Quotes About Wit

No, sir, I'm not saying that charming, witty and warm copy won't sell. I'm just saying I've seen thousands of charming, witty campaigns that didn't sell.

People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.

Your wit makes others witty.

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

You can't pretend to be witty because wit is dry, subtle, lacerating, cynical, elitist, and risque - all impossible to fake. Humor, on the other hand, is broad, soothing, positive, inclusive, and smutty - to make sure everybody gets it. Pretending to be humorous is easy, and a great many people are doing it.

I'm no prude. I like a witty innuendo, too.

A woman may have a witty tongue or a stinging pen but she will never laugh at her own individual shortcomings.

A witty saying proves nothing.

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.

Wilde is an invaluable acquaintance. Often, in situations where I am required to appear witty, I simply steal large chunks from his works and attempt to pass them off as my own with minor modifications.

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature.

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.

Zimbabweans are so smart and witty and able to weave together tons of situations and experiences into terminologies that are just utterly original.

A transposable aphorism is a malaise of the urge to be witty, or in other words, a maxim that is untroubled by the fact that the opposite of what it says is equally true so long as it appears to be funny.

It's a weakness of mine to forget what it is I've just been talking about so that when people make witty allusions to it, I stare at them open-mouthed, not knowing what they're talking about.

A lot of people think that, as a person, Nawazuddin Siddiqui is very serious. However, he is very funny and witty. Once he opens up with you, he can be the funniest person around.

I love Stephen Fry. His tweets are witty, poignant, and intelligent.

Every Brit I met had the best sense of humor. They're hilarious: very dry and witty.

Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer.

I get the impression the English kings were witty, for some reason. I feel like all you had was your wit.

There's a real emphasis on being witty in Scotland, even in crime novels.

What I don't like is snark for snark's sake. If you are going to make fun of me, at least be witty while doing it.

I need to not be typecast as big, black, and dumb but be seen as an intelligent, witty, bold, and charismatic person.

The cliches that circulate in the German media about Joachim Sauer are a total fallacy. The fact is that he's his own man. He's witty, he's profound, he can be incredibly funny, and he's an extremely bright guy.