Quotes About Wit

Joke exchanges are carried on in deadly earnest, like a verbal duel-mouth-to-mouth combat. Bang, bang: you're (linguistically) dead.

the gregarious intimacy, rare in a town of this size, the vivacious gossip, the cultural fizz, the wit and repartee at every social level . . .

As soon as somebody falls in love, all the wits seem to dribble out of the bottom of his head.

Satirists are merely impatient obituary writers.

The principles of every passion, and of every sentiment, is in every man; and when touched properly, they rise to life, and warm the heart, and convey that satisfaction, by which a work of genius is distinguished from the adulterate° beauties of a capricious wit and fancy.

Dorothy Parker who wrote witty stories, did not foresee that spectacles would be- come fashion accessories. "Men seldom make passes At girls who wear glasses." And today, in Washington Square Park I thought of her, Miss Parker, and what she might say assessing the spectacles of our day: "Even the nicest lasses Have tattoos on their asses.

I enjoy my pettiness with a dose of wit.

The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.

Christopher Hitchens was a wit, a charmer, and a troublemaker, and to those who knew him well, he was a gift from - dare I say it - God.

Wit is the god of moments, but Genius is the god of ages.

God, that Anthony Jeselnik Show sounds really funny.

Oh my god you're thicker than you look

She laughed with thrilling scorn. "Sophisticated-God, I'm sophisticated!

When it comes to comedy, they always say, "Jackée, whatever comes to your mind." But heaven forbid I can't think of something. It's never happened yet, thank God. I may knock on wood.

Thank God for wisecracks.

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

Thanks to my solid academic training, today I can write hundreds of words on virtually any topic without possessing a shred of information which is how I got a good job in journalism.

I can be reasonably funny and light-hearted when I'm in the company of good friends, but I'm not a jokesmith. I tend to be quite serious.

I think you have to be cool to be a good flirt, and I don't think I'm very cool.

I'm a bad woman, but I'm damn good company.

You can't be funny if you don't have good material.

There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.

Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit.

Moms Mabley said you have to say good things about the dead. I say, 'He's dead. Good.'