Quotes about witty
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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?
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 trauma closing
Witty closing remarks have been replaced by massive head trauma and severe hemorrhaging. Jhonen Vasquez
witty power speak
To speak of the impotence of power is no longer a witty paradox. Hannah Arendt
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.
witty people observation
The ability to make witty observations is commonly refered to as "cynism" by people who lack it.
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.
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.
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 clever fun
Just play the moment, that's the fun of it. You just play the moment. It's great writing and very clever writing, I think it's witty. And I have those great clothes. You have a great, witty, intelligent script and you look like a million dollars, because we have a great costumer, and it's a pretty good place to begin. Glenn Close
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.
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 men wit
There are some men who are witty when they are in a bad humor, and others only when they are sad. Joseph Joubert
witty intelligent talking
Talking to oneself, I have often thought, is the best way to be sure of intelligent and witty conversation. Grant Morrison
witty truth philosophical
The great trick of regarding small departures from the truth as the truth itself - on which is founded the entire integral calculus - is also the basis of our witty speculations, where the whole thing would often collapse if we considered the departures with philosophical rigour. Georg C. Lichtenberg
witty lying writing
Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer.
witty men thanks
Nobody thanks a witty man for politeness when he puts himself on a par with a society in which it would not be polite to show one's wit.
witty men fool
In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man. Giacomo Casanova
witty men mind
Beauty without wit offers nothing but the enjoyment of its material charms, whilst witty ugliness captivates by the charms of the mind, and at last fulfils all the desires of the man it has captivated.