Witty Quotes

Clever sayings that celebrate sharp, quick wit.

Wit gets examined from every angle in these quotes, including the reminder that a witty saying, however sharp, proves nothing on its own. Discover more in Fool.

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

William Shakespeare

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

Quotes by William Congreve

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A witty saying proves nothing.

Voltaire

I might've been witty, but I didn't have a shtick. So, I never considered myself a comedian.

Quotes by Scott Adsit

Conquered people tend to be witty.

Quotes by Saul Bellow

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

Quotes by Sacha Guitry

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

Quotes by Rob Brydon

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature.

Quotes by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Witty, adventurous guys really rev my engine.

Quotes by Miranda Rae Mayo

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

Quotes by Merritt Patterson

The fashionable woman is sexy, witty, and dry-cleaned.

Quotes by Mary Quant

I have little brothers and sisters, and they annoy me a lot, but I love them so much because they're so smart and witty.

Quotes by Letitia Wright

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

Quotes by Giacomo Casanova

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

Quotes by George Dennison Prentice

People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.

George Eliot

Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer.

Quotes by Georg C. Lichtenberg

There's a real emphasis on being witty in Scotland, even in crime novels.

Quotes by Denise Mina

I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked.

Quotes by David Bailey

Zimbabweans are so smart and witty and able to weave together tons of situations and experiences into terminologies that are just utterly original.

Quotes by Danai Gurira

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

Quotes by Cyrano de Bergerac

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