Quotes About Wit

I like funny things, but I don't find myself particularly funny.

I would have been an essayist in the 18th century. Maybe I'd have had one gag in the piece, but essentially I'd be saying something.

Ricky Gervais is a genius.

I just love Stephen Colbert. He's a genius.

I think David Hewlett is a comedic genius. I think he's great.

My favorite genre is comedy.

People love gentle larceny.

That's all it takes in life to win a woman over - a good gimmick.

Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.

The reason they call it 'golf' is that all the other 4 letter words were used up.

I think anyone who behaves boorishly but without a good sense of humor is not as fun to watch.

You have got to have a good sense of humor, you have got to be tough, and you have got to know how to dress.

I have a good sense of humor. I'm not Martin Lawrence by any means. I'm a little too country to be Chris Rock. But I fancy myself as being somebody with a good sense of humor.

Es extremadamente listo, considerando lo estúpido que es.

A joke is an epigram on the death of a feeling.

Every habit makes our hand more witty, and out wit more handy.

The wittiest authors raise the very slightest of smiles.

ridendo dicere severum . (tr. Through what is laughable say what is somber.)

Ha-ha, joke. Gussy, it achieves the same effect without using any dope at all. Listen: a tickler reminds you of your duties and opportunities—your chances for happiness and success! What's the obvious next step?" "Throw it out the window. By the way, how do you do that when you're underground?

The Gentleman Gourmet is dressed in a three-piece suit, he carries a walking cane, and a rapier wit. He speaks in the rah-rah tones of a colonial Englishman, although he is Chinese-born. And he is so early-twentiethcentury elegant that I almost expect to see spats if I cast my eyes to his feet.

Do youmind?" she clipped out suddenly with a fine, cultured accent like frosted glass. His gaze flicked up from her chest to her blazing eyes. "So, you can talk." "Obviously." "Too bad," he drawled. "I thought I just found the perfect woman.

I wish I had the ability to crack wise, generally. You know, without getting punched. There's no way I could do it while getting beaten up. Definitely.

Phoebe Wolkind Ephron cracked wise like Dorothy Parker and looked like Katharine Hepburn.

What is extraordinary about the character of Edna - and I speak as though I am completely outside this character and I am talking to you - I'm, as it were, in the wings, and she's on stage, and every now and then she says something extremely funny, and I stand there and think: 'I wish I'd thought of that.'