If you run after wit, you will succeed in catching folly.

If folly disappeared, wit would starve.

— Mason Cooley

With the latitude of unbounded scurrility, it is easy enough to attain the character of a wit, especially when it is considered how wonderfully…

— Henry Fielding

Lord, enlighten thou our enemies. Sharpen their wits, give acuteness to their perceptions, and consecutiveness and clearness to their reasoning powers: we are in…

— John Stuart Mill

Laugh as loud as you please at your companion's wit; do not even smile at his folly.

— Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann

I love enemies, though not in the Christian way. They amuse me, excite my blood. Being always on one’s guard, catching every glance, the…

— Mikhail Lermontov

Attitudes truly are contagious, and from time to time we need to ask ourselves, 'Is mine worth catching?'

— Mac Anderson

For some people, getting pregnant is as easy as catching cold." And there certainly was an analogy there: Colds and babies were both caused…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Bird taxonomy is a difficult field because of the severe anatomical constraints imposed by flight. There are only so many ways to design a…

— Jared Diamond

Some kids win the lottery at birth; far too many don't - and most people have a hard time catching up over the rest…

— James Heckman

Conversation, n.: A vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.

— Ambrose Bierce

I'll just do a round around of the house and make sure the rest of the family are fast asleep. We don't want that…

— Kerstin Gier

When you mention to people growing up in Cleveland they bring up the river catching on fire, or LeBron James leaving, they have these…

— Celeste Ng

Discovering witnesses is just as important as catching criminals.

— Simon Wiesenthal

When they [people with insomnia] start worrying about not sleeping, I'll say, "Say the mantra to myself; if I don't sleep tonight, I'll likely…

— Shelby Harris

I was 3-years-old - to this day it is a vivid memory. My family and I were on a boat, catching fish. As one…

— Joaquin Phoenix