#witty

A witty saying proves nothing. ↗

— Voltaire

#proves #saying #witty

He had not the makings of that honest man to whom success comes naturally. ↗

— James Jones

#witty #nature

Every habit makes our hand more witty, and out wit more handy. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#handy #witty #witty

Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#another #being #best #next #quote

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. ↗

— James Thurber

#clear #comedy #done #edge #famous

You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty. ↗

— Sacha Guitry

#serious #witty #you

But life is not like that. You are not an airline. You can't remove a single olive from every salad served in first class and save one point two million dollars. ↗

— Lynn Messina

#life

I want to write my own eulogy, and I want to write it in Latin. It seems only fitting to read a dead language at my funeral. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#dead-language #death #eulogy #funeral #funny

Of course you can have a true Shadowhunter name," Will said. "You can have mine." Tessa stared at him, all black and white against the black-and-white snow and stone. "Your name?" Will took a step toward her, till they stood face-to-face. Then he reached to take her hand and slid off her glove, which he put into his pocket. He held her bare hand in his, his fingers curved around hers. His hand was warm and callused, and his touch made her shiver. His eyes were steady and blue; they were everything that Will was: true and tender, sharp and witty, loving and kind. "Marry me," he said. "Marry me, Tess. Marry me and be called Tessa Herondale. Or be Tessa Gray, or be whatever you wish to call yourself, but marry me and stay with me and never leave me, for I cannot bear another day of my life to go by that does not have you in it. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#love #marriage-proposal #tessa-gray #will-herondale #witty

Sorry, Bex," Jason said "You don't have the recognizable facial characteristics - such as a huge chin, or a large amount of real estate between the eyes - that would merit the bestowing of a criminal mastermind nickname such as Lockjaw or Walleye. Whereas Crazytop here...well, just look at her." "Atleast I can blow-dry my hair straight," I pointed out. "Which is more than what I can say for your nose, Hawkface. ↗

— Meg Cabot

#cabot #funny #how #mastermind #meg