Quotes About Quick Wit

#1. My dad's sense of humor was direct and sometimes surreal - his quick wit is well known amongst our family and friends. He raised me on Spike Jones records and W.C. Fields movies, and his sense of humor fell somewhere in between.

Tony Visconti

#2. Shiva! The Mahadev. The God of Gods. Destroyer of Evil. Passionate lover. Fierce warrior. Consummate dancer. Charismatic leader. All-powerful, yet incorruptible. A quick wit, accompanied by an equally quick and fearsome temper.

Amish Tripathi

#3. I like men with quick wit, good conversation and a great sense of humour. I love banter. I want a man to like me for me - I want him to be authentic.

Emma Watson

#4. Washington society has always demanded less and given more than any society in this country
demanded less of applause, deference,etiquette, and has accepted as current coin quick wit, appreciative tact, and a talent for talking.

M. E. W. Sherwood

#5. I'm not a quick wit. I'm only funny on paper. I mean, I'm not totally humorless! It's just that in person, I'm not quite the way I am on paper.

Mary Roach

#6. What quick wit is found in sudden straits!

Martial

#7. It is no great advantage to possess a quick wit, if it is not correct; the perfection is not speed but uniformity.

Luc De Clapiers

#8. He's the thing my teenage fantasies were made of. Woodsy male scent. Muscular, yet trim frame. A quick wit that always finds a way to pull me into a debate.

Kendall Ryan

#9. I am shocked and slightly perturbed by his exuberance and quick wit. Knock Knock Channel 4

Scott Capurro

#10. PROTEUS: Beshrew me, but you have a quick wit.
SPEED: And yet it cannot overtake your slow purse.

William Shakespeare

#11. Always quick with the wit. It's your defense, isn't it? Little girl doesn't want the world to know how sad she is, how damaged. Your words, your attitude, all a big misdirection. A magician's trick.

Chuck Wendig

#12. A trial is still an ordeal by battle. For the broadsword there is the weight of evidence; for the battle-ax the force of logic; for the sharp spear, the blazing gleam of truth; for the rapier, the quick and flashing knife of wit.

Lloyd Paul Stryker

#13. My father always said, 'Malala will be free as a bird.'

Malala Yousafzai

#14. I wouldn't mind dispatching all 3 of my room mates vile felines in this apartment. Nasty beasts. I'm just afraid I wouldn't be able to sell "curiosity" as a serial killer.

Geoffrey Hill

#15. I love you, Louise Downe McCord. You drive me absolutely crazy sometimes, and this is one of those times, but I love you.

Maggie Osborne

#16. There is a need for expertise, for real expertise. I'm not doing much to help that cause, but I think we can find the healthy balance between intellectualism and anti-intellectualism. Jocks and nerds may come together, I believe it.

John Hodgman

#17. For [the] quick in wit and light in manners be either seldom troubled or very soon weary, in carrying a very heavy purse.

Roger Ascham

#18. I am not gamesome: I do lack some part
of that quick spirit that is in Antony.

William Shakespeare

#19. One thing I teach my children and want everyone to know that even if you happen to be on a pedestal you should have the capacity to turn around and say, 'I don't know'. We are scared to go wrong. Downfall is part of life.

Shahrukh Khan

#20. It is difficult to live in and enjoy the moment when you are thinking about the past or worrying about the future.

Roy Bennett

#21. Be able to live alone, even if you don't want to and think you will never find it necessary.

Marilyn Vos Savant

#22. Wit in conversation is only a readiness of thought and a facility of expression, or a quick conception and an easy delivery.

Alexander Pope