Amity Gaige

If you could literally 'rid' yourself of your problems by voicing them, I'd be all for it. But since that isn't so, why not reserve the spoken word for functional interactions and witticisms, if not declarations of love?

American Novelist

Peter Hitchens

I've grown tired of people impersonating world-weary cynics by intoning the old saying 'My enemy's enemy is my friend' as if it were a new-minted witticism.

English Journalist

Shashi Tharoor

A witticism in an airport security line is like a Swiss tap - turn it on, and you instantly find yourself in hot water.

Indian Public Servant

Ambrose Bierce

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

American Journalist

Phaedrus

Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they cause offense.

Roman Poet

Justin Kan

Twitter is a competition to write the most retweeted witticisms.

American Businessman

Michael Leunig

Sometimes a witticism has no truth behind it.

Australian Cartoonist

Witticisms often depend on context for their humor or cleverness, being more appreciated in informal settings.

Context Matters

The tone of a witticism should match the situation; otherwise, it might be seen as rude or inappropriate.

Tone Sensitivity

Witticisms often include cultural references or wordplay that might not translate well across different languages.

Cultural Nuance

 one of the fundamental problems of cognitive science with a single witticism. He said, "There's something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment in fact."