1,018 Quotes About Witty

If I wanted to go crazy I would do it in Washington because it would not be noticed

A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.

Observe it, the vulgar often laugh, but never smile, whereas well-bred people often smile, and seldom or never laugh. A witty thing never excited laughter, it pleases only the mind and never distorts the countenance.

Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.

For me, a male image that I'm really moved by is somewhere between of Oscar Wilde type of a male: the fop, the long hair, the suits, too witty for his own good, incredibly smart, scathingly funny - all that. But then my other ideal is more like the Buddhist monk - the shaved head, actually someone who sublimates their sexuality.

My father liked to moralize, and so do I. But he was in earnest, while I am embarrassed and pretend that I am merely being witty.

Facts are the enemy of truth.

Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.

#3 pencils and quadrille pads.(when asked what CAD tools he used to design the Cray I supercomputer )