Wit Quotes · Page 36

The tongues of mocking wenches are as keen As is the razor's edge invisible.

— William Shakespeare

Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.

— Jean de la Bruyere

What a measly epitaph that would make: 'They saw it coming, but hadn't the wit to stop it happening.'

— Sara Parkin

In his life, [Dalton] Trumbo uses wit and comedy to fight these very high-stakes battles.

— Jay Roach

Theologians and other clerks, You won't understand this book, -- However bright your wits -- If you do not meet it humbly,…

— Marguerite Porete

“Brevity is the sister of talent.”

— Anton Chekhov

Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good; and that Wit which sets us at a distance from…

— Mary Astell

If you have that spark that inspires other people, if you have a spark that gives resources to other people, that shares…

— Dacher Keltner

They say the streets is a demon in a dress, Wit dollar signs in her eyes and semen on her breath

— Lupe Fiasco

“What you did tonight was clever,” Wit said. “You turned an attack into a promise. The wisest of men know that to…

— Brandon Sanderson

With little art, clear wit and sense Suggest their own delivery.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure.

— Anonymous

The Phoenix riddle hath more wit By us, we two being one, are it. So to one neutral thing both sexes fit,…

— John Donne

“True, beneath the human façade, I was an interloper, an alien whose ship had crashed beyond hope of repair in the backwoods…

— Sol Luckman

Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others. Sometimes it…

— James Boswell

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

— Alexander Pope

That wit is truly amiable, which gladdens and enlivens every thing, which shines with a lustre gentle, but not faint, and powerful,…

— Jeremiah Seed

Go, little book, and wish to all Flowers in the garden, meat in the hall, A bin of wine, a spice of…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

When I am writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we're capable of, how we…

— Maya Angelou

Giving votes in exchange for ideological support. To wit: identity politics for homosexuals.

— Harry Hay

Equality means equality for all- no exceptions, no 'yes, buts', no asterisked footnotes imposing limits.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

My dreams are who I'm racin wit but you can see I'm pacin it so that I'm always chasin it.

— Drake

“State first, subject second, statesman last.”

— Amit Kalantri

I'd like to introduce a man with a lot of charm, talent, and wit. Unfortunately, he couldn't be here tonight, so instead . . .

— Melvin Helitzer

The most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament.

— Christian Nestell Bovee