Quotes about witty
witty party two
No one party can fool all of the people all of the time; that's why we have two parties Bob Hope
witty humorous blow
C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg. Bjarne Stroustrup
witty illustration stories
A witty illustration or an apt story will accomplish more than columns of argument. Chauncey Depew
witty fun lying
Go, write it in a martial hand; be curst and brief; it is no matter how witty, so it be eloquent and fun of invention: taunt him with the licence of ink: if thou thou'st him some thrice, it shall not be amiss; and as many lies as will lie in thy shee. William Shakespeare
witty learning dinner
I praise God for you, sir: your reasons at dinner have been sharp and sententious; pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, audacious without impudency, learned without opinion, and strange with-out heresy.
witty stupid trying
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. James Thurber
witty guy nasty
Phil Hartman was brilliant, and Dave Foley is a really funny guy. Phil Hartman was actually even funnier offstage than he was onstage because he would say nasty things. Dave Foley's very funny, very witty guy, very quick. Joe Rogan
witty secret chess
... Tarrasch's 'dogmas' are not eternal truisms, but merely instructional material presented in an accessible and witty form, those necessary rudiments from which one can begin to grasp the secrets of chess ... Garry Kasparov
witty badass mistake
A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines. Frank Lloyd Wright
witty party men
In every civilization, life grows easier. Men grow lazier in consequence. We have a picture of what happened to the individual Greek. (I cannot look at history, or at any human action, except as I look at the individual.) The Greeks had good food, good witty talk, pleasant dinner parties; and they were content. When the individual man had reached that condition in Athens, when the thought not of giving to the state but of what the state could give to him, Athens' freedom was doomed. Edith Hamilton
witty men thinking
Most men will not swim before they are able to.” Is that not witty? Naturally, they won't swim! They are born for the solid earth, not for the water. And naturally they wont think. They are made for life, not for thought. Yes, and he who thinks, what’s more, he who makes thought his business, he may go far in it, but he has bartered the solid earth for the water all the same, and one day he will drown. Hermann Hesse
witty men giving
The discreet man finds out the talents of those he converses with, and knows how to apply them to proper uses. Accordingly, if we look into particular communities and divisions of men, we may observe that it is the discreet man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brave, who guides the conversation, and gives measures to the society. Joseph Addison
witty men thinking
It is a melancholy consideration that there should be several among us so hardened and deluded as to think an oath a proper subject for a jest; and to make this, which is one of the most solemn acts of religion, an occasion of mirth. Yet such is the depravation of our manners at present, that nothing is more frequent than to hear profligate men ridiculing, to the best of their abilities, these sacred pledges of their duty and allegiance; and endeavouring to be witty upon themselves, for daring to prevaricate with God and man.
witty wind sailing
There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Kenneth Grahame
witty stories may
Well, well, perhaps I am a bit of a talker. A popular fellow such as I am -- my friends get round me -- we chaff, we sparkle, we tell witty stories -- and somehow my tongue gets wagging. I have the gift of conversation. I've been told I ought to have a salon, whatever that may be.
witty real memorable
Gritty and witty, The Chicago Way is done the classic Raymond Chandler Way. Harvey's taut plot, snappy prose, and memorable characters make this debut novel a real winner. Kathy Reichs
witty fun years
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. Louise Jameson
witty laughter people
Observe it, the vulgar often laugh, but never smile, whereas well-bred people often smile, and seldom or never laugh. A witty thing never excited laughter, it pleases only the mind and never distorts the countenance. Lord Chesterfield
witty humorous thinking
I think it would be a good idea. Mahatma Gandhi
witty humorous food
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
witty years two
After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood Fred Thompson
witty time powerful
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. Napoleon Bonaparte
witty funny-inspirational business
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
witty new-york real
I'm going to show you the real New York - witty, smart, and international - like any metropolis. Tell me this: where in Europe can you find old Hungary, old Russia, old France, old Italy? In Europe you're trying to copy America, you're almost American. But here you'll find Europeans who immigrated a hundred years ago - and we haven't spoiled them. Oh, Gio! You must see why I love New York. Because the whole world's in New York.... Oriana Fallaci
witty cat nerves
A cat is witty, he has nerve, he knows how to do precisely the right thing at the right moment. Henri Poincare
witty pain self
Remorse presupposes enough self-forgetfulness to feel the pain ofothers. Helen Prejean
witty money men
Sir, money, money, the most charming of all things; money, which will say more in one moment than the most elegant lover can in years. Perhaps you will say a man is not young; I answer he is rich. He is not genteel, handsome, witty, brave, good-humored, but he is rich, rich, rich, rich, rich -that one word contradicts everything you can say against him. Henry Fielding
witty sex minutes
He in a few minutes ravished this fair creature, or at least would have ravished her, if she had not, by a timely compliance, prevented him.
witty children doing-nothing
When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
witty disease-and-death people
I was brought up by very witty people who were dealing with quite difficult things: disease and death... I was brought up by people who tended to giggle at funerals. Emma Thompson
witty guilt accepting
The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt. Ayn Rand
witty humorous healing
You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.
witty where-you-are
Make the most of What you have, When you have it, Where you are. Eleanor Roosevelt