Quotes About Wit

I could imagine his eulogy: "Fucker's dead. Throw some dirt on him. Let's go play some poker.

Thought it was funny to answer his phone by saying, "You DID?

Quick, how do you pick up a cat? Buy her a drink.

That's right I was speaking to the creator of universe as though we had just been introduced at a cocktail party.

I was now inclined to believe that ideas also have wit, because what had transpired between Ann and me was not only phenomenal, but also curiously and charmingly funny.

The trick of comedy," said Billy, "is not to perform it in a comic manner. Don't try to be funny, and you'll be funny.

I'll not miss a whit of it. Gold nor silks nor fancy books and statues. I can live without them all. What I cannot live without is one Silence Rivers. I love you, my wife. And I love you, my husband. I look forward to being just plain Mrs. Rivers, I do. She leaned back and whispered in his ear, But perhaps you can still be Charming Mickey O'Connor the notorious pirate--in our bedroom. He winked at her as he bent to catch her lips. Oh, to be sure, m'love, to be sure.

Five years of marriage have taught me that even if one is unamused by the (presumed) wit of one's spouse, one does not say so. Some concessions to temperament are necessary if the marital state is to flourish. And I must confess that in most respects the state agrees with me. Emerson is a remarkable person, considering that he is a man. Which is not saying a great deal.

Mistress," the minstrel frowned, "if you were any sharper, we could sell you at the fair for scissors.

Puns are the highest form of literature.

Nothing comic isn't serious.

I only joke about really serious things

We turned onto the last landing. Going out with this guy, I thought, would involve a lot of silly laughter, some wit--the buzz of his whispered wisecracks in my ear. But there would be as well his willingness to reveal, or more his inability to conceal, that he had been silently rehearsing my name as he climbed the stairs behind me. There would be his willingness to bestow upon me the power to reassure him. He would trust me with his happiness.

I have a dark sense of humor,' Fanny explained. 'What's that supposed to mean?' asked Honor. 'It means I'm funny once you get to know me,' Fanny said.

Humor can be one of our best survival tools.

I'm perfectly discriminating,' he said with a devilish smile. 'How's that? No blondes after Labour Day?' 'I said I was discriminating, not an imbecile.

So do you come here often?" he asked in a slightly self-mocking way. I couldn't help myself—I smiled. "see, you don't even have to answer that, because I know all the trash cans in town, and while this is a very nice trash can, it doesn't look like the kind of trash can a girl like you would normally scavenge from." I opened my mouth to protest, but he went on. "Now, the trash cans on Seventh Street, those are some very nice trash cans.

I love poking fun at myself. I have a rather mean sense of humor.

And humor has always been a weapon. You want to get even on somebody? You want to attack somebody? Make fun of them.

The great thing about 'Weeds' is that everything we do is never quite serious enough to be taken seriously. It always has humor behind it, and it think it makes it definitely more fun for the audience.

We have to be able to poke fun at ourselves.

It's fun for someone to poke fun at himself.

I'm not a big poker guy, I like to play shnarps.

Since the very beginning, Emeril's had a sense of humor about me calling him names and poking fun at him.