Witty Quotes

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

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked.

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

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.

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

A witty saying proves nothing.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

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

Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.

Your wit makes others witty.

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

I like quips. I like whiffs of cynicism and I think they can be witty. But I don't really know where wittiness is constructive.

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

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

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

Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated.

I fear nothing so much as a man who is witty all day long.

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