Behind Quote by Michael Leunig Download Open image “Sometimes a witticism has no truth behind it.” — Michael Leunig ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Behind Sometimes Truth
The character of false wit is that of appearing to depend only upon reason. — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
Every witticism is an inexact thought; that which is perfectly true is imperfectly witty. — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
There's a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Wit, like poetry, is insusceptible of being constructed upon rules founded merely in reason. Like faith, it exists independent of reason, and sometimes in… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
One should have wit, but not wish to have it; otherwise there will be witticism, the Alexandrian style of wit. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
I saw that my witticism was unperceived and quietly replaced it in the treasury of my mind. — Flann O'Brien Copy Share Image
If you write something wrong enough, I'll be glad to make up a new witticism just for you. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
In my journey as a cartoonist, I seem to have accidentally stumbled into all sorts of traps, damnations and blacklists. — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
There are only two feelings, Love and fear: There are only two languages, Love and fear: There are only two activities, Love and fear:… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
If European symbols and traditions have grown tired, perfunctory and oppressively banal in Australia, or been drained of spirit and meaning by the dreary… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
Socialised humanity represses nature and degrades human nature; it takes life and waters it down - probably to control it - diluting existence with… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
I became a cartoonist because I'd sort of failed at everything else, really. I mean, it was by default. — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
I never really understood who the Magi were as a child. What is a Magi? Not a word I would use, but a magpie… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
God bless this tiny little boat, And me who travels in it. It stays afloat for years and years, And sinks within a minute.… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
There can be many reasons to travel, but wandering into the world for no particular reason is a sublime madness, which in all its… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
Life seems sadly mishandled by humans, as if it's all too much for them - they spend so much time and energy hurting each… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I wonder: when a Jehovah's Witness dies and goes to Heaven, does God hide behind the door and pretend He's not home? — Brian Celio Copy Share Image
I'm not the type of player that's going to run in behind or go past three and score. — Peter Crouch Copy Share Image
I hadn't been to drama school. I hadn't been to university and acted there. I had no qualifications behind me. — David Jason Copy Share Image
For girls who want to get their waistline down a little bit and don't have any weights in the house, they can actually use… — Pepa Copy Share Image
My sister-in-law works for a group that supports orphanages in Cairo. She and her colleagues take care of children left behind by circumstances beyond… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
I'm not on any social media; I don't even know what things are. I'm so behind the times. — Rosemarie DeWitt Copy Share Image
I think we were raised in a nice Texas Jewish family where education was the most important thing, and close behind that was the… — Lisa Loeb Copy Share Image
I am hands-on in any project that I am associated with. I just don't want to put my face or name and lend it… — Kim Kardashian Copy Share Image
I don't really have loads of friends - three or four who are close. The thing that I love the most is playing with… — Tom Odell Copy Share Image
There's something about the superheroes and the idea behind their relationship with humans, whether it's a metaphor for the better part of ourselves, or… — Clark Gregg Copy Share Image
