Wit Quotes · Page 68

Shoulda sent a thank you note, you little hoe Now Imma wrap your coffin wit a bow

— Nicki Minaj

“Nothing shows the wit so poor, as wonder, nor birth so mean, as pride.”

— Aphra Behn

Better to operate with detachment, then; better to have a way but infuse it with a little humor; best, to have no…

— Lewis Hyde

When one wishes to play the wit, he sometimes wander a little from the truth.

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Some of the best work done to combat the Republicans has been wit and humor.

— Julianna Baggott

Three year sof unconditional MFN have not lead to any subtantial improvement in human rights, trade and nuclear proliferation practice of the…

— Nancy Pelosi

Calculating people are contemptable. The reason for this is that calculation deals with loss and gain, and the loss and gain mind…

— Yamamoto Tsunetomo

I had the good fortune to direct my first professional production with one of my Dad's masterpieces, The Man Who Came To…

— Chris Hart

“One says the things which one feels the need to say, and which the other will not understand: one speaks for oneself…

— Marcel Proust

Whether it's viewers of the show or readers of my columns and books, I'm consistently impressed with their wit, humor and insight.…

— Richard Roeper

“During a conversation, listening is as powerful as loving.”

— Amit Kalantri

It is sometimes forgotten how much wit there is in certain works of abstract art. There is a certain point in undergoing…

— Robert Motherwell

Wine ...moderately drunken it doth quicken a man's wits, It doth comfort the heart.

— Andrew Boorde

“He liked such sharpness, for there was nothing in him that had any blood you might spill.”

— Madeline Miller

As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest blabbers

— William Baldwin

There's many a man has more hair than wit.

— William Shakespeare

I am a professional comedian, a published novelist, and a general wit for hire.

— Dominic Holland

Here lies a Proof that Wit can never be Defence enough against Mortality

— Aphra Behn

[On being told their loquacious, domineering host was 'outspoken':] By whom?

— Dorothy Parker

And the people who live in the southern part of my state do not have a secure environment. To wit, there are…

— John McCain

He who cannot shine by thought, seeks to bring himself into notice by a witticism.

— Voltaire

It is no great advantage to possess a quick wit, if it is not correct; the perfection is not speed but uniformity.

— Luc de Clapiers

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.

— Benjamin Franklin

I am a great eater of beef, and I believe that does harm to my wit.

— Anonymous

It is a curious fact, but a fact it is, that your witty people are the most hard-hearted in the world. The…

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon