Wit Quotes

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Pun: A form of wit, to which wise men stoop and fools aspire — Ambrose Bierce
Grace Kelly plays with intelligence, wit and feeling. She has a great amount of natural ability and the ability to adapt. That is the hallmark… — Wynton Marsalis
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 to say? With… — Dara Wier
So have your wits about you, and do what you can and dig in, because it might not last. — Ethel Kennedy
A single glass of champagne imparts a feeling of exhilaration. The nerves are braced; the imagination is stirred, the wits become more nimble. — Winston Churchill
Methinks sometimes I have no more wit than a Christian. — William Shakespeare
With impeccable prose, dry wit, and uncommon wisdom, Ted Thompson brings to life one family's painful disappointments and powerful resilience. The Land of Steady Habits… — Maggie Shipstead
His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock, it never is at home. — William Cowper
You beat your Pate, and fancy Wit will come: Knock as you please, there's no body at home. — Alexander Pope
VITUPERATION, n. Saite, as understood by dunces and all such as suffer from an impediment in their wit. — Ambrose Bierce
My dad's sense of humor was direct and sometimes surreal - his quick wit is well known amongst our family and friends. He raised me… — Tony Visconti
She kindly laments that I am not of the party, and to be sure I honour great ladies, and I admire great wits, but I… — Elizabeth Montagu
Some books we read, tho' few there are that hit the happy point where wisdom joins with wit. — Benjamin Franklin
I never have frustrations. The reason is to wit: Of at first I don't succeed, I quit! — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature. — Baron de Montesquieu
He thought he was a wit, and he was half right. — Henri Arnold Seyrig
This man [Chesterfield], I thought, had been a Lord among wits; but I find he is only a wit among Lords. — Samuel Johnson
In due course we arrive, if wit can be said that we ever fully arrive. The truth is there are destinations beyond destinations and do… — Richard Bode
In this time of national crises...per haps we would do well to spend a few minutes in considering projects which grace and embellish the earth,… — Hubert H. Humphrey
The leadership for civil rights has to take place in the White House or it is going to take place in the streets. — Hubert H. Humphrey

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