Witty People Quotes

It is a curious fact, but a fact it is, that your witty people are the most hard-hearted in the world. The truth is, fancy destroys feeling. The quick eye to the ridiculous turns every thing to the absurd side; and the neat sentence, the lively allusion, and the odd simile, invest what they touch with something of their own buoyant nature. Humor is of the heart, and has its tears; but wit is of the head, and has only smiles - and the majority of those are bitter.

I really enjoy the people. I find them to be better educated and wittier.

Be completely honest - have you ever met someone who you thought was truly clever or interesting or witty who wore fawn?

Tired people aren't witty

For [the] quick in wit and light in manners be either seldom troubled or very soon weary, in carrying a very heavy purse.

There weren't any funny people in sports or the Spanish club. All the really creative, witty, funny people that made your belly hurt were in the theater program.

One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and wit.

If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.

The Scandinavians are dear people but they've never been what you might call bywords for wit and sparkle, have they?

With my father and sister being very depressed for most of their lives, it was incumbent on me to try to make them laugh, in this ridiculous way. They were the wittiest people I knew, but to get a smile from them was like winning the lottery.

[The Cretans have] more wit than words.

I like witty people, people who can be witty on the spot.

Every Brit I met had the best sense of humor. They're hilarious: very dry and witty.

After New York, Chicago is my favorite city. It's just this great mix of Europe and America. The friends I have there are smart and witty and fun.

All my friends are funny, witty, fun-loving people. As are my parents, and the people I work with. I get at least a couple of good laughs in every day.