Comedy has to be done en clair. You can’t blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear. — James Thurber Tags: #Comedy, #Witty, #Satire, #JamesThurber, #American, #AuthorMini...
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. — Florence King Tags: #Life, #Woman, #Witty, #FlorenceKing, #American, #WriterMini...
Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play. — William Congreve Tags: #Marriage, #Witty, #Dull, #WilliamCongreve, #English, #PoetMini who’s who: William Congreve : English Poet Born: February 10, 1670 Died: January 19,...
My father could be very witty, even if the humor was always on the darker side of irony. — Maurice Sendak Tags: #Father, #Irony, #Witty, #MauriceSendak, #American, #ArtistMini who’s who: Maurice Sendak : American Artist Born: June 10, 1928 Died: May 8,...
I was brought up by very witty people who were dealing with quite difficult things: disease and death… I was brought up by people who tended to giggle at funerals. — Emma Thompson Tags: #Difficult, #Witty, #Disease, #EmmaThompson, #English, #ActressMini...