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Quotes About Wit

It is a pleasure to be able to quote lines to fit any occasion.
~ Abraham Lincoln
Sometimes people get passionate about the obscure jokes.
~ Martin Short
My humor is traced with dark - I've got dark patches all over the place.
~ Albert Brooks
I really enjoyed Paul Sinha. He's from 'The Chase.' As you imagine, he's intelligent. But that doesn't mean he's got any common sense at all.
~ Alex Horne
I'd rather try and cram in another two gags than leave a pause to say, 'Hey, wasn't that bit funny?'
~ Edgar Wright
Sometimes people say, 'You're the best at digressions.' And that's actually a real compliment to me.
~ Mike Birbiglia
The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.
~ Umberto Eco
Den som kun ta'r spøg for spøg og alvor kun alvorligt Han og hun har faktisk fattet begge dele dårligt
~ Piet Hein
Not having a moustache, he was in the habit of twirling his eyebrows. "Why do you keep twirling your eyebrows?" a young lady asked him one day. "We all twirl the hairs we have, depending on our age and sex," Tito replied. The young lady thought him very witty and fell in love with him. She
~ Pitigrilli
Are you out of your candy wrapper?
~ Polly Shulman
When the wine is in, the wit is out.
~ Proverb
I did not know that a reputation for wit is earned not by making jokes, but by laughing at the pleasantries of others.
~ Quentin Crisp
I don't have any pets. I've got enough dumb friends without them.
~ Quentin Crisp
You called him a big dumb dodo?" Caroline asked later that night as the two of them sat on Jane's couch watching the gas fireplace lick the fake logs. "Why didn't you go for broke and call him a poo-poo head too?
~ Rachel Gibson
Oh, I don't know if I'd kick your ass. You're not that bad." She laughed. "I'd spank you real good, though." - Kate
~ Rachel Gibson
It is quite possible for the vulgar to be funny, but to succeed, it must rise to a certain genius.
~ Roger Ebert
Even when low-brow comedy ruled, I ensured my lines were not vulgar.
~ Kovai Sarala
I've heard every pie joke in the book. I'm still waiting for an original one.
~ Jason Biggs
I've often said the most difficult things I have to say to people through humour. I can very quickly put someone in their place with it. But we all walk away unscathed because there's been some funnies around it, and I'll usually make sure that it comes back at me.
~ Dawn French
He's so ugly. When you walked by him, your pants wrinkle. He made fly balls curve foul.
~ Mickey Rivers
The English have a special sense of humour. This I immediately experienced in the dressing room. As I walked with two plates while eating, suddenly a team-mate asked me, 'Basti, what time is it?' hoping I would automatically turn my hand to look at my watch. That's quite entertaining.
~ Bastian Schweinsteiger
Coming up with comedy is hard, man. Those bits aren't easy to think of!
~ Craig Robinson
I always say to Blake Griffin that he has a better comedy career than I do.
~ Neal Brennan
People often ask what I think of Michael McIntyre. I think he's funny. He's a nice bloke.
~ Peter Kay