Quotes About Wit

We'd never do anything tasteless. There's enough to make fun of without offending.

And if you can offer an explanation as to why it doesn't work then you've got to the whole root of comedy.

My mother-in-law said, 'One day I will dance on your grave.' I said 'I hope you do; I will be buried at sea.'

I'm not too keen on jokes that are one-liners. I want the situation to be funny.

There's a difference between an actual insult and a friendly jab. So I don't think I'm offensive onstage.

My dear young lady, there was a great deal of truth; I dare say, in what you said, and you looked very pretty while you said it, which is much more important.

I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself, and I am so clever that I sometimes don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

I like hearing myself talk.  It is one of my greatest pleasures.  I often have long conversations all by myself, and I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

For the canons of good society are, or should be, the same as the canons of art. Form is absolutely essential to it. It should have the dignity of a ceremony, as well as its unreality, and should combine the insincere character of a romantic play with the wit and beauty that make such plays delightful to us.

When I see a spade I call it a spade. I'm glad to say I have never seen a spade!

Cecily: "Miss Prism says that all good looks are a snare" Algernon: "They are a snare that every sensible man would like to be caught in." Cecily: "Oh, I don't think I would care to catch a sensible man. I shouldn't know what to talk to him about.

You cut life to pieces with your epigrams.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Sono così intelligente che a volte non capisco una sola parola di quel che sto dicendo.

The St. James's

I don't desire to change anything in England except the weather

Hello, I am Oscar Wilde

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying. dup

My dear fellow, the way you flirt with Gwendolen is perfectly disgraceful. It is almost as disgraceful as the way Gwendolen flirts with you.

I love talking about nothing, father.  It is the only thing I know anything about. lord

I'm so clever, I don't understand half of the things I'm saying.

I know he likes me. Of course I flatter him dreadfully. I find a strange pleasure in saying things to him that I know I shall be sorry for having said.

An admirable idea! Mr. Worthing, there is just one question I would like to be permitted to put to you. Where is your brother Ernest? We are both engaged to be married to your brother Ernest, so it is a matter of some importance to us to know where your brother Ernest is at present.

If you're going to tell people the truth, make them laugh.