Witty Quotes

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

This is one of his most human and most amusing and witty novels. The characters are very Indian. I decided that I wanted to do a comedy, so this was just the right one.

If you fight angry, you make a lot of mistakes, and when you fight a sharp, witty fighter like me, you can't make mistakes.

It's very witty and it's great to see teenage characters have control that way. And you can actually hear about sex and pot and it's okay, it's not completely bad and you can't say that to teenagers.

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.

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

A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am.

Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical.

They sit there in committees day after day, And they each put in a color and it comes out gray. And we all have heard the saying, which is true as well as witty, That a camel is a horse that was designed by a committee.

Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.

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

In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man.

Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.

If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.

The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism destroys wit, so women must choose between taking lovers and taking no prisoners.

Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.

You are wise, witty and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading this sort of stuff.

It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.

I'm hopefully touring with Colin Baker next year in Perfect Strangers. I have performed with Sylvia Simms in poetry and music evenings. I would love to do those for the rest of my career - they are so fun and witty.

You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty.