"My quipping sometimes has an edge to it that I regret," he conceded.

A highly readable, mature comedy, far from the rapid-fire quipping of early Discworld.

The smug guy quipping 'paradox' as he caught up with the bad guy - poor poor poor.

Martin earned himself a place in every macroeconomics textbook by quipping that the Fed's mission is "to take away the punch bowl just when the party gets going."

Aoi ends with quipping that the boys' mother Mrs. Aiba had asked Aoi to look after the brothers while at school.

He is well-intentioned, friendly, childlike, good-natured, high-spirited, frequently obtuse, and prone to quipping odd, dim remarks and "inspirational" speeches filled with bizarre metaphors.

Reagan performed poorly in the first debate, but rebounded in the second debate, and confronted questions about his age, quipping, "I will not make age an issue of this campaign.

She opposed any form of censorship, including legal restrictions on pornography, opinion or worship, famousy quipping; "In the transition to statism, every infringement of human rights has begun with a given right's least attractive practitioners".

Drummer Jo Jones, who recorded a 1956 trio session with Tatum and bassist Red Callendar is quoted as quipping, "I didn't even play on that session ... all I did was listen.

Ernest Hollings, usually a sensible Senator, shamed himself Monday by tastelessly quipping to South Carolina workers: "You should draw a mushroom cloud and put underneath it, 'Made in America by lazy and illiterate Americans and tested in Japan.' "

The proramme ended with light hearted quipping and giggling from Andrew Neil, Ms Abbot and Mr Portillo then the titles rolled with images of Gadaffi's bloody corpse accompanied by pop music (Adam and The Ants' Dog Eat Dog).

"Some of my best friends are Republicans," he quipped at one point.

He quipped that the computer was probably run by Windows.

"To find out which family is on the level," he quipped.

"You make it sound as if I am going alone," he quipped.

"People have been saying that my whole life," Jack quipped.

"I hope he speaks to me for the next couple of years," she quipped.

Another member quipped: "And he gave her the night off!"

"But nobody ever had to pay to get in," he quipped.

It is tempting to quip that life would at least seem longer.

"I see the men are being boys tonight," she quipped.

"Talk to me in about six months - I can count to maybe 30 by then," he quipped.

"You can learn a lot about military strategy from American football," he quipped.

"I like to stay up late reading a good book," she had quipped on one occasion.

I take it you want me to reflect on what I'm doing,' he quipped.

"We could always tell them they're in Oz," someone at the back of the room quipped.

Clancy quipped back that he was better off than they.

"It wants to hear the rest of your story," Robinson quipped.

"I still say you need to put some money in," quipped Herman.

He later quipped that this was Trevor's third year of doing it.

He quipped, "I can only think of one title a year."

"You're talking to a guy who was dead in June," he quipped.

Franklin quipped; "Life is too short to spend all its best days in building up a business we cannot control."

"I was ahead on points - until they brought out the sticks," he quipped later.

"Look, Mom is coming up the hill," one of the soldiers was reported to have quipped.

He quipped that the character had set "a virgin record".

Her way with a quip, fast and sure, is already in evidence here.

I thought to make another quip, but changed my mind and considered his words.

He usually made a quip at this time, but could think of nothing to say.

The one you told me about in the future that would have been, who made so many fine quips.

Tom started to make some quip in response, but never spoke the words.

It's the sort of quip that explains a lot about May.

He still has the quip to those who may try to seek the serious side of him.

I would normally have made some quip about that, but thought better of it today.

Her mother had never actually said any such thing, but a quip seemed the appropriate way to distance herself from the situation.

A talking vegetable quips, "How else were we going to get him into this movie?"

The Shadow smiled at the final quip, but his face was turned away.

His quips came quickly, along with smiles and animated body language.

You've got to do more than object with short little quips in the press."

Even in anger, it was hard to resist a quip.

Watch him go through his repertoire of quotes and quips.

We've actually never had a Quip of the Week before.

But judging by the quips the two men exchanged today, things went well.

And in his early years, he was usually ready with a curbside quip.

His quips that air between songs are created by a team of writers.

The author says he did not intend his quip to be taken seriously.

He became well known for his humorous quips during press conferences.

Carson had a talent for quick quips to deal with problems.

A joke is a humorous question, short story or quip.

She is pretty intelligent and often makes quip remarks to her friends.

What's left is a show about six single people who hang out in a bar, trading quips.