When I was a kid, I was a fan of comedy. I always loved Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, and Dave… — Will Arnett Copy Share Image
I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of others to… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives. The struggle for equality continues unabated, and the… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“He had a reputation in society as a man with a lively wit, whose gaiety was pleasant and formidable – which all… — Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly Copy Share Image
“She wished she had a set of greeting cards at the ready, but Hallmark probably didn’t make any that said Thank you… — Gina Damico Copy Share Image
There are other letters for the child to learn than those which Cadmus invented. The Spaniards have a good term to express… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I think British journalists do well in America because the newspaper culture there is so strong - telling stories and presenting them… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
When does the mind put forth its powers? when are the stores of memory unlocked? when does wit 'flash from fluent lips?'… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
There is no estimating the wit and wisdom concealed and latent in our lower fellow mortals until made manifest by profound experiences;… — John Muir Copy Share Image
If I was ever a rare fine summer person, that's long ago. Most of us are half-and-half. The August noon in us… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity; it is that which gives value to every character. The ignorant peasant, without fault,… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
At the best, sarcasms, bitter irony, scathing wit, are a sort of swordplay of the mind. You pink your adversary, and he… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
It is a horrible fact that we can read in the daily paper, without interrupting our breakfast, numerical reckonings of death and… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
God is the God of the people who are at their wits end, who are right up against it with their backs… — James Salter Copy Share Image
If he who has little wit needs a master to inform his stupidity, he who has much frequently needs ten to keep… — Christian Scriver Copy Share Image
One of the great things about the 'Iron Man' franchise is that they employ fascinating actors who don't necessarily do action movies.… — Rebecca Hall Copy Share Image
As we celebrate President Reagan's remarkable career and historic legacy, we also celebrate a man of strong character, deep conviction, unforgettable charm,… — Jim Ramstad Copy Share Image
Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many books that owe their success to two… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Freud was the son of a Jewish merchant who had to move his whole family to Vienna because he couldn't get work.… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
“In a theater, it happened that a fire started offstage. The clown came out to tell the audience. They thought it was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It generally takes its rise either from an ill-will to mankind, a private inclination to make ourselves esteemed, an ostentation of wit,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“I decided to do the easy task of changing situations and conditions by being a hero, than staying back to do the… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“By my hand and for the good of the state; the bearer has done what has been done. Hmmmm ~~~ one should… — Cardinal Richelieu Four Musketeers Copy Share Image
Kyria Abrahams, former teen bride of a doomsday cult and seeker of salvation in slam poetry, tells the terribly funny story of… — Janice Erlbaum Copy Share Image
I believe that in games, when you're talking about pitting my wits and my brain against your wits and your brain, that… — Nolan Bushnell Copy Share Image
England gave me a chance. It's a very individual country where people have a personal style; they don't all follow a trend.… — Mario Testino Copy Share Image
If he had his wits about him Bunny would surely keep his mouth shut; but now, with his subconscious mind knocked loose… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
No. The moral of the story in so far as it has one is that cannibals can study logic, and that if… — Nick Harkaway Copy Share Image
Washington society has always demanded less and given more than any society in this country--demanded less of applause, deference,etiquette, and has accepted… — M. E. W. Sherwood Copy Share Image
“We both smile at the classic misunderstanding. It’s all so cliché-ridden, it’s embarrassing. I wish our story could have some more original… — Stacy Kramer Copy Share Image
I am a passionate devotee of the Howard Hawks' screwball comedies of the 1930s and the 1940s, where I think that the… — Allison Pearson Copy Share Image
The actor has the advantage - or the liability - of knowing, "It's going to be my face up there on the… — William H. Macy Copy Share Image
Though your views are in straight antagonism to theirs, assume an identity of sentiment, assume that you are saying precisely thatwhich all… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I have never injured anybody with a mordant poem; my verse contains charges against nobody. Ingenuous, I have shunned wit steeped in… — Ovid Copy Share Image
My work requires acting at its most committed - it demands actors of enormous resilience, but also intelligence and wit. It doesn't… — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
No matter how much restriction civilization imposes on the individual, he nevertheless finds some way to circumvent it. Wit is the best… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Humour is the making others act or talk absurdly and unconsciously; wit is the pointing out and ridiculing that absurdity consciously, and… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
“I miss you, sister," he say. "I miss me too," she say. Always too clever but not clever enough to know when… — Marlon James Copy Share Image
“Cardinal Campeggio has implored Katherine to bow to the king's will, accept that her marriage is invalid and retire to a convent.… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
My dad's sense of humor was direct and sometimes surreal - his quick wit is well known amongst our family and friends.… — Tony Visconti Copy Share Image
