Quotes About Wit

I think one of the funniest things about '30 Rock' is that Liz Lemon is sort of like Buster Keaton - she's always the fool, the joke is always on her.

I try to tell one lie in every interview. It keeps people I know amused when they read the article.

John Lennon, who was a good friend of mine, he had one of the best senses of humor of any human being. And Keith Richards, fantastic sense of humor. They were smart, sharp. They had their own thoughts on matters.

If anybody is a master at improvisation, it would be Ken Jeong. He is hilarious.

Half-brights consider it comedy gold to congratulate anyone they dislike for 'winning the Kentucky Derby!' The only thing more bracingly original to not-smart people is: 'Stay classy!'

Meta-comedy is everywhere and always seems so cold and to me is really kinda snarky.

I have a self-deprecating sense of humor, so I knock myself.

When it comes to knowing what to say, to charm, I always had it.

Thank you, Captain Obvious." "I'm on the Senate," he reminded me. "It's Lord Obvious.

I started to duck under the spears, only to have the two vamps on the other wall suddenly appear in my face. Or, at least, their crotches did. Another day, I would have made a cute remark about heat and leather jock straps, but I wasn't feeling real cute right now.

Alejandro, who thought he was a wit. And he was, if you put a "nit" in front of it

I mock everything. Don't take it so personally." Adam Black

Oh, please," I rolled my eyes, "You're a leftie, Barrons." "Touche, Ms. Lane," he murmured.

She says, all serious like, Lor, you're a really sweet guy (who the bloody fuck is she talking about? I'm looking around the bed but it's only me and her)...

I snicker at my joke. Dude, if ya can't crack yourself up, ain't never gonna crack anybody else up.

Oh, a math word problem. You're flirting with me, aren't you?

Anybody could be smart. It took a special somebody to be clever.

We have to make it on the basis of our own wit. We have to be aware—when someone comes on the seven o'clock news with word that the global temperature is going up or that the oceans are turning into cesspools or that half the matter is going backward—that the media are at the mercy of the scientists who have the ability to summon them and that the scientists who have such ability are not often minding the store. More likely they are minding their own livelihoods.

Even the English, who understand it, are not exactly riotously amused by the understatement. At best, a well-timed, well-turned understatement only raises a slight smirk.

Manche von seinen Witzen sind schon ein bißchen heftig, aber schließlich ist er tot.Da würde wohl jeder einen schwarzen Humor entwickeln.

Listen you..you.."he sputtered. "You what ? You've already used hellion,draft girl and missy' .i can think of several more degradation,but then again im not the one trying so hard to be intimidating." "How about you,maddending,foolish,moronic little chit ?" "Much better !" she applauded.

He was Irish to the fingertips. He could laugh and he could create laughter. He had a funny way of looking at things—at some things, I should say.

It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.

The man who sees consistency in things is a wit; the man who sees the inconsistency in things is a humorist.