“The pistol is not a weapon, it is an impertinence.”
“Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments. ”
“If I had a baseball bat and bulldozer, maybe I could stop him. But without real weapons, without a pistol, a man-eating lion, and a vial of bubonic plague, I had zero change of competing against him.”
“Joseph habitually scowled at furniture, expecting it to be impertinent, mischievous, or dusty.”
“Words are loaded pistols.”
“I ask people impertinent questions. Hopefully turning up pertinent answers.”