Sentences with phrase «even quipped»

At one point Sturgeon even quipped that there was simply nothing he wouldn't blame on immigrants.

The Burnley boss, Sean Dyche, was just as impressed with his showing today and even quipped about a possible transfer with the market open for a few more days...

Not exact matches

(«That... doesn't even sound like science,» quipped comedian John Oliver.

The SIC 2018's faculty was truly exceptional; even John quipped, «It was hands - down the best collection of speakers I have ever gathered in the 15 - year history of the SIC.»

Even Aristotle advocated waking up early, famously quipping, «It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.»

The annotated version includes over 100 handwritten notes, comments, quips, and illustrations and even reveals the top - secret working title of my next book on the last page!

My point with the dishonesty thing is that your quip had nothing to do with what I was saying... even in a humorous way.

Nothing is new, not even the cultural shifts that, as Auden quipped, «hunt us out of life to play / at living in some other way.»

Their familiarity devolves into snide quips, passive tolerance or even a vague, bored disdain.

As one industry insider recently quipped, «Even the Mona Lisa would look terrible in a museum with lousy lighting.»

He quips that he will insist on having a longer break next summer, even if he and the Prime Minister leave someone else in charge.

«In this Oscar week,» he began, which made me think he was about to make an off - key quip about Oscar Pistorius that even Eastleigh candidate John «Have I Got Alarmingly Aggressive Views For You» O'Farrell would envy, «when Daniel Day - Lewis was so convincing as Abraham Lincoln, perhaps the best we can say is this — the right honourable gentleman is just as convincing as Gordon Brown.»

I'm not saying he dived, but even a Labour loyalist quipped, «He went down in instalments».

«It is a «let's lift a glass and toast» kind of improvement even if it not a «let's declare a federal holiday» kind of deal,» quips Lane, a pediatric nephrologist.

Booker later quipped: «There's a pattern of you being on side of polluters, even when it restricts state rights you claim to promote.»

«Even for those of us who chose our parents unwisely,» Levy quips, «there's still a great deal we can do to modify our destiny.»

(It is, he quips, a nonprofit enterprise even if that was not how it was intended.)

He quips that today's patients are in even better hands.

The official Twitter page of the Finnish Olympic team has even joked about Koskinen's favorite pasttime, quipping, «Oh yes, he is knitting again.»

He even mocked the cover, changing its name to Poop — «We actually fixed the cover to be more appropriate,» he quipped.

Bateman, who starred in Daley and Goldstein's «Horrible Bosses» script, invests even the most flailing antics with his reliable straight - man equilibrium; not even a gunshot wound to the arm will keep him from having a self - deprecating quip at the ready.

That said, the animators do a perfectly fine job - even if they are hampered by the 3D gloom - and the writers have made sure that there are plenty of high - quality quips and visual fun before we reach our obvious - from - the - start moral conclusion.

Then there are gags about Evan sporting a beard, which aren't even a tenth as funny as similar quips against one of the roommates in the infinitely funnier Knocked Up.

Reminiscent in tone to classic dark screwball comedies like Ruthless People, director Seth Gordon (Four Christmases, The King of Kong) succeeds by keeping the energy high, the actors flowing naturally with off - the - cuff reactions, and by keeping the tone light, the performances spot on, and the quips lightning - fast throughout, even during the pitch - black comedy moments.

It is sometimes quipped of pizza and sex that, even when they're bad, they're good.

The plot unravels beautifully, at a pace that's methodical but still anxiety - inducing, building up an air of psychological fear so impenetrable that the only relief from it is an occasional splattering of visceral horror or an even more rare quip along the way.

Even the soundtrack plays along; as we see our titular hero (Ryan Reynolds, who also gets a co-writing credit) going about his daily business, slaughtering baddies and spraying drop - dead quips, Dolly Parton belts out 9 To 5.

The Comanche does have a few funny moments and deadpan quips, and Depp even finds some chemistry with Hammer, but Tonto is mostly buried in a character who's as confused at the movie.

The clip even closes with Deadpool offering his own assessment of the upcoming sequel, quipping, «It lives up to the hype — plus plus.»

Matthau makes a viable anti-hero who oozes charm, ready with classic smart - mouthed quips even when he's in mortal danger.

Johansson is so curvy here that she'd make Marilyn Monroe cover up in shame, and even Tony can't quite find the right come - on quip for her; he just sputters.

Day - Lewis» Lincoln also tends to grandiloquence even in private speech; when he utters the line «time is the great thickener of all things,» Secretary of State George Seward (David Strathairn) first nods in agreement, then quips, «Actually, I have no idea what you meant by that.»

Even if you're not exactly a theatre buff the jokes and quips are readily backed by brilliantly comical acting and set - ups that are sure to have you in stitches.

But just as this set introduces us to what could be a riveting story, even the film's seemingly mundane details that might have given character and depth, such as Joe's quip about so - called T.K.'s (telekinetics) being «assholes who think they're blowin» your mind floating quarters,» are really only expository moments designed to move the plot forward.

For all the money and resources the studio dumps into its whiz - bang showdowns, these are still superhero extravaganzas that put more stock in quips than spectacle; «cool enough» is about the highest praise one can usually lavish upon their elaborate climaxes, even when they feature a rampaging rage - monster, dueling deities, or a fleet of flying battle drones.

With director Josh Trank squaring the focus on the men and women (or, in this case, boys and girls) behind the powers, Fantastic Four had the opportunity to be, at the very least, something different from the crop of annual superhero movies, those with their quick quips and even quicker action beats hogging the entirety of the run time.

By the same token, even though Escape Plan is a very dumb action - thriller, if all it takes is the allure of seeing Sly and Arnie trade a few quips and exchange a few blows to get you on board, you'll likely find this low - aiming vehicle to be an adequate time - killer.

Tony also resorts to snarky jokes and drops humorous quips even in the middle of intense action scenes where the fate of the nation rests in his iron clad hands.

Even when the stakes are almost too much to bear, the heroes are quipping their way through the darkness.

And if it's true that comedy comes in threes, someone should tell PlatinumGames; if the looped music weren't grating enough, even the handful of amusing quips from Howard «Buckshot» Holmes and Kreese Kreeley will get repeated several hundred degrees beyond tiresome during the course of a single play - through.

Thankfully, that never came to pass, and director Baltasar Kormakur ended up finding an even better onscreen duo in Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg, who are just as good at handling action as they are at delivering a quip.

He's an even - tempered man who leads not by overpowering his castmates with quips, but through the power of his ideas and actions.

Under Jenkins» direction, «Wonder Woman» offers the requisite rousing fight sequences, clever quips and even the rare comic - book movie romance that actually gets sparks flying.

In fact, Joel Klein once told me he had read my critique of the contract, and from time to time he has even borrowed my quip that this is the ultimate «we - don't - do - windows» labor agreement.

While executives at Mitsubishi claim tuning settings in the pre-production models used for this test drive are what will appear in final production models, these two quips could potentially be addressed even after the vehicle goes on sale in March of next year.

Even with that minor quip, I'm an A8 fan.

They were constantly observing and commenting, and their endless stream of quips and coverage — even cartoons — put the presidential campaign on a whole new plane for me.

Elvis, a private investigator who can quip with the best of them, even when someone is holding a gun to his temple or knife to his neck, keeps the flip talk flowing while he and Joe confront a very nasty, heavily guarded, drug - dealing ex-Matador, who has probably done in the husband and kidnapped the son of a sweet, seemingly inept Encino housewife.

Even collaboration apps are awesome on iOS, using Quip right now and I love it on iPhone & iPad have a friend on web and android collaborating.

But a quick tip or even an irreverent quip can sometimes be helpful too.