Quotes about Wit
Humor is man's greatest blessing.
- Mark Twain
"Mr. Churchill you're drunk!" Mr. Churchill: "And you, Lady Astor, are ugly. As for my condition, it will pass by the morning. You, however, will still be ugly.
- Winston Churchill
My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.
- Abraham Lincoln
It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.
- Will Rogers
If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.
- Will Rogers
There is no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
- Will Rogers
I don't make jokes, I just watch the government and report the facts.
- Will Rogers
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.
- William Hazlitt
ìCommon sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
- William James
A sense of humour is the only divine quality of man
- Arthur Schopenhauer
God will forgive me. It's his job." Heine said this on his deathbed (1856). Hilarious. He must have thought that up years before and counted the seconds to use it.
- Heinrich Heine
Be good, sweet maid, and don't forget that this involves being as clever as you can.
- CS Lewis