Wit Quotes

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I appreciate simplicity, true beauty that lasts over time, and a little wit and eclecticism that make life more fun. — Elliott Erwitt
[A]ll the ingenious men, and all the scientific men, and all the fanciful men, in the world,... could never invent, if all their wits were… — Charles Kingsley
... Oceanic malaise. I never saw anyone reading anything more demanding than a comic book. I never heard any youth express an interest in science… — Paul Theroux
Wit doesn't make girls pretty. — Jeanne Calment
One of the great things about the 'Iron Man' franchise is that they employ fascinating actors who don't necessarily do action movies. Before 'Iron Man'… — Rebecca Hall
You beef wit me, I'm-a even the score equally. Take you on Jerry Springer and beat your ass legally. — Eminem
This fellow pecks up wit, as pigeons peas; And utters it again when God doth please: He is wit's pedler; and retails his wares... — William Shakespeare
The mighty and supreme Jesus, who was to transfigure all humanity by his divine wit and grace-this Jesus has flown. — Goldwin Smith
Nine Years Under is a sparkling debut--- brimming with love and bursting with life. Booker's Baltimore is equal parts The Wire and The Cosby show.… — Tayari Jones
Long ago they lowered insane persons into snake pits; they thought that an experience that might drive a sane person out of his wits might… — Mary Jane Ward
I am terribly glad to be alive; and when I have wit enough to think about it, terribly proud to be a man and an… — Wallace Stegner
To try to save for everyone, for the hostile and independent as well as the committed, some of the health that flows down across the… — Wallace Stegner
Exposed! shines a harsh light on the myriad horrors of modern society and reports back from the fearful frontlines with wicked wit and paranoid power.… — Jeremy Robert Johnson
Wit is often a mask. If you tear it you will find either genius irritated or cleverness juggling. — Khalil Gibran
I have found nothing half so good / As my long-planned half solitude, / Where I can sit up half the night / With some… — William Butler Yeats
Wit is an intermittent fountain; kindness is a perennial spring. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
What is perfectly true is perfectly witty. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189 Some there are who presume so far on their wits that they think themselves… — Thomas Aquinas
With little art, clear wit and sense Suggest their own delivery. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
With little wit and ease to suit them, They whirl in narrow circling trails, Like kittens playing with their tails. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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