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Quotes About Wit

Comedy is in my bones.
~ Kayvan Novak
I have a good mind but I don't like to bore anyone with it.
~ Rae Dawn Chong
I think I am a smart aleck because I grew up close enough to Boston, and most people from Massachusetts talk fast, and I have a little bit of a wiseacre, and I think I'm a little bit like that.
~ Sunita Williams
Comedy writing is taking the brief thought and going with it.
~ Chris O'Dowd
You know, I'm really not that bright.
~ Larry David
Kristin Wiig I think is brilliant.
~ Carol Burnett
I'd love to do a really broad comedy at some point.
~ Paul Dano
Comedy is brutal. It's powerful, though.
~ Mike Nichols
Comedy can be a little brutal, but not in a satisfying way.
~ Jenny Slate
He wasn't Bugs without the gags we gave him.
~ Tex Avery
There's a bunch of different flavours of funny. It's all about the execution of it.
~ Jason Bateman
I know all about cheating. I've had six very successful marriages.
~ Bobby Heenan
The jests of the rich are ever successful.
~ Oliver Goldsmith
The most successful people in comedy do seem to be the most funny.
~ Alex Horne
I'm a sucker for a good sense of humor.
~ Spencer Matthews
I can't imagine getting bored with comedy or thinking comedy is beneath us suddenly.
~ Robert Webb
I went to the bank and asked to borrow a cup of money. They said, 'What for?' I said, 'I'm going to buy some sugar.'
~ Steven Wright
I think comedy suits me best.
~ Sharat Saxena
I'm constantly pitching one episode where we see life through Castle's eyes. I think Castle's just a little off as far as his perception goes. A very, very clever man, but I want to see the world as Castle sees it - kind of a rose-colored glasses, all the women find him irresistible, all the guys find him super cool and do whatever he says.
~ Nathan Fillion
I'm always so impressed by people who can just stay super mellow and still be extremely funny.
~ Janet Varney
I really like just super dry comedy.
~ Zach Braff
The kinds of shows that seem to work now, the comedy shows, are those which require very little attention. They're superficial and I like articulate comedy.
~ Mary Tyler Moore
All it takes to get along in this here man's town is a little shit, grit, and mother-wit.
~ Ralph Ellison
The dull pray; the geniuses are light mockers.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson