Sentence examples similar to witty formulations from inspiring English sources

While the book is made crass by the frank avidity of Ms. Druckerman's hunt for material (as opposed to wisdom), it has its share of wittier formulations.

So what good reasons would a novelist have for using quotations - those witty or poetic formulations that stand out as being borrowed from elsewhere, not invented but purloined?

"Jerry was a very witty, sweet person socially, but working with him was just hell," said the costume designer Miles White, in a formulation that is repeated by countless others ad infinitum.

Very witty.

Kind, witty soul.

The witty dazzler?

Witty until the end.

Worn-out formulations abound.

Witty moments fly past.

He is witty.

He is witty enough.