Quotes about witty
witty hands habit
Every habit makes our hand more witty, and out wit more handy. Friedrich Nietzsche
witty glasses playboy
I would read Playboy more often, but my glasses keep steaming up. George Burns
witty mean men
Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well. George Bernard Shaw
witty war british-soldiers
The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. George Bernard Shaw
witty people observation
The ability to make witty observations is commonly refered to as "cynism" by people who lack it. George Bernard Shaw
witty humorous men
There are some experiences in life which should not be demanded twice from any man, and one of them is listening to the Brahms Requiem. George Bernard Shaw
witty powerful women
Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man. Erica Jong
witty pride vanity
Pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty. George Eliot
witty powerful humorous
Imitation is the sincerest form of television. Fred Allen
witty purpose
Every one is witty for his owne purpose. George Herbert
witty self able
The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to be able to quote another's wit.
witty brain enough
My brain's not sharp enough to come up with a witty comment. Chris Pine
witty mistake inspiration
Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes. F. Scott Fitzgerald
witty airports people
I frankly felt like the reception we received on the way in from the airport was very warm and hospitable. And I want to thank the Canadian people who came out to wave -- with all five fingers -- for their hospitality. George W. Bush
witty nature children
Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning? George W. Bush
witty people literature
People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate. George Eliot
witty rights choices
Until the day arrives when all women decide that our rights are not negotiable, our future choices will not be secure. Faye Wattleton
witty men thinking
Lukewarm persons think they may accommodate points of religion by middle ways and witty reconcilements,--as if they would make an arbitrament between God and man. Francis Bacon
witty integrity judging
Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. Francis Bacon
witty mean people
...whatever other qualities Jews may posses, likable or the reverse, no one who knows them well can deny that they are personally interesting. By that I mean, specially alive, alert, quick at comprehending people or events and at making pungent or witty comments on them... One might at times find the rather hothouse family atmosphere, with it intensities and frictions, somewhat trying, but one could be sure of never being bored.
witty horse strong
I think Irish women are strong as horses, incredibly loyal and for the most part, funny, witty, bright and optimistic in the face of devastating reality. Fionnula Flanagan
witty ignorance knowledge
In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance. Henry Miller
witty dull deeper
Who can prove Wit to be witty when with deeper ground Dulness intuitive declares wit dull? George Eliot
witty
You're just as witty as you feel, just as witty as you feel inside.
witty humorous science
All science is either physics or stamp collecting. Ernest Rutherford
witty humorous insightful
The only possible conclusion the social sciences can draw is: some do, some don't. Ernest Rutherford
witty struggle people
Plainly, this unwillingness to give ground even on unimportant disagreements is the symptom of some deepseated insecurity, as was my one-time fondness for making teasing remarks (which I amended when I read Anthony Powell's matter-of-fact observation that teasing is an unfailing sign of misery within) and as is my very pronounced impatience. The struggle, therefore, is to try and cultivate the virtuous side of these shortcomings: to be a genial host while only slightly whiffled, for example, or to be witty at the expense of one's own weaknesses instead of those of other people. Christopher Hitchens
witty impact sides
I have a goofy side that impacts my clothing a lot. To that end, I love witty, colorful, prints. Mindy Kaling
witty fearless harry-dresden
Ack!" I said. Fearless master of the witty dialogue, that's me. Jim Butcher
witty sides being-depressed
Being witty was the only side effect of being depressed that was working for me. Jessi Klein
witty laughter ignorance
Laugh not too much; the witty man laughs least: For wit is news only to ignorance. Lesse at thine own things laugh; lest in the jest Thy person share, and the conceit advance. George Herbert
witty inches delicious
I am so frickin' cool and delicious and pretty and witty and sharp! I love every inch of me! Who wouldn't? Kris Carr
witty women laughing
A woman may have a witty tongue or a stinging pen but she will never laugh at her own individual shortcomings. Irvin S. Cobb