If not entirely natural, the conversations can be witty, even funny.
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Mr. Johnson may be witty and amusing, but he is extremely dangerous.
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Her take was dark and serious; Mr. Kelly's will be witty and poignant.
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Because before, you sort of had to be witty or interesting or something else.
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To be witty and pretty and hold it together and be there for the guy?
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He can be witty, slangy, lyrical, ironic, vivid; he possesses leaping powers of metaphor and analogy.
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I don't have it in me to be witty though because I'm too busy swimming in lemonade.
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Client meetings and dinners live and die by your ability to be witty, informed, and just generally smart.
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But I let myself off the hook with this reminder: You don't have to be speedy to be witty.
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No I'm making a pun, it's a little too hard for you, it's above your ability to be witty.
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" He would later get to know her personally through Hollywood circles and found her to be "witty and bright as well.
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"Sometimes it was making deals, trying to be witty and cleaver and use information that I had about this other party," she said.
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I love to be funny, I love to be witty, I love to have fun — and you get to see that this time around.
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His attitude toward them was dismissive, even contemptuous, and, though he could certainly be witty, he wasn't what you would really call funny, not like Dickens was.
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"Your values don't have to be witty or original, but they should paint a comprehensive picture of how you expect your team to behave, communicate and build," Ryan said.
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Bored and careless of other people's feelings, she makes a cutting remark that is meant to be witty but ends up humiliating its target, the kindly, twittery, tedious professional spinster Miss Bates.
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" In an email, she described Orgo Night as a "mildly inconvenient sonic affront,'' but she found the jokes made in the most recent round, for the most part, to be witty and insightful.
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Then, it euthanized a version of "Fox Sports Live," a misbegotten knockoff of ESPN's "SportsCenter," and replaced it with another, in which its hosts work in a closet-size studio, trying to be witty.
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Classically, tap is a matter of a cool, contained upper body suspended over a huge clatter down below—a contrast that is supposed to be witty and, in a great or even good tapper, is.
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In fact, the times when she does try to be witty and totally fails — like when she responds to an aloof boy saying he wouldn't snitch on her with "I hope not, because I'd fucking kill your family" — are even more hilarious because they're so painfully accurate.
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If "In the Land of Men" sometimes seems at odds with itself, it's because Miller — who can be witty and knowledgeable about the clichés of fiction written by men — apparently regards Wallace as too special and too fragile to have been held to the rules that she applies to others.
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It's a way of telling ourselves we don't have to be witty and charming people who keep our lives discreet and marginalized in the straight world… Yeah, QUEER can be a rough word but it is also a sly and ironic weapon we can steal from the homophobe's hands and use against him.
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Nicknamed "Hetty", and called "Kitty" by her brother Samuel, Wright had a good education, and reportedly was able to read the Greek Testament at the age of eight. She was said to be witty and to have a good sense of humour.
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Bashō compares pairs of haiku by different authors in the same manner in the book. According to scholar Sam Hamill, The Seashell Game shows Bashō "to be witty, deeply knowledgeable, and rather light- hearted."Hamill, Sam (2008). A poet's work: the other side of poetry.
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Williams was the inspiration for the character Charles Edaston in the 1913 George Bernard Shaw play Great Catherine, which recounts the story of a British envoy to Catherine's court. It was made into a film starring Peter O'Toole in 1968. Williams also left poems which were said to be "witty but licentious".
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Off-camera, she could be witty and pithy, as in her assessment of director John Ford, who directed Mogambo ("The meanest man on earth. Thoroughly evil. Adored him!").Washington Post article, "Movie Stars: The odd and amazing careers of Ava Gardner, Barbra Streisand, Patricia Neal, and Ed Sullivan", short reviews by Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post Book World, July 2, 2006.
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In January 2010, he returned to overnight shows on Tuesdays to Saturdays. On his radio show, the show's topics were usually concerned with issues to do with London and the day's news stories. He was known to be witty, enthusiastic about music and to have a fantastic general knowledge. Occasionally he and a listener used to have a little sing-along and have a banter.
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He is a talented singer and songwriter, having co-written nearly every song Tori has sung. He also often gets Tori to sing back-up for him at his performances. Andre is shown to be witty and kind and Tori often relies on him for support in her time of need, and he is always there for her, although she is easily distracted at times. Tori often ask him for help or advice.
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PIG tends to sound more orchestral than KMFDM, with darker, more complex, more ambient beats. His album and song titles tend to be witty, rife with alliteration ("Prayer Praise & Profit") or are plays on the titles of popular works or phrases (The Swining / "Symphony for the Devil"). He also manages to work food, heroin or pork related terms into his albums. Like KMFDM, humor features prominently in PIG's lyrics, although they tend towards a darker/grittier tone than KMFDM's.
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A rural landscape, Pastoral Scene, New England, painted in 1926, contrasts sharply with his cityscapes in its rounded contours and blue- and red-toned pallette. In 1927 he showed a circus scene at that year's Salons of America exhibition which a critic found to be witty and more flexible than his "mathematically exact" paintings. In his solo exhibit at the Bourgeois Galleries that same year he showed three portraits (Mrs. Catherine Grossman, Dr. Michael Ringer, and A Young Girl).
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It affected his eyesight and personality throughout his life; he was frequently high-strung, and his eyesight gradually deteriorated. Beatty had consulted eye specialists in the UK and the US and also had many eye surgeries; none were able to offer him any improvement for the condition. Beatty was described as having a shrewd business sense, particularly when it came to horses and horse racing. He was also said to be witty and at times, mischievous.
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Cheung joined Spectrum Radio in September 2008 and has been co-hosting the cantonese programme on Spectrum Chinese Programme for two years. Cheung started presenting the Saturday programme and then evolved into presenting the Spectrum English Programme from 8pm to 9pm since February 2011. Topics discussed are usually concerning issues related to the Chinese community and Chinese culture. Cheung is known to be witty, is very enthusiastic about current affairs and has a broad range of general knowledge.
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The article stated that they were ultimately "a coarse yet clever spoof". Muttley McLad himself rejected this description, saying "There was no ulterior motive, The Guardian are reading too much into it. Making us out to be witty, intelligent satirists is probably the worst thing that's ever been said about us." In November 2015 a 5-minute documentary called Coffee, Sex & Johnny Bags by The Beater's son Joe Conning was made and published on 2 January 2016 on YouTube and social media.
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Newkirk and Matthew Galkin, who directed I Am an Animal, the story of Newkirk's lifeGalkin, Matthew (director) "I Am an Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA", a television production for HBO, November 2007. Newkirk and her cause provoke strong feelings, both positive and negative. Specter, who did not see eye to eye with her, wrote: > Newkirk is well read, and she can be witty. When she is not proselytizing, > denouncing, or attacking the ninety-nine per cent of humanity that sees the > world differently from the way she does, she is good company.
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Manekshaw was selected as part of the first batch of cadets. Called "The Pioneers", his class also produced Smith Dun and Muhammad Musa Khan, future commanders-in-chief of Burma and Pakistan, respectively. Although the academy was inaugurated by Chetwode on 10 December 1932, the cadets' military training commenced on 1 October 1932. Manekshaw proved to be witty during his stay at IMA and went on to achieve a number of firsts: the first graduate to join one of the Gorkha regiments; first to serve as the Chief of the Army Staff of India; and first to attain the rank of field marshal.
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Vilecourt finally obtains an audience with the King, but blunders by accidentally blaspheming against God in an attempt to be witty, and Blayac turns her attention back to Ponceludon, convincing him to return to Versailles. He sleeps with her in exchange for her assistance; she arranges a meeting with the King. She maliciously has Bellegarde attend her in his capacity as physician when Ponceludon is still with her, ensuring that Mathilde learns of their relationship. During a presentation at court of the Abbé de l'Épée's work with deaf people and development of sign language, the nobles ridicule the deaf mercilessly.
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While films such as The Lives of Others and Good Bye, Lenin! were criticized for depicting a distorted picture of everyday life in East Germany, the documentary was noted for providing a positive image of the Eastern part. It won the Video Editing Award of the 2007 Prix CIRCOM Regional Programme Award given by the European Association of Regional Television. The jury report considered it to be "witty, funny and at the same time full of new information", and praised how the editing ensured a good pace and flow to the mix of archive footage, animation and interviews.
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Michael Gingold of Fangoria magazine, awarded the film three skulls for its "stinging mix of sociopolitical commentary and traditional horror mayhem". The political message was seen as a link between religious fervor and misogyny with special reference to Muslim fundamentalism. The effect of violent horror movies upon men within the story was thought to be witty self-reference though the overall tone was considered "deadly serious". The lead actor, Jason Priestley, was thought to have been weaker than the role required while the performances of Kerry Norton, as Alan's wife Anne, and Brenna O'Brien, as her daughter Amy, were thought sympathetic and more effective.
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Dr Hutchison is remembered by his students for his "ability to express in concise and fastidious language his extraordinary powers of clinical observation". Whilst teaching his students at the bed-side, he was known to be witty, which sometimes seemingly "reached towards sadism". Nevertheless, he was respected and loved by his students who were "entranced by his incisive comments on ward-rounds", and were attracted to "his individual method of teaching", which they found "was really in part a pose, an assumption of cynicism, that failed to hide a mind that was intellectually gay and a heart that felt deeply for all human suffering, especially the sufferings of children".
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Publication in the US of novels in the series prior to this one was happening as The Nutmeg of Consolation was first printed in both the US and the UK; the series had found a new audience. Kirkus Reviews found this novel to be "witty, literate and engaging", with the action following directly from the previous novel (The Thirteen Gun Salute). It was described as "Another in O'Brian's stylish epic series" and the bemused doctor was "as always, the tale's most interesting character and constantly preoccupied with flora, fauna, and good conversation". Publishers Weekly judged that the "subtly drawn" characters of Maturin and Aubrey will please readers.
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Six-Gun Snow White won the 2014 Locus Award for Best Novella,Future Treasures: Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente, by John O'Neill, in Black Gate; published November 7, 2015; retrieved May 2, 2018 and was nominated for the 2013 Nebula Award for Best Novella,Six-Gun Snow White at Science Fiction Writers of America; retrieved May 2, 2018 the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Novella,2014 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved May 2, 2018 and the 2014 World Fantasy Award—Long Fiction.2014 World Fantasy Awards at WorldFantasy.org; retrieved May 2, 2018 Publishers Weekly considered it to be "witty" with "complex reverberations", and lauded "the originality of the atmosphere" and "the simple pleasure of savoring Valente’s exuberant writing".
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Elisabeth Christine was described as handsome to her appearance, engaging and graceful in manner, lively, high-spirited and impetuous in disposition, and was admired for the grace of her dancing.Atkinson, Emma Willsher: Memoirs of the queens of Prussia, London : W. Kent Her beauty, intelligence and spirited manner made her a favorite of her uncle the king, otherwise very seldom interested in women, who considered her to be witty and had very little sympathy for the adultery of her spouse. Soon it became clear the couple was not happy with each other. King Frederick had hoped that the marriage would lead to the production of an heir, but instead noticed that Frederick William neglected his wife and was unfaithful to her on a daily basis with a series of dancers and actresses.
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The preamble to the Laws of Cricket state certain actions which may violate the spirit of cricket. A more detailed list (along with appropriate sanctions) is given in the ICC Cricket Code of Conduct. Since good behaviour in cricket is traditionally deemed the sine qua non of a gentleman to the game's historical status as a "gentleman's game", it has led to the saying "It's not cricket", an English language phrase meaning unsportsmanlike conduct in sports, in business, or in life in general. There is considerable debate over whether sledging should be deemed as "unsportsmanlike behaviour" and banned due to several high profile punishable instances of racial and verbal abuse during international matches; proponents have argued that sledging was meant to be witty and humorous and not a personal attack on the opposition player.
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The work consists of six conversations (entretiens) between two companionable friends whose Greek- and Latin-derived names both mean "well-born", in the agreeable discursive manner of the well-informed amateur as it had become established in the salons— "the free and familiar conversations that well-bred people have (honnêtes gens, a by-word of the précieuses of the salons) when they are friends, and which do not fail to be witty, and even knowledgeable, though one never dreams there of making wit show, and study has no part in it.""conversations libres & familières qu'ont les honnêtes gens, quand ils sont amis, & que ne laissent pas d'être spirituelles, & meme savantes, quoiq'on ne songe pas à y faire paraître l'esprit, & que l'étude n'y ait point de part." The subjects, erudite but devoid of pedantry, are the Sea, considered as an object of contemplation, the French language, Secrets, True Wit ("Le Bel Esprit"), The Ineffable ("Le Je ne sais quoi") and Mottoes ("Devises"), all expressed in flawless idiom and effortless allusions to the Classics or Torquato Tasso.
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