(551 quotes found)
“I'll publish, right or wrong: / Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.”
Lord Byron
“Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.”
Evelyn Waugh
“You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.”
Sacha Guitry
“Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood”
William Shakespeare
“What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.”
Oscar Wilde
“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.”
Florence King
“One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.”
Jane Austen
“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.”
Francis Bacon Sr.
“I speak two languages, Body and English.”
Mae West
“There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies”
Benjamin Franklin
