Letitia Elizabeth Landon Quotes

One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and wit.

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

I don't think the show would be funny to you if you didn't already have a base of information.

I think sometimes people need to get used to an idea.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Women are very funny. Some of the funniest people I can think of are women.

People always ask me how long it takes to do my hair. I don’t know, I’m never there.

People laugh at me. Sometimes I know why, and sometimes I don't. But I can pretty much find humor in anything. That is a necessary part of life. I don't want to say laughter is healing, because it sounds corny, but it's a release.

Shut up!" Eve yelled from somewhere upstairs. "Jackass!" "You know, when people say that, I just hear the word awesome.

One of the first things I look for in a woman I meet is a sense of humor, a sort of light acceptance of the world and the people who live in it.

I have a beard. Just not on my face.

Jesting is often only indigence of intellect.

I reckon I am a smart aleck, but it is just a way to pass the time.

A good wit will make use of anything.

i never pegged you for a fan of the obvious, sam", "i'm not, otherwise, i would've said, 'hey, shouldn't you be in school ?'", "touche