Quotes About Wit

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

He committed suicide in 1794 because the Revolutionary authorities had made it clear that they planned to reward his irreverent wit with a visit to the guillotine.

Common sense and sense of humor are the same thing moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

He may have hair upon his chest but, sister, so has Lassie.

Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humor. He will always use it in evidence against you.

There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own.

The prose," Robespierre said. "It's so clean, no conceits, no show, no wit. He means every word. Formerly, you see, he meant every other word. That was his style.

At least, he thinks, the fellow has the wit to see what this is about: not one year's grudge or two, but a fat extract from the book of grief, kept since the cardinal came down. He says, 'Life pays you out, Norris. Don't you find?

he is sui generis, a scholar and a wit.

If she was going to die, she might as well die sarcastic.

You're terrible at this whole 'tell me whatever I want to know' thing." My hand goes to the crossbow, but I don't pick it up. He sighs. "Just ask me something. Ask about my tail. Don't you want to see it?" He raises his brows.

Because I am about to be devoured by poodles," I quip. "Remember me always, my love.

A sharp tongue is no match for a sharp tooth.

Um," he said, because his conversational skills were amazing.

If she was going to die, she might as well die sarcastic. She'd seen a lot of old movies, and that was definitely the way to go out.

Long live Jude,' she says with a wink, setting down the tray on a table with a clatter of the pots and saucers and whatnot. 'No thanks to me.' I grin. 'Good thing you're a lousy shot.' She holds up a packet of herbs. 'A poultice. To draw any fever from the blood and help the patient heal faster. Unfortunately, it won't draw the sting from your tongue.

I still promise to run, tail between my legs. And since I have a tail, that should be amusing for everyone. Are you satisfied?

But now you've explained it," he says. "And you do love me." "I love you," I confirm. "Because I am clever and funny," he says, smiling. "You didn't mention my handsomeness." "Or your deliciousness," I say. "Although those are both good qualities.

For a moment,'' he says, ''I wondered if it wasn't you shooting bolts at me.'' I make a face at him. ''And what made you decide it wasn't? He grins up at me. ''They missed.

Were you a little less clever, perhaps you'd have had more success.

It is easier to be a lover than a husband, for the same reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day, than to say bright things from time to time.

Es mucho más fácil quedar bien como amante que como marido; porque es mucho mas fácil ser oportuno e ingenioso de vez en cuando que todos los días

am fully convinced that it is impossible for a woman, even if she were born close to a throne, to acquire before the age of five-and-twenty the encyclopaedic knowledge of trifles, the practice of manoeuvring, the important small things, the musical tones and harmony of coloring, the angelic bedevilments and innocent cunning, the speech and the silence, the seriousness and the banter, the wit and the obtuseness, the diplomacy and the ignorance which make up the perfect lady.

I don't think I'm funny.