Witty Quotes
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Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
Elizabeth I
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A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man.
Cyrano De Bergerac
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Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play
William Congreve
Subject: Courtship QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
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Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood
William Shakespeare
Keywords: affectation :: be :: conceitedness :: conversation :: falsehood :: free :: indecency :: learned :: novel :: pleasant :: scurrility :: should :: without :: wittySubject: Conversation QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
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When asked by German Cosmopolitan (3/00) if she would like having herself as a daughter she replied, "Well of course. I am a good person, nice, smart, witty, trustworthy, know nice people, don`t do drugs and earn a lot of money." On what she likes about h...
Natalie Portman
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It`s much simpler to be tortured on camera or to be filmed losing your mind. Whereas a script that has characters who are honest, witty and genuine... is often much harder to act.
Ellen Page
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We all have our distinct things. Leaf [brother Joaquin Phoenix] was the family clown--very witty, very smart. Mom had to work a lot, so Rainbow [sister Rain Phoenix] was the mother and the older sister and trendsetter. Liberty [sister Liberty Phoenix] was...
River Phoenix
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[on Marilyn Monroe] There were two entirely unrelated sides to Marilyn. You would not be far out if you described her as schizoid; the two people that she was could hardly have been more different. She was so adorable, so witty, such incredible fun and mo...
Laurence Olivier
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Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated.
Alex Garwood
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Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.
Alex Garwood
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Well, remember what you said, because in a day or two, I`ll have a witty and blistering retort! You`ll be devastated THEN!
Andy Coen
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We saw him for the first time at Ocean Reef in Key Largo about a year ago. Within minutes of witnessing his presentation, we felt that this would be a wonderful vehicle for the guild. He is very literate, very witty, the essence of Irish charm.
Robert Turner
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This is one of his most human and most amusing and witty novels. The characters are very Indian. I decided that I wanted to do a comedy, so this was just the right one.
Ismail Merchant
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They sit there in committees day after day, And they each put in a color and it comes out gray. And we all have heard the saying, which is true as well as witty, That a camel is a horse that was designed by a committee.
Allan Sherman
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The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism destroys wit, so women must choose between taking lovers and taking no prisoners.
Aleta Jackson
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The Queen`s Sister is a dramatic gift - a witty and irreverent royal romp. Princess Margaret`s life was so vibrant and conflicted that this was a story dying to be told,
Antrel Rolle
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The characters can`t be wittier than people are in real life. They have to be character witty.
Dylan Moran
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Nothing is more witty and grotesque than ancient mythology and Christianity; that is because they are so mystical.
Alex Garwood
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Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long separation.
Alex Garwood
Keywords: after :: befriended :: inspiration :: is :: like :: long :: many :: of :: reunion :: separation :: surprising :: the :: thoughts :: wittySource: brainyquote.com
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Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.
Francis Bacon
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In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man.
Giacomo Casanova
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I remembered Autumn`s grandmother telling her that she has to be the woman of the family when Antoinette went to jail. And she was the glue of that family, a bright, witty and special little girl. She would bring laughter to everyone when things were down...
Paola Mendoza
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I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked.
David Bailey
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He is forced to be literate about the illiterate, witty about the witless and coherent about the incoherent.
Art Kehoe
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Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent.
Al Brooks
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Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
Francis Bacon
Source: brainyquote.com
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A woman may have a witty tongue or a stinging pen but she will never laugh at her own individual shortcomings.
Irvin S. Cobb
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Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.
William Shakespeare
Keywords: affectation :: be :: conceitedness :: conversation :: falsehood :: free :: indecency :: learned :: novel :: pleasant :: scurrility :: should :: without :: wittySource: quotationspage.com
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You can pretend to be serious; you can`t pretend to be witty.
Sacha Guitry
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A witty saying proves nothing.
Voltaire
Subject: Quotations QuotesSource: quotationspage.com
