Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits. — Hervey Allen Copy Share Image
“Nothing shows the wit so poor, as wonder, nor birth so mean, as pride.” — Aphra Behn Copy Share Image
Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Someone who gossips well has a reputation for being good company or even a wit, never for being a gossip. — Louis Kronenberger Copy Share Image
I would love to have a battle of wits with you, Bison, but I doubt it would be a fair fight.' 'Shut… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
“When you are angry try your best to go to sleep, it keeps you away from speaking, writing and thinking while you… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil in all things. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
A small degree of wit, accompanied by good sense, is less tiresome in the long run than a great amount of wit… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Every witticism is an inexact thought; that which is perfectly true is imperfectly witty. — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to be a knave; nor any so cunning… — George Savile Copy Share Image
Herein find fiction full of whimsy, wit, hurt, and terror. Wicked, as in wickedly funny, is in the mix, too, along with… — Christine Schutt Copy Share Image
Courage ought to be guided by skill, and skill armed by courage. Neither should hardiness darken wit, nor wit cool hardiness. Be… — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
O born in days when wits were fresh and clear, And life ran gaily as the sparkling Thames; Before this strange disease… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
What man so wise, what earthly wit so ware, As to descry the crafty cunning train, By which deceit doth mask in… — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
There is certainly a higher percentage of wit in British comedy than in American comedy. What always tickles me is the way… — Christopher Lloyd Copy Share Image
“Yes, well, I'm not asking you to hide anything. Hiding won't help you. You can't very well hide from a pit, can… — Gregory S. Close Copy Share Image
A woman knows very well that, though a wit sends her his poems, praises her judgment, solicits her criticism, and drinks her… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
A net set up to catch fish may snare a duck; a mantis hunting an insect may itself be set upon by… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
During the Second War, the U.S.O. sent special issues of the principal American magazines to the Armed Forces, with the ads omitted.… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
With a title like this-There's a Box in the Garage You Can Beat with a Stick-is there really a whole lot left… — Dara Wier Copy Share Image
Die Hard represents the class of modern action pictures and the standard by which they must be judged. Few films falling into… — James Berardinelli Copy Share Image
...the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
MacGyver of course, that's probably my favorite show of all time, because it was a guy who was so, so smart and… — Rhys Darby Copy Share Image
Probably there is an imperceptible touch of something permanent that one feels instinctively to adhere to true humour, whereas wit may be… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Best of all, persons can sometimes be app-transcendent: making dramatic progress or discoveries, without any dependence on any app. In this context,… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
I'm all for one-world government, assuming we can find a world. — John Alejandro King Copy Share Image
If you spend word for word with me, I shall make your wit bankrupt. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Every failure teaches a man something, to wit, that he will probably fail again. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
It is often a sign of wit not to show it, and not to see that others want it. — Suzanne Curchod Copy Share Image
