Quotes About Wit

I think I hang out with some pretty witty people, but we're never that funny.

I like witty people, people who can be witty on the spot.

Whether I'm writing a novel about a guy mourning the death of his father or whether I'm writing a show about people killing each other, you want to hear characters speak and be funny and witty.

If someone makes you feel wrong-footed, you're unlikely to find them witty.

My goal was becoming the next David Copperfield. I learned how to be a performer by emulating him as a kid - his formula of just talking to people onstage, being free to improvise, being charming and witty with a crowd, together with great, beautiful magic.

Female movie stars from the pre-Code era of Hollywood, like Mae West, could be so raunchy and witty before they were edited. Sometimes they could go further in their wit than we go now.

You can't just be crass without being witty. Angry crass is horrible.

I had a quick family. Very witty. I learned my rhythm from that.

Queen Elizabeth is reserved when she meets strangers - but with friends and family she can be very witty.

My parents have always had a great sense of humor. And I really appreciate good humor in songs, witty lyrics that sneak up on you and then you listen again, and say: 'That's so funny.' John Prine's songs have always had this really witty tone.

I might've been witty, but I didn't have a shtick. So, I never considered myself a comedian.

There is still a lot to be said for the well-made, witty, clever, three-act comedy.

All my brothers and sisters are really witty, and I would just sit back and enjoy them.

I've always liked older women. One sad thing about being my age is that there are no older women. I used to amuse my mother's friends even at five or six with witty turns of phrase. Somehow, I just knew how to be funny.

I have little brothers and sisters, and they annoy me a lot, but I love them so much because they're so smart and witty.

I say funny stuff in my lyrics to make people laugh, but it's all in the seriousness of the music. I'm just being witty.

What's that one that people seem to like so much? 'Fleabag.' I watched that and it was that sort of Oxbridge 'Oh, I'm so clever and witty, aren't I?' I don't like that stuff. But then I don't like 'Mrs Brown's Boys' either. I like things that are clever but hide it.

I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks.

Show me one guy or woman as funny as Rodney Dangerfield or as good as George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, or Joan Rivers. There are a lot of good comics out there, no doubt, but as far as the quality of the comics goes, I think what you have is a bunch of situational comics.

A woman who knows that she doesn't have to get all decked out to look good is sexy. A woman who can make you feel smart with her conversation skills is also sexy. I believe the sense of humor is important.

This man is frank and earnest with women. In Fresno, he's Frank and in Chicago he's Ernest.

You do a clean show and it's over and the audience have enjoyed themselves and you've enjoyed yourself, and you haven't had to resort to shock.

My theory is that comedy comes from little people.

Only man has dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.