Witty Quotes

It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.

In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man.

Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.

Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated.

The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism destroys wit, so women must choose between taking lovers and taking no prisoners.

No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more that she can be witty by only the help of speech.

You are wise, witty and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading this sort of stuff.

Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.

You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty.

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.

A witty saying proves nothing.

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.

A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string.

A woman may have a witty tongue or a stinging pen but she will never laugh at her own individual shortcomings.

My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty.

Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long separation.

The chance to be seen as a warm, witty guy is too good an opportunity for a politician to miss.

I fear nothing so much as a man who is witty all day long.

A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man.

There is an element of seduction in shoes that doesn't exist for men. A woman can be sexy, charming, witty or shy with her shoes.