Witticism Quotes

12 quotes by 12 authors

Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke. — Ambrose Bierce
Of all failures, to fail in a witticism is the worst, and the mishap is the more calamitous in a drawn-out and detailed one — Walter Savage Landor
When Harel wished to put a joke or witticism into circulation, he was in the habit of connecting it with some celebrated name, on the… — Louis Edouard Fournier
Such is life, my fellow-mummers-just like a poor player that bluffs and feints his hour upon the stage, and then cheapens down to mere nonentity.… — Joseph Furphy
I can resist anything but the temptation to make a clever witticism. — Oscar Wilde
A man often runs the risk of throwing away a witticism if he admits that it is his own. — Jean de la Bruyere
I saw that my witticism was unperceived and quietly replaced it in the treasury of my mind. — Flann O'Brien
When they were introduced, he made a witticism, hoping to be liked. She laughed extremely hard, hoping to be liked. Then each drove home alone,… — David Foster Wallace
Where do you come up with these zingers, Clint? Do you own some kind of joke factory in Indonesia where you've got eight-year-olds working ninety… — John Green
A witticism in an airport security line is like a Swiss tap - turn it on, and you instantly find yourself in hot water. — Shashi Tharoor
Sometimes a witticism has no truth behind it. — Michael Leunig
A city (Paris) where great ideas perish, done to death by a witticism. — Honore De Balzac

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