Simon Mainwaring

Radical transparency has an enormous impact on our personal lives. We can no longer share thoughts, quips, photos or personal opinions anywhere on the web without being mindful that they may turn up where we least expect it (notably job interviews, divorce proceedings or public media).

Businessman

Adam Sandler

The Canteen Boy, the reason you feel bad for him and you can laugh is because he, and I guess a lot of my characters, they don't notice they're getting made fun of. So they'll say something back that's not that great a quip, but in their mind they won the argument.

American Actor

Craig Venter

Traditional autobiography has generally had a poor press. The novelist Daphne du Maurier condemned all examples of this literary form as self-indulgent. Others have quipped that autobiography reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory.

American Scientist

Ashton Kutcher

Whether you like it or not, the digital age has produced a new format for modern romance, and natural selection may be favoring the quick-thumbed quip peddler over the confident, ice-breaking alpha male.

Russell Tovey

I'm slightly obsessed with drag queens and performers. Their quips and their one-liners, their style, their singing... I find it fascinating. And thoroughly entertaining. I'd love to play one.

English Actor

Adam West

I think our Batman had to be fun, light-hearted, funny, tongue-in-cheek... and I think that made kind of an homage to those earlier comic books, where Batman always had a quip or something.

Fred Willard

Looking back, I was a very good kid, very studious and all. But I would always come out with a quip - and I was sent to the principal's office several times.

American Comedian

Ovid

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.

Roman Poet

Dean Norris

As a matter of fact, I am an uncle. I have nine nephews and nieces. I'm not sure if they think I'm all that quick with a quip. But I'm quick with a spank.

Shirley Manson

I have a lot of very close girlfriends and sisters - I'm from an all female family. My father often quips that even the cat was neutered!

Scottish Musician

Quip is often used in casual conversation among friends or peers.

Informal Use

A quip should be witty or humorous; it's not just any comment.

Humor Required

Quips are typically short and to the point for a quick laugh.

Brevity

When you quip, your tone should be light and playful, not hurtful.

Light-hearted Tone

Quipping requires good timing to be effective and well-received.

Timing Matters

Quips are often spontaneous and seem off-the-cuff, rather than planned.

Spontaneity

 ourselves the shining trophies on ourselves can never win tomorrow's game you and I know deeper down there's always a chance to win the crown but when we fail to give our best we simply haven't met the test of giving all and saving none until the game is really won I'm showing what is meant by grit are playing through another's quip I'm

True success - John...

 Older people can be the most ageist of all, because we've had a lifetime to internalize these messages and we've never thought to challenge them. I had to acknowledge it and stop colluding. "Senior moment" quips, for I stopped making them when it dawned on me

Let's end ageism PIPE...

 it was my thing. - His transformation was like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly. All the sudden he's wearing $3,000 ties, and the cocoon opens, and out comes the Dapper Don. - He's out and about. He's good with a quip and a sound bite.