The art of being agreeable frequently miscarries through the ambition which accompanies it. Wit, learning, wisdom,--what can more effectually conduce to the… — Richard Cumberland Copy Share Image
I mean everything's a lot more smoother. It's just calm. IN the beginning, I had the typical attitude of a young rapper… — The Notorious B.I.G Copy Share Image
Ordered that of the Indians and Half-breeds sentenced to be hanged by the military commission, composed of Colonel Crooks, Lt. Colonel Marshall,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
This fellow pecks up wit, as pigeons peas; And utters it again when God doth please: He is wit's pedler; and retails… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
A Wise man knows that much of what he says and does is commonplace and trivial. His thoughts are not all solemn… — John Lancaster Spalding Copy Share Image
I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes… — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
“Even if you have the wit to look by yourself in a bush away from the other children, there are not many… — Yasunari Kawabata Copy Share Image
Yet here I stand poor fool what more, not one wit wiser than before. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
A handbag is only one item to be worn with a complete outfit. Add a peony pink leather handbag to a charcoal… — Kate Spade Copy Share Image
one thing I don’t need is any more apologies i got sorry greetin me at my front door you can keep yrs… — Ntozake Shange Copy Share Image
Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
“Yes, yes. Aim for the sun. That way if you miss, at least your arrow will fall far away, and the person… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
At most, the greatest persons are but great wens, and excrescences; men of wit and delightful conversation, but as morals for ornament,… — John Donne Copy Share Image
...he had a fascinating technique of gnawing his cigar from one corner of his mouth to the other, as if his teeth… — Leslie Ford 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
I write. I have read a great deal. I enjoy books. I like the wit of languages. Even French I like. I… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
“Someone once told me that we move when it becomes less painful than staying where we are".” — Anne Hines Copy Share Image
A man cannot please long who has only one kind of wit. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Oh, well, that's not bad, I suppose. I mean, I'd prefer devastatingly sophisticated - but almost endearing is more than I could… — Jane Costello Copy Share Image
I don't ever feel a full transition to my character. I don't ever feel like I have left myself, because if I… — Bryce Pinkham Copy Share Image
