Jonathan Tropper

Whether I'm writing a novel about a guy mourning the death of his father or whether I'm writing a show about people killing each other, you want to hear characters speak and be funny and witty.

American Writer

Albert Schweitzer

Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.

German Theologian

Ian Hislop

My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty.

Welsh Editor

Phoebe Dynevor

I think Bridgerton' transports you into a different world. It's witty, vibrant, fun and sexy and yet its themes are relevant to the world we're living in today.

English Actress

Rachael Stirling

My instinct is to surround myself with the company of wise, witty, wonderful women, and I have a great bank of female friends of all ages.

George Dennison Prentice

A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string.

American Editor

Jami Attenberg

I know the bestseller 'Gone Girl' doesn't need an ounce of support from me, but that book was as sharp and witty as they come.

American Author

Kin Hubbard

No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more that she can be witty by only the help of speech.

American Journalist

Antoine Rivarol

Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent.

French Journalist

Frank Crane

You are wise, witty and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading this sort of stuff.

American Clergyman

Being witty involves social skills to know when a funny remark is appropriate and will be well-received.

Social Intelligence

Witty people think fast to create humorous responses that surprise and entertain others.

Quick Thinking

The term 'witty' is mostly used in casual or informal settings, rather than formal situations.

Informal Contexts

 But writing was hardly lucrative work. And although she had sparks of chemistry, she never married. Elements of her circumstances can be found in many of her characters; often intelligent women with witty, pragmatic personalities, and rich inner lives.

The wicked wit of Jane...

 in making anyone immortal, and that no wife, no matter how hard she tried, has ever stopped even the bravest, wittiest and most maddeningly lovable husband

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 my mom my mom got her her discipline from being a girl who grew up on a farm she's one of the most hardworking people i know beautiful witty wise