Quotes About Wit

Where were we?" he said. "Ah, yes, cake and sarcasm.

Oh you two look delicious, Bast said, licking her lips. No, no-er, I mean wonderful. Now, off you go!

She says queer things sometimes in a bantering way that you don't notice at the time and you find yourself thinking about afterward.

If you are brave of heart, sharp of wit, strong of spirit and steadfast of purpose, there is nothing you cannot achieve

You are stingy with our words, she accused, then laughed gayly as she swept around, tossing over her shoulder a roguish look that drew the length of him. But I am more generous, my lord. You are indeed a fine sight. -Aislinn

You are stingy with your words, she accused, then laughed gayly as she swept around, tossing over her shoulder a roguish look that drew the length of him. But I am more generous, my lord. You are indeed a fine sight. - Aislinn

I responded with what seemed an appropriate blend of honey and vinegar, suggesting that wit, like anything else, is rarely found where rarely sought, and that in my experience it was damned uncommon in men as well. Artie beamed; if it was a test, I had passed.

Remarkable," he'd called my poems at our first meeting. "So urban and breezy. So droll and cosmopolitan. It's rare to find such profusion of wit in a woman.

wit, like anything else, is rarely found where rarely sought, and that in my experience it was damned uncommon in men as well.

Bend over, Freddy of Prussia Let the Empress take aim Your butt will fly to Russia Your brains to sunny Spain

But this small episode is as good an illustration as any of the hazards of uttering witticisms. By the very nature of a witticism, one is given very little time to assess its various possible repercussions before one is called to give voice to it, and one gravely risks uttering all manner of unsuitable things if one has not first acquired the necessary skill and experience.

Perhaps it is indeed time I began to look at this whole matter of bantering more enthusiastically.

Hakkai: Your footwork is lacking. Gojyo: It's hard to control such long, sexy gams.

one of Churchill's jibes about Attlee: "An empty car drew up and Clem got out." The

He's the sort of guy that gets a laugh out of people.

Common sense is a combination of experience, training, humility, wit, and intelligence.

If criticism had any power to harm, the skunk would be extinct by now.

The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.

When a guy can make fun of you, thats attractive. Who knew that teasing could have so much power over women!

By the power of Steven Wright's Beard!

Ryan Alvanos is an offbeat, insanely inventive singer-songwriter who sneaks up on you with a sly wit and subtle power.

Who would not give up wit for power and beauty?

Besides the general infusion of wit to heighten civility, the direct splendor of intellectual power is ever welcome in fine society, as the costliest addition to its rule and its credit.

A witty woman is a treasure a witty beauty is a power.