Sentences with phrase «then quipped»

Incensed, he struck the locket - horcrux with the Sword and destroyed it, and then quipped: «Just think, only three to go.»

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.»

Not exact matches

Then, either simply confess you are embarrassed to not know their name and introduce yourself or, if you are witty, make a quip about how «your memory recall started to go downhill at 25 years old.»

Winston Churchill, having jumped from the Conservatives to the Liberals and then back again, famously quipped (and when did he ever quip unfamously?)

(Someone has quipped that if AIDS is divine punishment, then surely the people who bring us economic oppression, environmental pollution and devastating wars should at least get herpes.)

From then on the two exchanged quips and gifts like Mr. and Mrs. Hart — flowers, candy, a dictionary, clacking plastic teeth and, on gold medal night, champagne and a stuffed puppy.

There were days, now and then, that he passed huddled in his bathrobe in front of the television, flinching from the pain, curling up in sorrow and wondering how in God's name he would summon the strength again to make the quip that would put everyone around him at ease, to tell the world in that hoarse, hyped voice, You got ta get it into the middle, it's the only way to heat a trap defense!

Joy Behar quipped that is all of Paladino's «illegitimate children» vote for him, then he might actually win in November.

He then cheekily quipped, «Well, do you think the chancellor is a nimby [not in my back yard]?»

Dean Skelos can make quips like «we are negotiating» and «we have differences» to fool the public, but then not get to an agreement and the new lines will have been drawn by the courts.

As Smith listed policies he agreed with Corbyn on, the incumbent simply quipped, «Then why did you resign?»

«If they think a long, drawn - out Republican primary in a 6 - to - 1 Democratic town is going to help them, then I have a bridge to sell them in Brooklyn,» one consultant quipped.

Incumbent town justice Ronald Wright, running unopposed, noted how his position's constraints would keep him saying much beyond a series of well - natured quips he then made throughout the morning's questions and answers.

Like bald pates, black holes of similar masses and spins then have no details — no «hair» — to distinguish them, as American theorist John Archibald Wheeler quipped.

For nine minutes, you need a chest like a pigeon,» quips Uragallo, who tweaks his prototype suits in the lab, using a leaf blower in lieu of a wind tunnel, then flight - tests them while skydiving.

Sometimes, if you try to be cute, and put short little sarcastic quips in your profile, you find that people complain that there is no information to go off of, so you update your profile to achieve authentic, honest, sincere, informative essays which read like war and peace, and then all the go - go, fun - seeking, no need for anything but chemistry types come out of the woodwork, and ignore everything but your photo anyway!

There are some nice moments, such as when Shearer is expounding on the wonders of travel, saying she loves «arriving at strange places, meeting strange people, and eating strange food», and then Montgomery quips, «yes, and making strange noises afterwards».

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.

Endless series of one - liners, sarcastic quips, and hilarious jabs that are more directed to adults then kidlets.

But directors Joe and Anthony Russo layer all those powers, personalities, and quips until they've created a barrage of frenzied playground comic - book fantasizing: What if Spider - Man tried to capture Captain America and then Cap's best friends Bucky and Falcon fought Spider - Man and then Black Widow fought Ant - Man and then Ant - Man turned into Giant Man and Black Widow changed sides, and on and on, for 15 giddy minutes.

When a general tells her, «It makes no difference to me that you're a woman,» Mulgrew's Major Rayner Fleming quips back, «It makes no difference to me that you're a man,» then gives him a wonderfully sarcastic smirk.

While a few of the quips and sight gags might elicit a mild chuckle now and then, for most of the running length, the juvenile - minded writing and out - and - out silliness never really approach the sharpness or juicy satirical qualities that would suggest an inspired, realized concept.

It's refreshing, then, when eye - rolling Johanna Mason (Jenna Malone) shows back up with a sardonic quip, denouncing Katniss» triangle as a «tacky romance drama.»

Then, as he's blown to smithereens moments later he quips, «Fuck Wolverine.

The script by Diablo Cody is loose and rangy with ill - formed scenes that don't add up to much more than a quip here, a show - down there, and a climactic wedding scene that seals it all with Ricki delivering a half - hearted soliloquy on sexism, then belting out a Springsteen tune.

Over the course of nearly two and a half hours, the three supporting players — plus endearing, though overly earnest, Jennifer Hudson in the new role of Carrie's assistant — meander in and out, often dropping from sight for long periods, then suddenly reappearing to provide a convenient plot point or punny quip.

The tone felt pure GOTG as Chris Pratt's Star - Lord quipped, «This might be dangerous, so let's put on our mean faces,» but it's not long before Thor hits the Milano's windscreen with a thud (what does that mean for Ragnarok, then?).

Nearly every one of Dwight's school reminiscences ends with the quip, «And then we held hands.»

No wonder William Bernstein quipped in his 2001 book, The Intelligent Asset Allocator: «If you are a twenty - something just beginning to save, then get down on your knees and pray for a market crash.»

If the quip «The journey is the destination» typifies your approach to travel then set your sights on Playa Guiones, Costa Rica.

Sometimes it did feel like they were merely speaking at you, and that you would maybe make a quip now and then before they figured out their problem on their own.

Shovel Knight then appears, claiming that he went on such a grand adventure that he ended up in a totally different game, to which Laylee quips that they have a decent NPC for once.

Then I thought about it & realized what a Devilishly biting quip it truly is.

Answering Martin's now - famous quip from that album, «You just can't play a depressing song on the banjo,» Lee mastered Neil Young's maudlin «My My, Hey Hey» on banjo and then installed a recording of it in the Wattis Institute elevator.

He then rambled on with various complaints, stories of the Senate and other self - congratulatory quips, going over his time to talk about his granddaughter's question of why he doesn't accept climate change, referring him to information from the EPA.

I have to admit that the tumbrel quip — hinting at the upcoming summit and guillotining climate scientists in the streets of Paris — was quite subtle — but to miss the most obvious allusion to scientific paradigms — and then to think that behaving like a spoilt 10 year old is a winning tactic suggests something about the naked Emperor Moshpit.

If that is true, then you would agree with Engels» quip that the workplace is more akin to army barracks.