Maggie Stiefvater Quotes

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature.

Wit is educated insolence.

Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn.'

You have a... remarkable memory." "I remember everything about you. You're the one who wasn't paying attention.

"You are fairly smart," I said after a while. "You are fairly good at compliments," he answered.

I can be sarcastic.

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.

My success comes in making fun of whatever you're doing. That's my way.

Even on the most serious ballads, I'll throw in a tongue-in-cheek remark.

Sometimes you say things with a smile with the precise intention of making it clear that you are not being serious, and are only kidding. If I salute a friend with a smile and say, 'How are you, you old scoundrel!' clearly I don't really mean he's a scoundrel.

I love to engage in repartee with people who are stupider than I am.

I don't mean to be funny.

You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty.

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.

Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke.

I was the class innuendist.

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

I can be very dry and sarcastic.

What I don't like is snark for snark's sake. If you are going to make fun of me, at least be witty while doing it.

Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for a bit of humor.

Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature.

Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humor. He will always use it in evidence against you.

Irreverence is easy - what's hard is wit.

I have friends who are so sarcastic but I never view it as mean.