“I was a smart-ass, born and raised. This had been my curse and would continue to be so.”
“I've been called a smart ass many times and given the same response "I'd rather be known as a smart ass than a dumb ass”
“Old lady Patterson is a real tightwad.” Raising his voice so it would carry, the man continued, “If she stuck a lump of coal up her ass, within a week she’d shit out a diamond.”
“If i had not been admitted to these studies it would not have been worth while to have been born.”
“Booth: "You're a smart ass, you know that?"Brennan: "Objectively I'd say I'm very smart, although it has nothing to do with my ass.”
“It would be one thing if I had been cursed so that everyone I loved would die," said Will. "I could keep myself from loving. To keep others from caring for me--it is an odd, exhausting procedure.”