Jean de la Bruyere Quotes

to the many, witticisms not only require to be explained, like riddles, but are also like new shoes, which people require to wear many times before they get accustomed to them.

The one thing that disturbs me about Alec is that people don't realize that he's really funny.

Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.

Sometimes I make myself laugh, but that's because I appreciate my sense of humor.

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

I need a woman to have a quirky sense of humor. There's a bunch of jokes I use, and if she doesn't get them, she's probably not for me.

I'm smart and I can be really funny and interesting and I can go toe-to-toe with anybody in a conversation.

My lines are witty in nature and I love to be surrounded by people who are witty.

I've always been attracted to humor and funny people in general. It's a joy to make people laugh, but it's not as fun as laughing yourself.

People are clever, but almost no one ever devises an optimal quip precisely at the needed moment. Therefore, virtually all great one-liners are later inventions - words that people wished they had spouted, but failed to manufacture at the truly opportune instant.

If there's an intelligence behind the joke - - it's a good joke.

We often laughed at others in our house, and I picked up the craft of being polite while people were present and laughing later if there was anything to laugh about.

The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to be able to quote another's wit.

I think if the joke is in good taste - it's a good joke.

The next best thing to a very good joke is a very bad one.

It is having in some measure a sort of wit to know how to use the wit of others.

I know a lot of funny people in a lot of funny places.

I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays. You can't go anywhere without meeting clever people. The thing has become an absolute public nuisance. I wish to goodness we had a few fools left. ALGERNON: We have. JACK: I should extremely like to meet them. What do they talk about? ALGERNON: The fools? Oh! about the clever people of course. JACK: What fools.

Tired people aren't witty

Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well as see it.

I think I'm the funniest guy in a room full of unfunny people.

Be funny whenever possible, even if some people don't get it.

It's really stupid to defend your own jokes. That is for other people to do if they choose to.

A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share in another.

People who go for humor are wonderful because they do great humor. People who go for wit and end up with humor are people who have made a mistake.