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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.

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

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

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.

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

The characters can't be wittier than people are in real life. They have to be character 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.

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.

Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent.

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

A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am.

Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical.

Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long separation.

Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.

Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated.

Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.

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

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

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

They sit there in committees day after day, And they each put in a color and it comes out gray. And we all have heard the saying, which is true as well as witty, That a camel is a horse that was designed by a committee.