Noun
The condition or quality of being quick or living; life.
Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness of wit.
Acuteness of perception; keen sensibility.
Sharpness; pungency of taste.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIntelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended. Alfred North Whitehead
The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance. Jane Austen
No," I said finally. "Slowness in Answering," she said into the handheld. "When's the last time you slept?" "1940" I said promptly, which is the problem with Quickness in Answering. Connie Willis
Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are. George Santayana
Art to me is an anecdote of the spirit, and the only means of making concrete the purpose of its varied quickness and stillness. Mark Rothko
He's good inside, very good, strong physically. The one thing that surprised me the most was his quickness. And his defensive ability. He moves his head a lot, feints a lot. He's not an easy man to hit. Roberto Durán