Sentence examples for quick spirit from inspiring English sources

(When Shakespeare has Brutus say that Antony has a "quick spirit," he means that he's very bright, not very good).

That quick spirit is the free devil, the human surplus that she tries to capture in all her best work.

In her reply to the critics of "The First Stone," she describes "eros" as "the quick spirit that moves between people — quick as in the distinction between 'the quick and the dead.' It's the moving force that won't be subdued by habit or law".

One wonders what the younger Levinson, the guy who made "Diner" — that feast of naturally quick spirits — would make of this later effort, or of the dialogue that lumbers through it.

And it is completely in the service of her quick mind, warm heart and generous spirit, which continue their restless quest to reveal music's message.

Natural disasters, however, do not seem to provoke that sort of can-do, quick-fix spirit.

It is traditional to attribute titular possession of a movie to the director, but although Danny Boyle's quick-witted spirit is evident in every frame of this home-computing parable about a man who cares more for machines than people, this is still very much "Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs".

Her lithe spirit, quick wit, agile sense of humor and clear perspective will all be missed as will her gracious sense of style.