Top 417 Witty Quotes & Sayings

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

Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated.

I'm not witty.

Every one is witty for his owne purpose.

History is not just cruel. It is witty.

New Year's resolution: To refrain from saying witty, unkind things, unless they are really witty and irreparably damaging.

Melancholy men, of all others, are the most witty.

Just play the moment, that's the fun of it. You just play the moment. It's great writing and very clever writing, I think it's witty. And I have those great clothes. You have a great, witty, intelligent script and you look like a million dollars, because we have a great costumer, and it's a pretty good place to begin.

I had a quick family. Very witty. I learned my rhythm from that.

A person who speaks cleverly is witty; one who asks questions is smart.

Camels are wonderful animals. Witty, intelligent and sensitive.

My parents have always had a great sense of humor. And I really appreciate good humor in songs, witty lyrics that sneak up on you and then you listen again, and say: 'That's so funny.' John Prine's songs have always had this really witty tone.

Trying to be witty leads to lying, more or less.

Women, somehow, have the same fear of witty men as of fireworks.

I like a girl who's smart, they have to be able to grasp witty sarcasm.

Truth, when witty, is the wittiest of all things.

Glenda Adams has written a wicked and witty novel.

Witty, brooding, contemplative, explosive: take your pick.

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

You may be witty, but not satirical.

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

Count on Jill Shalvis for a witty, steamy, unputdownable love story.

The humorous story is American, the comic story is English, the witty story is French. The humorous story depends for its effect upon the manner of the telling;the comic and the witty story upon the matter.

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

I'm not saying that charming, witty and warm copy won't sell. I'm just saying I've seen thousands of charming, witty campaigns that didn't sell.

My lines are witty in nature and I love to be surrounded by people who are witty.

Witty, adventurous guys really rev my engine.

A witty quote proves nothing.

Tired people aren't witty

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

A witty saying proves nothing.

I adore pretty things & witty words.

My brain's not sharp enough to come up with a witty comment.

If you want to be witty, say what you think at all times

Between funny and witty Falls the shadow

I love Stephen Fry. His tweets are witty, poignant, and intelligent.

He--the country parson--is not witty or learned or eloquent, but holy.

To speak of the impotence of power is no longer a witty paradox.

A woman can be sexy, charming, witty or shy with her shoes.

Witty and mean is easy - but fond and funny is hard.

There are some men who are witty when they are in a bad humor, and others only when they are sad.

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

I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.

A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.

Old Madame du Deffand and her friends talked for fifty years without stopping. And of it all, what remains? Perhaps three witty sayings. So that we are at liberty to suppose either that nothing was said, or that nothing witty was said, or that the fraction of three witty sayings lasted eighteen thousand two hundred and fifty nights, which does not leave a liberal allowance of wit for any one of them.

No, sir, I'm not saying that charming, witty and warm copy won't sell. I'm just saying I've seen thousands of charming, witty campaigns that didn't sell.

Your wit makes others witty.

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

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

My commentary's hilarious, not witty.

A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures.

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

Your wits make others witty.

Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it kills you.

I look for fun and smarts - a witty, strong sexy woman.

I don't think I'm a witty person. To me, a witty person is a funny person who is also a smart person. My friend David Rakoff, who died a few years ago, he was a witty person. Fran Lebowitz is a witty person. I don't think there are that many witty people around, so you tend to notice them when they do come around. I don't consider myself to be that.

I was not a witty girl.

There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

Ack!" I said. Fearless master of the witty dialogue, that's me.