Wit lives in the present, but genius survives the future. — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Copy Share Image
Envy's a sharper spur than pay: No author ever spar'd a brother; Wits are gamecocks to one another. — John Gay Copy Share Image
I am at a loss to understand why people hold Miss Austen's novels at so high a rate, which seem to me… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
For the thinker the world is a thought; for the wit, an image; for the enthusiast, a dream; for the inquirer, truth. — Ludwig Buchner Copy Share Image
There is a great deal of difference between living and surviving. You can survive in debauchery, even in sickness and despair. But… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
I have, over the years brought an enormous number of plays to television starting obviously with Nicholas Nickelby and then things like… — Colin Callender Copy Share Image
It is a sad thing when men have neither enough intelligence to speak well nor enough sense to hold their tongues; this… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
There are two ways to dislike poetry: One is to dislike it; the other is to read Pope. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Think of brilliant trickster Vik Muniz as the offspring of Man Ray and Jacques Henri Lartigue, combining the former's relentless experimentation, the… — Vince Aletti Copy Share Image
realized that at a level I'd never been conscious we'd been engaged in a game of wits for years. I suppose most… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
“Arrogant men with knowledge make more noise from their mouth than making a sense from their mind.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“Cowards say it can't be done, critics say it shouldn't have been done, creator say well done.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“Then the small man suddenly ran after them and said: "I want to get my haircut. I say, do you know a… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Sharp men, like sharp needles, break easy, though they pierce quick. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The liveliest effusions of wit and humour are simply what the reader of a novel has a right to expect. — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Yet a man may love a paradox, without losing either his wit or his honesty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Remember that nothing will supply the want of prudence, and that negligence and irregularity long continued will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
You know, sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.' 'And yet it is still extremely funny. — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
It is undoubtedly true that some people mistake sycophancy for good nature, but it is equally true that many more mistake impertinence… — George D. Prentice Copy Share Image
Listen carefully to what country people call mother wit. In those homely sayings are couched the collective wisdom of generations. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
For this my mother wrapped me warm, And called me home against the storm, And coaxed my infant nights to quiet, And… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
