Mr. Churchill: "And you, Lady Astor, are ugly. As for my condition, it will pass by the morning. You, however, will still be ugly.

the gregarious intimacy, rare in a town of this size, the vivacious gossip, the cultural fizz, the wit and repartee at every social level . . .

You have a ready wit. Tell me when it's ready.

My comebacks aren't nearly as sharp as my shiv. Come inside and I'll show you.

Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.

Where were we?" he said. "Ah, yes, cake and sarcasm.

Some guy hit my fender the other day, and I said unto him, "Be fruitful, and multiply." But not in those words.

I guess we both understood that our relationship was built entirely on witty repartee, and neither of us thought we could be witty on four hours of shut-eye.

She turns to Madden. "Please don't make me get in the car with her. I have dreams." Madden smiles. I wouldn't think he would have such a familiar repartee with someone with a purple mohawk. "I think Viva has a point; there's really no reason for me to drive." Viva and I both turn to Madden, each of us hoping he will call it a day. "Nice try, Paige. But you never know. Perhaps you'll learn something." "And perhaps YOU'LL learn something." "What is that supposed to mean?" "I don't know, actually.

It's difficult to describe the weirdness of speaking to a man who appears to be perfectly in control of his faculties, who can deliver off-the-cuff repartee, and yet who is actually utterly disconnected from who he is.

Is this the point where I sing the little song about Pic and London sittin' in a tree?" "Only if you want the tree shoved up your ass.

REPARTEE, n. Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a constitutional aversion to violence, but a strong disposition to offend.

She recalled him as a forceful and witty speaker with a ready repartee and a penetrating voice. He had once, for example, put down a spokesman for the pesticide industry with a remark that people still quoted at parties: "And I presume on the eighth day God called you and said, 'I changed my mind about insects!

I can be just as effective with a quick retort or a one-liner than with a big paragraph.

One of the great things about the 'Iron Man' franchise is that they employ fascinating actors who don't necessarily do action movies. Before 'Iron Man' you didn't associate Robert Downey, Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow with those kinds of films. There's an emphasis on repartee and wit.

When told that he is a drunk) My dear, you are ugly; but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.

Late, Fry?' 'Really, sir? So am I.' 'Don't try to be clever, boy.' 'Very good, sir. How stupid would you like me to be? Very stupid or only slightly stupid?

Smooth move, Ex-lax," I heard Art3mis say.

Dinner at college high table is one of the legendary experiences of England. I could remember keenly each one I had attended; the repartee is sharper than the cutlery.

there is not the least wit in my nature. I am a very matter of fact, plain spoken being, and may blunder on the borders of a repartee for half an hour together without striking it out.

If we ever established contact with intelligent life on another world, there would be barriers to communication. First, they would be many light years away, so signals would take many years to reach them: there would be no scope for quick repartee. There might be an IQ gap.

Trump: "Madam, if you were my wife, I'd poison your tea!" Clinton: "Sir, if you were my husband, I'd drink it!"

Audiences are always better pleased with a smart retort, some joke or epigram, than with any amount of reasoning.