Sentences with phrase «timed quip»

The classical auteur's ability to reveal depth of character beneath each perfectly - timed quip gets taken up by Davies here, who understands that Emily Dickinson's inner life is profoundly rich, though just out of reach for those around her.

But he also delivered his message clearly in well - timed quips, and often with a sense of humor.

Though nobody will ever break the Ball Coach's record for most all - time quips delivered, someone has to wear the Dr Pepper - sponsored crown.

Huey provides well - timed quips for many situations, the various Toads you meet have entertaining quirks and subplots, and you even get darkly hilarious moments, like a Shy Guy taking time to sit with Mario and reflect on his hollow existence and shattered dreams as a grunt in Bowser's army.

Not exact matches

When one shareholder later noted that Dimon would earn $ 100 in the time it took to hear the shareholder out, Dimon quipped, «I hope it's worth it!»

Hearts might not work for Quip but only time will tell if they're enough to make those of Twitter users grow fonder.

In 2012, Gibbs and Taylor quit their jobs to pursue Quip full - time.

There's a time and a place for everything, and the open, personable atmosphere of social media might make it seem like anything can be appropriate if posted with the right hashtag or paired with the right quip.

«I'll spend as much time with you as I can if it means less time with your photographer,» quips the CEO of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board as he sits down for an interview.

«These are tiny, modern - day versions of the old bunny ears that people have used to watch over-the-air television since time immemorial,» quipped one writer recently.

Reinhold Niebuhr once quipped: «It is almost impossible to be sane and a Christian at the same time.»

A quip you will have gotten used to from your midwife or consultant every time you have an appointment and they realise you're not as far gone as you look.

Referring to their one time rivalry, McDonnell quipped today: «Gordon and I were last on a platform together in 2007, when we were both contesting the Labour party leadership.

«What makes you think this is my first time,» Bond quips, in a line which could be either tongue in cheek or genuine.

«I asked him the same question six times last week... He's had a week to think about it,» he quipped.

GOP consultant Ed Rollins quipped that «it's the Bernie Sanders campaign all over again,» referring to the socialist 2016 presidential also - ran, who raked in small - time donations but couldn't get the Democratic nomination.

Hinting at bad blood, Mr Osborne quipped: «There won't be much time for chit chat, a bit like when Theresa and I last spoke.»

«So far, I'd give [him] an A — and I hate to say good things about Democrats,» quipped Guy Molinari, a former Staten Island congressman and borough president who tangled at times with Cuomo's dad, former Gov. Mario Cuomo.

«I don't remember a time Adam Clayton Powell wasn't running,» the longtime Harlem Rep. quipped in an interview Tuesday night after President Obama's State of the Union address.

When the head of the Atomic Energy Commission at the time, Lewis Strauss, infamously quipped in 1954 that electricity would become «too cheap to meter,» he was likely referring to nuclear fusion, not nuclear fission, the atom - splitting reaction that powers conventional nuclear power plants today.

I don't remember precisely, because when Yogi's quip came out of my clock radio, I was madly looking for my car keys (which were in my hand the whole time).

«The coldest winter I ever spent,» Mark Twain once quipped, «was a summer in San Francisco,» and indeed these over-quoted words rang true for the bazillionth time in history on my recent jaunt to San Francisco (sans babes, thank you, Mimi & Papa!)

I get that it's nearly impossible to get them all in the same place and at the same time but at least they could have done a better job with the editing,» quipped dodencebt.

Actress Lily Tomlin and screenwriter Jane Wagener were in their 70s by the time gay marriage was legalized, so they viewed the idea of getting married with a wry sense of humor, quipping they may dress up like chickens on the big day.

Every time a character opens their mouth for some tin - eared quip that wouldn't be out of place on a soapy drama like Gossip Girl, it knee - caps the rest of the storytelling.

«Well, I ain't,» she quipped with the crack comedic timing that has made her a star for over six decades.

Gum snapping, their bosses quipping «Time to put theory into practice,» braced at the back door of the embassy, waiting to hear a shot that signals the bad guys have started shooting «Persians,» standing down every time the deadline gets pushed bTime to put theory into practice,» braced at the back door of the embassy, waiting to hear a shot that signals the bad guys have started shooting «Persians,» standing down every time the deadline gets pushed btime the deadline gets pushed back.

Vince Vaughn antagonizes a Mexican inmate and goads him into a fight by quipping, «last time I checked, the colors of the flag weren't red, white, and burrito.»

Summary Capsule: Shot back through time, The Chin battles female wiles, the evil dead, and three naughty books, with nothing more than a shotgun full of quips.

Although the film doesn't make time to fully investigate his body of work, which, from his bitter liberalism (the dubiously titled «comedy of hate») to his pre-cancer embracement of smoking («I go through two lighters a day,» he'd often quip), is admittedly problematic, it nevertheless refuses to shy away from these darker corners of his existence.

Although profane and violent as well as crass and ridiculous at times, the film is also eccentric and dynamic, with humanity and heart shining through the cynical quips.

I'm going to write about the story separately and in more detail later this week, but what you really need to know is that it mixes up the MVC formula a little in battle from time to time and has some great quips and nods — whoever wrote this had great fun bringing these characters together.

«I remember a time when the major studios didn't believe a woman or a minority could open a super hero movie,» he quipped.

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.»

Talking of personalities, the titular Pikachu, stuffs his face with sweets, adores coffee and is so quick to attack with a pun or a quip that his gruff voice will charm you and have you smiling in no time at all.

But if certain plot rumours pan out, Ford could be doing a lot more than just quipping, grinning and blasting this time around.

Sight gags and verbal quips all hit their marks, helped by Carrell's dorky deadpan, Buscemi enjoys the chance to display his natural comic timing, while Carrey steals scenes with some of his best stuff in recent memory — being able to make a David Blaine spoof funny 10 years out of date is no mean feat.

He makes his signature quips and perfectly - timed facial expressions, but what more does he have to offer?

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.

«I spend more time on cyclists than on Rembrandt,» quips Wim Pijbes, the second of two museum directors featured in the film.

The other nominees are Call Me by Your Name, a Best Picture contender written by Hollywood luminary James Ivory; Dee Rees and Virgil Williams's literary, astute Mudbound, which marks the first time a black woman has ever been nominated in this category; Aaron Sorkin's 10 - quips - per - minute poker drama Molly's Game; and Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber's The Disaster Artist.

She could look just right with a cigarette in her mouth and a highball in her hand, and she could trade quips with the best and toughest of them, including Humphrey Bogart, Robert Ryan, John Garfield, and her wry one - time husband Howard Duff.

Because if we can't we'll have to start learning lines, do auditions... and we don't have time,» quipped Gardin, spurring burst of laughter in the audience.

One incautious prod too many and the Cube springs to life, causing a rift in space - time that allows malevolent Asgardian demi - God, Loki (Tom Hiddleston, in a continuation of his role in Thor), to pass through into Earth, nick the Cube, smash up the lab and cast archery mad SHIELD toughnut, Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), under his spell in order to make good his escape to — purely for the sake of a later Captain America quip about Nazis — Germany.

Although Holofcener hones in on her lead's strengths — great reaction shots and terrific comic timing — the actress too often comes off as if she is still trading dating quips with Jerry and George while eating a big salad at Monk's.

Batman, as a costumed vigilante, is relegated to a few cool quips and most of his better scenes are done outside the suit, Affleck spending time proving that he wasn't a bad choice of actor for the much - loved DC role.

While at 146 minutes the film does feel longer than necessary (astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson quipped of the film's relativistic effects, «Seventy - five minutes of content time - dilates into a 2.5 hour film.»)

It's as funny as it is scary, with well - timed comedy quips that only add to the bizarre nature of the script.

There will most certainly be fans rioting in the streets by the time the credits roll; there's a funereal, elegiac mood that lies beneath all the quips and wisecracks we can expect from heroes like Iron Man and Star - Lord.