Quotes about Wit
I don't know what humor is.
- Will Rogers
Season of Miracles is a triumphant story with a heart of gold. Laced with wit and wisdom, the story had me chuckling out loud one minute and wiping away tears the next. Highly recommended!
- Deborah Raney
Ah Fate, cannot a man Be wise without a beard? East, West, from Beer to Dan, Say, was it never heard That wisdom might in youth be gotten, Or wit be ripe before 't was rotten?
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in seeing a man trying to leap over a ditch and tumbling into it
- Samuel Johnson
When I left the dining room after sitting next to Mr. Gladstone, I thought he was the cleverest man in England. But after sitting next to Mr. Disraeli, I thought I was the cleverest woman in England.
- Benjamin Disraeli
Far be it from me to insult the pun! I honor it in proportion to its merits; nothing more. All the most august, the most sublime, the most charming of humanity, and perhaps outside of humanity, have made puns.
- Victor Hugo
There is nothing harder to explain than humor.
- Milan Kundera
Be flirty but not too flirty. Be confident but not aggressive. Be funny but in a low-key, quiet way. Eat cheeseburgers, but don't get fat. Be chill, but don't lose control.
- Candace Bushnell
Like the saying goes: They passed out the brains, he thought they said trains and he missed his.
- Barbara Kingsolver
Smooth move, Ex-lax," I heard Art3mis say.
- Ernest Cline
We dare not trust our wit for making our house pleasant to our friend, so we buy ice cream.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.
- William Temple