Quotes About Wit

Wit will never make a man rich, but there are places where riches will always make a wit.

This man [Chesterfield], I thought, had been a Lord among wits; but I find he is only a wit among Lords.

Men of humor are always in some degree men of genius; wits are rarely so, although a man of genius may, amongst other gifts, possess wit, as Shakespeare.

Those who are born of parents broken with old age, or of such as are not yet ripe or are too young, or of drunkards, soft or effeminate men, want a great and liberal ingenuity or wit.

Man went into a bar, he only had one arm. Guy sitting next to him said 'Hey, you've got your sleeve in my drink', man replied, 'There's no arm in it'

I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.

No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to be a knave; nor any so cunning a knave as not to have the weakness sometimes to play the fool.

Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down immediately it is wanted. Men pay severely who require credit.

A man cannot please long who has only one kind of wit.

Wit, without wisdom, is salt without meat; and that is but a comfortless dish to set a hungry man down to.

I swear I've never met a man who has your knack for lack of social grace. If you weren't naturally charming, someone would have stabbed you by now.

...the greatest weapon against big stupid men was a sharp mind.

Man is unconquerable because he can make even his helplessness so entertaining. His motto seems to be "Even though He slay me, yet will I make fun of Him!

The difference between a 'wise guy' and a wise man is plenty!

I hope they bury me near a strait man

You gotta have the balls to go out there and be funny, man.

It would never do for me to lose my wits in the presence of a man who had none too many of his own.

George Hamilton is one of the funniest men I have ever known.

That'd be good. That'd be a right good laugh, man. Ye cannae catch me shuttin' up, man

I've never made love to a ghost but I have made love to men who are a few years away from becoming a ghost.

Vic pointed at him, two finger-guns of approval. "I like a man who knows the value of words, doesn't spend 'em too cheap." Ranulf nodded. "That is the manner in which I roll.

I'm Howard Stern with a vocabulary. I'm the man he wishes he could be.

I really like clever men who challenge you.

I'm a holy man minus the holiness. Hand that on to your three spies, and tell them to put it in their pipes.