| Never make an off-the-cuff pitch, otherwise you run the risk to repeat yourself. |
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| There are so many forces, economic and other, loose in the land that I think this is one where we can't just give you an off-the-cuff answer. |
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| Even if you don't agree with him, it's not difficult to sympathise with the sentiment behind his off-the-cuff remark. |
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| You'll have to tolerate the digressions, the asides, the off-the-cuff remarks. |
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| Twitter, as a chamber of instant reactions and off-the-cuff musings, is in some way a mirror of true character. |
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| Spur-of-the-moment toasts can be an off-the-cuff pleasure if the mood is right and the message heartfelt. |
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| All of the male presenters professed their great esteem for the women on stage, peppering their praises with off-the-cuff humor. |
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| It was a reminder that there are those who will speak out for even the most despised, if only in loose, off-the-cuff moments. |
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| Thus in this off-the-cuff comment was revealed a young woman whose self-defined role in life was accommodating her man. |
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| The point of weblogs is their off-the-cuff nature, their unscripted, up-to-the-minute commentary. |
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| Coun Ward said the city did not need ministers coming in with off-the-cuff solutions to Bradford's problems during flying visits. |
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| My wife says I cannot tell a joke, but I can make off-the-cuff cracks that have been known to elicit the occasional chuckle. |
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| For some, it may be the end of off-the-cuff remarks and participating in quick conversation. |
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| This is just an off-the-cuff sort of answer, but regulation and funding are two very key things that have to be part of it. |
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| I am grateful for the off-the-cuff response she has given me today: it is voluminous and helpful. |
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| He would start with off-the-cuff remarks and witticisms and gradually improvise a setting in which they could shine. |
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| Then, an off-the-cuff remark by a bookshop owner who gruffly suggested she should write something of her own changed the course of her life. |
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| We suddenly wanted to make a less off-the-cuff record,» says Valérie Leulliot. |
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| With his ramrod posture and off-the-cuff New York delivery, Dean did not meet that need. |
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| Still, much of the off-the-cuff information coming out of cyberspace deserves to be treated with caution. |
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| He can hardly enter a room or alight from a car without a press posse descending, hungry for a photo or off-the-cuff remark. |
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| The Sloepdelen company has put in place this original system enabling to embark off-the-cuff for a boat ride. |
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| It's full of grabby descriptions and witty, off-the-cuff dialogue. |
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| As Samoa showed earlier in the pool stages, the tournament favourites can be vulnerable to unstructured, off-the-cuff teams prepared to run the ball at them. |
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| The gallus radio figure with his seemingly off-the-cuff put downs is in fact an intelligent and pleasantly modest fellow who researches his material meticulously. |
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| He made a few off-the-cuff remarks before launching into his prepared speech. |
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| Some managers, in trying to avoid off-the-cuff masterminding, make it a practice to take time to sleep on a problem. |
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| Not all their pillaging is off-the-cuff improvisation. |
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| It also makes them fantastic off-the-cuff interviewees. |
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| However, I did use an intemperate, off-the-cuff remark. |
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| Advised that an important session was to be an off-the-cuff question and answer format, Roblin found that other candidates had carefully honed speeches. |
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| As all hon. members are aware, during the 2008 election, gasoline prices spiked in some cities by more than 12¢ per litre, and then the Prime Minister was forced to make an off-the-cuff policy announcement. |
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| I'm just saying this is not just an off-the-cuff type of thing. |
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| While this form of storytelling is incredibly important for teaching children that books are an integral part of life, stories that are off-the-cuff and part of everyday life are just as important. |
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| He gave them a classic Pope Benedict talk, responding off-the-cuff to their questions and talking about things like marriage, materialism, sacrifice and eternal life. |
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| For all its off-the-cuff desultoriness, this is a remarkably, if not paradoxically, charming and lovely novel about two couples and the year they spend together in Paris. |
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| The uproar over Ferguson's off-the-cuff quip sent me back to reread it. |
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| A walk down its main drag, Bedford Avenue, reveals many off-the-cuff looks and subversive appearances. |
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| Little wonder his off-the-cuff remarks morph into a columnists' feeding frenzy. |
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| He admitted the set-piece speech wasn't his forte, pointing out his greater ability in TV interviews and off-the-cuff speeches, but he was never to gain the upper hand again. |
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| He did say an off-the-cuff remark, which is in the current climate was treated seriously. |
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| Unfortunately for Kaia, off-the-cuff sympathy was not her strong suit. |
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| Lightweight, portable, and decidedly low-tech, these two cameras go where more expensive ones can't, encouraging spontaneous, off-the-cuff photography. |
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| Walters took the opportunity to lob some off-the-cuff softball questions. |
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| By goofiness I mean off-the-cuff, rapid-fire, stream-of-consciousness kidding around. |
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| His quick smile, unpompous style and off-the-cuff remarks endeared him to fellow clerics, diplomats and journalists. |
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| He was indefatigable, never seemed dispirited, and his friendly, folksy off-the-cuff style resonated. |
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| The luncheon will feature the premiere of a new format, an off-the-cuff, candid conversation conducted by a well known real estate media personage with an industry superstar. |
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