Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade. — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
A whetstone is no carving instrument, And yet it maketh sharp the carving tool; And if you see my efforts wrongly spent,… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
Humor is the offspring of man; it comes forth like Minerva, fully armed from the brain. — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share Image
I have had to change the game to one that is a match of wits rather than brawn to give myself a… — Todd Rogers Copy Share Image
For poetry, he's past his prime, He takes an hour to find a rhyme; His fire is out, his wit decayed, His… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I have never been one for musicians. I know girls are supposed to go crazy for frontmen who close their eyes when… — Julie Klausner Copy Share Image
“I leaned against the desk, ran my hand over my father’s paperwork, and picked up a pen. Turning around, I shoved it… — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
If you have any helpful suggestions I'd be pleased to hear them. If all you can do is make snide insinuations then… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
You will miss a normal life while living a successful life, but not as much as the craving for a successful life… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit. — Avicenna Copy Share Image
A fool may scrawl on a slate and if no one has the wit to wipe it clean for a thousand years,… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
“Remember, the masterpiece of your life is perpetually in progress—each date a fresh stroke on your canvas.” — Léon RocheBlance Copy Share Image
A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
We are given two of most of our body parts, either opposites or similarities, but not the tongue; except for my wife's… — Kyle Bradley Copy Share Image
Wit is better as a seasoning than as a whole dish by itself. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Great wits, like great beauties, look upon mere esteem as a flat insipid thing; nothing less than admiration will content them. — Jeremiah Seed Copy Share Image
“Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse. I… — Gerard Nolst Trenité Copy Share Image
If we did not know all His retorts by heart, if we had not taken the sting out of them by incessant… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
The belly (i.e. necessity) is the teacher of art and the liberal bestower of wit. — Aulus Persius Flaccus Copy Share Image
Hail, high Excess especially in wine, To thee in worship do I bend the knee Who preach abstemiousness unto me My skull… — Ambrose Bierce 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
The gap between the rich and the poor is the most dangerous threat to world peace we have. — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
“Writing a book is like sliding down a rainbow! Marketing it is like trudging through a field of chewed bubblegum on a… — Betty Dravis Copy Share Image
