Quotes About Wit

Very few have the talent to make others laugh without being laughed at.

We have a need to make people laugh at things they'd never thought about, make them laugh at things that aren't logical.

I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do for an actor, I am looking forward to the challenge.

Making people laugh is the lowest form of comedy.

For me, the most attractive thing in a man is the ability to make me laugh.

I do manage to make others laugh.

I wanted to do something in the style of a comedy of manners.

If you don't have the grace and wit to die early, you are forced to vanish, to hide as if in shame and apology.

That's what I like about you," Michael remarked. "Your finely honed sense of deviousness.

he was about as erotic as an old football coach.

Well, I don't know who wrote this, said Francis at last, his tone offhand and perfectly casual, but whoever they were, they certainly couldn't spell.

You've got no sense of humor." "I'm going to laugh really hard after I kick your ass.

I love you, asshole." Then Gavin laughed. "Right back at you, dickhead.

Liz: "Talking is overrated." Gavin: "Now you sound like a guy." Liz: "That's why you like me." Gavin: "Because you're a guy?

Gags die, humor doesn't.

You could try being funny more often," she added, releasing her grip on his shirt. "If you do, I think I might someday be able to tolerate you, if I don't kill you first." Jason grinned. "That's the nicest thing any girl ever said to me.

Mmmm... the comedy that matters is the comedy you pull out of thin air. It's a bit like when something funny has happened and you try to explain it to someone else and end up saying, 'You had to be there.'

A ta place, je tournerais la langue sept fois avant de parler, répliqua-t-il, une pointe d'espièglerie dans les yeux. - Dans ta bouche ou la mienne? Il se redressa et haussa un sourcil, l'air surpris. - Isabella, serais-tu en train de me faire du charme? Celle-ci poussa un long soupire théâtral. - Pas très subtil, hein?

We avenge intelligence when we deceive a fool.

Would you call me 'excessive'?" Madison asked Piper. "Not to your face," Piper replied.

Wit is something more than a gymnastic trick of the intellect; true wit implies a beam of thought into the essence of a question, a flash that lights up a situation. Wit suggests the delicate but delightful play of a rapier in the hands of a master.

Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't fart and chew gum at the same time.

I am a connoisseur of fine irony. 'Tis a bit like fine wine, but it has a better bite.

How many performance artists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? I don't know. I left early.