Wit Appreciation Quotes

For my part I think the Learned, and Unlearned Blockhead pretty equal; for 'tis all one to me, whether a Man talk Nonsense, or unintelligible Sense, I am diverted and edified alike by either; the one enjoys himself less, but suffers his Friends to do it more; the other enjoys himself and his own Humour enough, but will let no body else do it in his Company.

I like smart jokes, I like dumb jokes, and I like dumb jokes done smartly.

I don't really dissect comedy. Nothing kills off humor more than overanalyzing it.

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

I am thankful that my name in obnoxious to no pun.

Those who object to wit are envious of it.

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

Sometimes we are inclined to class those who are once-and-a-half witted with the half-witted, because we appreciate only a third part of their wit.

To be comic is merely to be playful, but wit is a serious matter. To laugh at it is to confess that you do not understand.

Wit generally succeeds more from being happily addressed than from its native poignancy. A jest, calculated to spread at a gaming-table, may be received with, perfect indifference should it happen to drop in a mackerel-boat.