“I didn’t know Jack Daniels made cologne,” Short quipped before planting a big kiss on Fallon.

“I only rock,” Starr quipped before assuming his position at the drum kit.

A quip attributed to former "Tonight Show" host Johnny Carson has it that "There is only one fruitcake in the entire world, and people keep sending it to each other."

When venerable department store chain Robinsons-May shut down, one of my bosses ruefully quipped, “Well, there goes another 100 newsroom jobs.”

"You know, it could happen to a nicer guy," he quipped.