Dry Wit Quotes

My comedic instinct, is a little bit more rooted in - my mother's British so I've always been more of the dry receiver of the crazy as opposed to the initiator of the crazy. I'm kind of predisposed to be the straight man.

English humor resembles the Loch Ness Monster in that both are famous but there is a strong suspicion that neither exists.

We're weird guys. I don't know if a lot of people get our humor. A lot of people probably think we're jerks. We're real sarcastic. Really ironic and stuff. We mean well, but we joke around probably a lot more than we should.

By the power of Steven Wright's Beard!

Americans just don't understand dry wit.

Humor is the mistress of tears.

I've noticed that when people are joking they're usually dead serious, and when they're serious, they're usually pretty funny.

I have an incredibly dry sense of humor.

I love Steven Wright.

I love British humor. It's just so - surreal.

I have some sarcastic sides of me.

Whenever someone asks me if I want water with my Scotch, I say I'm thirsty, not dirty.

You hear people talking about a Scottish sense of humour, or a Glaswegian sense of humour, all sorts of countries and cities think that they've got this thing that they're funny. I read about the Liverpudlian sense of humour and I was like, 'Aye? What's that then?' You get that and you especially hear about a dark Glaswegian sense of humour.

Mmm. O positive, my favorite.” “Is it? I thought it was a cabernet sauvignon.” “So it is,” said Adrian, straight-faced. “My mistake.

I like a very dry wit, not the big kind of humor like Robin Williams. I don't think I'm capable of that.

Ironic people always dissolve when confronted with earnestness, it's their kryptonite

I like sarcasm. I like snark.

As I get older, I think I'm more interested in comedy that doesn't take cheap shots. But I watched some of that Justin Bieber "roast" and I thought it was hilarious.

I am billed as a humorist, but of course I am a tragedian at heart.

I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege of laughing when I please.

You just can't take yourself too seriously, especially in comedy. You shouldn't try to be funny, but you should try to be as honest as possible. The extreme end of honesty is usually what's funny. That's your job [as an actor]. You just have to let people see it.

British humour is very cruel. It's my favourite kind of humour; if it isn't cruel and funny it doesn't really cut the cake for me.

He had a habit of remarking to bartenders that he didn't see any sense in mixing whiskey with water since the whiskey was already wet.

My brand of humor is trying to play the situation as real as possible because I'm not the type of guy who is a joke a minute.

One should have wit, but not wish to have it; otherwise there will be witticism, the Alexandrian style of wit.