Quotes About Wit

Although George was quieter than the others too, when it came to banter he could give as good as he got. Just when you thought he wasn't listening to one of John's wicked teases he'd shoot back a withering line that had everyone in stitches.

What I love about comedy is that it's unquestionably working. There are varying degrees of that, where there's something that makes you smile and is funny versus something that makes you hysterically laugh.

The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.

I take a lot of pride in managing to be funny without having a victim at the end of my joke. I laugh at a really dark joke as much as the next person, but my jokes, I feel, don't have to hurt anybody to be really funny.

In my comedy when there's a victim, it's me.

My humor was Victorian - and still is.

The thing about comedians is, we're generally pretty smart. So, if we can be smart and funny, that is the victory.

From my point of view, humour and irony include tragedy; they're two sides of the same coin.

My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point of view, that it breaks out in spite of me every now and then.

I don't like comedy that I think is bad comedy, where people are trying to be sick for the sake of it, where there's no intellectual point behind it. I like stuff that's got an underlying point of view.

Come in, Phelan,' Leo said easily. 'We love silent guests -- it allows us to talk all the more. By all means, sit and say nothing.' 'But if you can manage it,' Catherine added with a smile, 'try to look impressed by our wit and intelligence.

It's a fine thing to be clever, but too much cleverness usually produces the same result as ignorance.-Lady Berwick

Derek.' There was an odd smile on her face. 'Your cockney is showing.

St. Vincent was far too clever to rely on physical violence when a few well-chosen words would skewer someone with a minimum of fuss.

People are always telling us what they think we want to hear. Raw honesty is a refreshing change, isn't it?" "Refreshing for you, perhaps," Phoebe said with a reluctant smile. "Well, you'll certainly get that from Pandora. She's incapable of being awed by anyone." "It's one of the reasons I love her," her brother admitted. "I also love her wit, her zest for life, and the fact that she needs me to keep her from walking in circles.

Upon learning of Sebastian's success with the commissioner, Cam Rohan remarked admiringly, "That was a spruce trick, my lord. I'm beginning to think you can persuade anyone to do nearly anything." Sebastian grinned and glanced at Evie, who was sitting nearby. "I should think Lady St. Vincent is proof of that," he said.

I'm sorry to say, Marcus, that each of your recent choice of companions—the last four or five, at least—displayed all the intelligence of a turnip.

The only thing Beatrix knows about being circumspect is how to spell it.

I see I'll have to use all my arts to bring out your talkative side." "I don't have a talkative side." "It is a guest's responsibility to be entertaining," she informed him. "Oh, I'll entertain you," he murmured. "I just won't talk while I'm doing it.

You'll have to be careful, then," he said softly, smiling. "It would be a shame for some intelligent comment to slip out at the wrong moment.

Are you physically strong enough for this?" Severin asked Gibson doubtfully. "Would you like to arm-wrestle?" she offered with such cool aplomb that Rhys let out a huff of amusement. "No," Severin said at once. "I can't take the chance that you might win." The doctor smiled at him. "I doubt I would win, Mr. Severin. But I would at least make it difficult for you.

You, sir, are a moral abyss.' Rather than look shamed, he actually grinned at the remark. 'And you, my lady, are a prude.

I don't need my head examined, but where were you when I married my second husband. Sheesh.

Did you know, ma'am, that our mutual friend can say "kiss my arse" in six languages?