quickness of mind

There was depth to her, and a quickness of mind that he liked.

If Elizabeth's speech or quickness of mind were damaged, it would be a disaster.

Quickness of mind had been his chief asset during twenty years in a dangerous profession.

He had a certain quickness of mind and facility with words which made it easy for him to speak persuasively.

Her voice and quickness of mind can still pierce and enchant.

The Chairman, in a brief interview, had impressed him with great quickness of mind, and an equally swift temper.

There was a quickness of mind, certainly, and a lighthearted skepticism about politics and the way the world was run.

"Ah admire your quickness of mind, Meta honey.

With her soft voice, her reserve and her quickness of mind, her Ellen has emotional weight.

He had all the clearness and quickness of mind which she wanted, and he could sometimes act an ungracious, or say a severe thing.

With remarkable quickness of mind, Prensky snatched the end of the rug and yanked it toward himself.

By some intuitive quickness of mind that had not deserted her even at this moment, she obeyed the tone first, and awakened to the words immediately after.

"Chinimba" is vastly recalled for his great shooting skills, his excellent passing abilities and quickness of mind.

Such, however, is the almost superhuman intelligence and quickness of mind engendered by the study of America's national game that he answered without the slightest hesitation.

There was no faking that, no way of counter- feiting that quickness of mind.

Bovai knew that Morvai had abilities he lacked: a quickness of mind and a nimble wit.

He gained the nickname 'Sahnun' (a type of sharp bird) because of his quickness of mind.

'Madam,' he said, 'we have very different interpretations of our heritage, but I salute your quickness of mind.

I chose him for his quickness of mind his independence of thought, his courage, his adaptability to new surroundings.

The boy reminded Ikey of the young Bob Marley, same cheek and quickness of mind.

The priests and teachers of the temple were amazed at the knowledge of the little Christ, and praised his learning and quickness of mind.

He had been selected by the district attorney to enter the lists against the hitherto invincible Perry Mason because of that quickness of mind.

The next year he met an older lawyer, Charles C. Burlingham, who immediately responded to Hand's eloquence and quickness of mind.

The sickness had robbed him of more than his strength; it had taken some of his sharpness, his quickness of mind.

Fedosov had survived three years of Eastern Front fighting armed only with an obsolete submachine gun and his quickness of mind.