Quotes About Wit

it's only by not taking the human race seriously that I retain what fragments of my once considerable mental powers I still possess!

I had the Irish faculty of seeing some gleam of humor in every darkness.

Watson: Get that out of my face. Sherlock: It's not in your face, it's in my hand. Watson: Get what's in your hand out of my face.

Il n'y a pas des sots si incommodes que ceux qui ont de l'esprit - Nema neugodnije budale od one koja ima nešto duha.

The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused.

But a comedian is naked. His only weapon was his wit.

baseball is a game played by the dexterous, but only understood by the Poindexterous."9

Always she had a genius for keeping herself superior to him by just the right comment on his clumsiness, the most delicate and needle- pointed comparison of him with defter men.

Take a pinch of snuff, doctor, and acknowledge that I have scored over you in your example.

When told that he is a drunk) My dear, you are ugly; but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.

I've often noticed that people equate "having a sense of humour" with "being an insensitive moron.")

she doesn't really have a sense of humor. I think she'd like to have one—it's just that she doesn't quite understand what jokes are for.

I've often noticed that people equate 'having a sense of humour' with 'being an insensitive moron'.) This

He feels like fun. He feels like cleverness and irreverence and wit and charm, all packaged up in a long, lean frame.

Just something I rustled up earlier." I wink at him. "As we Cordon Bleu chefs do." Nathaniel carves the chicken with an

A man through wit May pass another's wisdom in the race.

My life is passed in making bad jokes and seeing them turn into true prophecies.

Part of being a comedian is that it's your job to look at life and regurgitate it in a funny way, to point out its absurdities.

Nothing is so fatiguing as the life of a wit.

Anybody that makes fun of me, I'm like, 'Yeah, and then I got touched by Hugh Jackman'

I curse in everyday life, but usually when I stub my toe. The topics I'm discussing, it's not necessary to curse. I found [cursing] is a sign that a joke is not finished or well-written.

I think anyone who's perfectly happy isn't particularly funny.

People with looks are lovely. People with brains are witty. People with cash are wealthy. But people with God are truly happy.

You can find humor in everything. everything.