Humor Quote by Dorothy Parker

There's a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.

— Dorothy Parker

“Wit, after all, is the unfailing symptom of intelligence.”

— Christopher Hitchens

“Simple words can be given powerful meanings. Wit and wisdom are simple words that speak to truth.”

— Jim Boyd

Wit is that which has been often thought, but never before was well expressed.

— Samuel Johnson

“There are no fools so troublesome as those that have wit.”

— Benjamin Franklin

The best thing next to wit is a consciousness that it is not in us; without wit, a man might then know how to…

— Jean de la Bruyere

Whatever has "wit enough to keep it sweet" defies corruption and outlasts all time; but the wit must be of that outward and visible…

— Agnes Repplier

“Wit, after all, is a mighty tart, pungent ingredient, and much too acid for some stomachs; but honest good humour is the oil and…

— Washington Irving

“The definition of wit is a joke that doesn't make you laugh.”

— A.A. Gill

Wit is the clash and reconcilement of incongruities; the meeting of extremes round a corner.

— Leigh Hunt

“Stupidity is brief and guileless, while wit equivocates and hides. Wit is a scoundrel, while stupidity is honest and sincere.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A small degree of wit, accompanied by good sense, is less tiresome in the long run than a great amount of wit without it.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld