I'm not witty.

- Claire Denis

I was brought up by very witty people who were dealing with quite difficult things: disease and death... I was brought up by people who tended to giggle at funerals.

- Emma Thompson

Today there are millions of people making stuff and putting it into the world: that's become part of our identity and it shouldn't be limited to people who fancy themselves writers, or who are particularly witty or talented.

- David Karp

Zimbabweans are so smart and witty and able to weave together tons of situations and experiences into terminologies that are just utterly original.

- Danai Gurira

There's a real emphasis on being witty in Scotland, even in crime novels.

- Denise Mina

Now, where does my comedy come from, like, as a human being? Yeah, when I was a kid I was dyslexic and had to go to special-ed every day and felt stupid about that and got very witty to defend myself.

- Dax Shepard

The characters can't be wittier than people are in real life. They have to be character witty.

- Dylan Moran

I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked.

- David Bailey

I wouldn't even dare read the Torah, let alone attempt a witty observation on the Torah.

- Charles Grodin

I get the impression the English kings were witty, for some reason. I feel like all you had was your wit.

- Colin Quinn

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

- Andre Maurois

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

- Christian Nestell Bovee

A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man.

- Cyrano de Bergerac

Your wit makes others witty.

- Catherine the Great

My senior year of high school, I was voted 'Wittiest.' So, several years later, I decided to try my hand at writing humor to see if I could be witty enough to make some money.

- Barbara Park

All my brothers and sisters are really witty, and I would just sit back and enjoy them.

- Bonnie Hunt

I often feel I'm a disappointment to people because they expect me to be the guy in the books. When I sit next to someone at a dinner party I can see they expect me to be quick and witty, and I'm not at all.

- Bill Bryson

Usually when people see me, they see me as more of the soft-spoken one rather than being the witty, smart-tongued character.

- Amy Acker

Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent.

- Antoine Rivarol

I feel like there's an obsession with pace right now in theater, with things being very fast and very witty and very loud, and I think we're all so freaked out about theater keeping audiences interested because everybody's so freaked out about theater becoming irrelevant.

- Annie Baker