logo

Quotes About Wit

You can punch me all you like," he began and Skulduggery said, "Oh, good," and hit him.
~ Derek Landy
Skulduggery," the tall man said eventually, his voice deep and resonant, "trouble follows in your wake, doesn't it?" "I wouldn't say follows," Skulduggery answered. "It more kind of sits around and waits for me to get there.
~ Derek Landy
Excuse me," said Skulduggery, "I hate to interrupt, but this conversation is boring me." "Because it isn't about you," said Fletcher. "That is indeed why it's boring." "We'll
~ Derek Landy
Thank you again, all of you." He walked away. "But mostly me," Fletcher called after him and Valkyrie punched his arm.
~ Derek Landy
Dexter Vex, he of the chiselled abs and the scuffed boots, and Saracen Rue, of the winning smile and the designer suits,
~ Derek Landy
Skeleton adventures are different. There's more room for puns.
~ Derek Landy
In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.
~ George Herbert
There once was a student named Bessor Whose knowledge grew lessor and lessor. It at last grew so small He knew nothing at all, And today he's a college professor!
~ Bennett Cerf
Every thing in this world, said my father, is big with jest,--and has wit in it, and instruction too,--if we can but find it out.
~ Laurence Sterne
A cheerful temper, joined with innocence will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful, and wit good-natured.
~ Joseph Addison
A joke that works is complete knowledge in a nanosecond.
~ Steve Martin
Wit does not take the place of knowledge.
~ Luc de Clapiers
What? No defense? Any student of mine must be able to defend his ideas against an attack. No matter how you spend your life, your wit will defend you more often than a sword. Keep it sharp!
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop.
~ Sydney Smith
Jokes against the legal profession were what the legal profession loved most.
~ Ian McEwan, The Children Act
I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed!
~ William Shakespeare
Humor can give you the edge you are looking for.
~ Jeffrey Gitomer
Some people are destined to be deep thinkers. I am not one of those people.
~ Jen Lancaster
I had an idea of what I thought was funny. It's kind of based on how I am.
~ Jennifer Aniston
I'm not a bloodhound, your lordships." "Woof, woof." Cameron said, giving Fellows an evil grin. "Good dog.
~ Jennifer Ashley
I'm not a bloodhound, your lordships." "Woof, woof," Cameron said, giving Fellows an evil grin. "Good dog.
~ Jennifer Ashley
I'm so glad you're not dumb, Yaz," Neela said. Yazeed shot her a sidelong glace. "I thought you were going to say dead." "That, too.
~ Jennifer Donnelly
Sarcasm is the weapon of the wounded
~ Jennifer Donnelly