Zitat des Tages über Witzig / Witty:
In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man.
Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated.
John F. Kennedy brought style and charisma to the White House and a first family that captivated the country: a handsome, witty president, an elegant first lady, and two adorable young children.
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
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 witty saying proves nothing.
Witty, adventurous guys really rev my engine.
Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.
Now, where does my comedy come from, like, as a human being? Yeah, when I was a kid I was dyslexic and had to go to special-ed every day and felt stupid about that and got very witty to defend myself.
The characters can't be wittier than people are in real life. They have to be character witty.
Your wit makes others witty.
A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string.
Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.
I often feel I'm a disappointment to people because they expect me to be the guy in the books. When I sit next to someone at a dinner party I can see they expect me to be quick and witty, and I'm not at all.
Conquered people tend to be witty.
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.
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.
Never try to be witty with U.S. airport officials. It's always lost on them and you'll find yourself being put back on the plane.
People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.
Phil Hartman was brilliant, and Dave Foley is a really funny guy. Phil Hartman was actually even funnier offstage than he was onstage because he would say nasty things. Dave Foley's very funny, very witty guy, very quick.
Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.
You are wise, witty and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading this sort of stuff.
A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.
This is one of his most human and most amusing and witty novels. The characters are very Indian. I decided that I wanted to do a comedy, so this was just the right one.
Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long separation.
I love John Updike immoderately. I am profoundly shocked that he has gone because he was, for me, the greatest American writer of the second half of the 20th century. He was also a gracious, charming, and witty man.
Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent.
Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.
If there's ever a woman who's smart, funny, or witty, people are afraid of that, so they don't write that. They only write parts for women where they let everything be steamrolled over them, where they let people wipe their feet all over them.
Today there are millions of people making stuff and putting it into the world: that's become part of our identity and it shouldn't be limited to people who fancy themselves writers, or who are particularly witty or talented.
I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked.
A lot of comics fly by the seat of their pants, and they pride themselves on being witty, quick, and off-the-cuff. That's not my show. I wrote a show, and I want to do the show I wrote. I'm not interested in what the audience has to say.
A woman may have a witty tongue or a stinging pen but she will never laugh at her own individual shortcomings.
You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty.
As soon as she gets her divorce one of us is going to marry her. We don't know which. She is about as beautiful a woman as I ever saw, and very witty and well-informed, but it would cost a good deal to keep her in diamonds.
If someone makes you feel wrong-footed, you're unlikely to find them witty.
