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  • This is how we court girls in America. We grab them and kiss them. And if they don't like it, we do it again, harder and longer, until they surrender. It saves us hours of witty repartee.

    Girl   Witty   Kissing  
    Lisa Kleypas (2008). “A Wallflower Christmas: A Novel”, p.35, Macmillan
  • A majority is always better than the best repartee.

    Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.5018, Delphi Classics
  • 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.

    Men   Iron   Actors  
    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • I love to engage in repartee with people who are stupider than I am.

    Ann Coulter (2007). “If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans”, p.70, Crown Forum
  • I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

    Funny   Life   Death  
    Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.61, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
  • A talent for repartee is one that increases with practice.

  • He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

    Life   Humorous   Vices  
    Sir Winston Churchill (1965). “The Churchill Wit”
  • Violence is the repartee of the illiterate.

  • A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.' That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli, 'whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.

  • Repartee is the soul of conversation.

  • Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one.

    Life   Night   Firsts  
    "Sticks, stones and custard" by Ariane Sherine, www.theguardian.com. March 6, 2009.
  • Repartee is something we think of twenty-four hours too late.

  • Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

    Oscar Wilde (2016). “Aphorisms”, p.15, Oscar Wilde
  • Repartee is perfect when it effects its purpose with a double edge. It is the highest order of wit, as it indicates the coolest yet quickest exercise of genius, at a moment when the passions are roused.

  • He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.

  • I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial.

  • Repartee is altogether a natural endowment, and is the lightning of the mind.

  • REPARTEE, n. Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a constitutional aversion to violence, but a strong disposition to offend. In a war of words, the tactics of the North American Indian.

    Strong   War   Gentleman  
    Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.197, University of Georgia Press
  • Don't feel bad, Angela," Kami said. "You know guys, they only want one thing. Repartee. I can't count how many times men have admired my well-turned phrases.

    Men   Guy   Phrases  
    Sarah Rees Brennan (2012). “Unspoken (The Lynburn Legacy Book 1)”, p.195, Random House Books for Young Readers
  • Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?

    Quoted in A. E. Hotchner, Papa Hemingway (1966)
  • A man renowned for repartee will seldom scruple to make free with friendship's finest feeling, will thrust a dagger at your breast, and say he wounded you in jest, by way of balm for healing.

    Healing   Men   Feelings  
    William Cowper, James Thomson (1832). “The Works of Cowper and Thompson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never Before Published in this Country. With a New and Interesting Memoir of the Life of Thomson”, p.136
  • I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend... if you have one.

    Life   Night   Play  
  • Violins are the lively, forward, importunate wits, that distinguish themselves by the flourishes of imagination, sharpness of repartee, glances of satire, and bear away the upper part in every consort.

    Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1837). “The Tatler: With Notes and a General Index ; Complete in One Volume”, p.279
  • 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.

    Together   Borders   Half  
    Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.219, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax
  • Silence is the unbearable repartee.

  • Beneath the surface of repartee and mock seriousness, [Plato's Phaedrus] is asking whether we ought to prefer a neuter form of speech to the kind which is ever getting us aroused over things and provoking an expense of spirit.

    Plato   Asking   Speech  
    Richard M. Weaver (1985). “The Ethics of Rhetoric”, p.5, Psychology Press
  • A modest little person, with much to be modest about.

  • you may fume and fidget as you please: but this is the best plan to pursue with you, I am certain. I like you more than I can say; but I’ll not sink into a bathos of sentiment: and with this needle of repartee I’ll keep you from the edge of the gulf too; and, moreover, maintain by its pungent aid that distance between you and myself most conducive to our real mutual advantage.

    Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.224, Penguin
  • The impromptu reply is precisely the touchstone of the man of wit.

    Men   He Man   Wit  
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