It is unpardonable conceit not to laugh at your own jokes. Joking is undignified; that is why it is so good for… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
A voyage to the moon, however romantick and absurd the scheme may now appear, since the properties of air have been better… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Most of you probably didn't know that I have a new book out. Some guy put together a collection of my wit… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Wit goes for the jugular, not the jocular, and it's the opposite of football; instead of building character, it tears it down. — Florence King Copy Share Image
Whatever has "wit enough to keep it sweet" defies corruption and outlasts all time; but the wit must be of that outward… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
His jest will savour but of shallow wit, When thousands weep, more than did laugh at it. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Cleverness is like rouge - liberal application makes a woman look common and desperate. Wit is knowing how to apply it. — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
For, until the wisdom of men bear some proportion to the wisdom of God, their attempts to find out the structure of… — Thomas Reid Copy Share Image
Myth is the practical metabolism of our soulish life, the logic of our obsessions and oversights for which we have no language… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
Farewell, woman! I intend Henceforth every night to sit With my lewd, well-natured friend, Drinking to engender wit. — John Wilmot Copy Share Image
So is there any part of you that’s not a lethal weapon? (Kiara) No. Even my wits are sharpened. (Nykyrian) — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
After I published a book called Lincoln's Virtues a wit said that my next book should be Lincoln's Vices. But in my… — William Lee Miller Copy Share Image
With a title like this-There's a Box in the Garage You Can Beat with a Stick-is there really a whole lot left… — Dara Wier Copy Share Image
I'm sorry I stood there like a half-wit, Count Petroff," she told him matter-of-factly, "but I was a bit--surprised. After all, it's… — Johanna Lindsey Copy Share Image
The whole [Scotch] nation hitherto has been void of wit and humour, and even incapable of relishing it. — Horace Walpole Copy Share Image
What a pretty thing man is when he goes in his doublet and hose and leaves off his wit! — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Whither be the heart of Justice? Lo, in stone, child. Lo, in stone. Whither be the heart of Justice? Lo, tis fast… — K. Ritz Copy Share Image
Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of 'em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my… — William Congreve Copy Share Image
Lust is an enemy to the purse, a foe to the person, a canker to the mind, a corrosive to the conscience,… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
“When you have a wit of your own, it's a pleasure to credit other people for theirs.” — Criss Jami 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