Wit Quotes

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There's a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words. — Dorothy Parker
A man can live on his wits and his balls for only so long. — Hunter S. Thompson
I am a great eater of beef, and I believe that does harm to my wit. — William Shakespeare
A thing well said will be wit in all languages. — John Dryden
If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start… — Aristophanes
Any discussion of the problems of being funny in America will not make sense unless we substitute the word wit for humor. Humor inspires sympathetic… — Florence King
All human race would be wits. And millions miss, for one that hits. — Jonathan Swift
I assure you, you will never survive on your wits alone. — LeBron James
The best song lyrics seem to me so artful, so brilliant, so warm and humorous, with both passion and wit, that my admiration is matched… — David Lehman
Almost everybody in the neighborhood had troubles, frankly localized and specified; but only the chosen had complications. To have them was in itself a distinction,… — Edith Wharton
We turned onto the last landing. Going out with this guy, I thought, would involve a lot of silly laughter, some wit--the buzz of his… — Alice McDermott
Brian Turner has given us not so much a memoir as a mediation, rendered with grace and wit and wisdom. If you want to know… — Larry Heinemann
Wit can be beautiful, because it expresses and distills an idea. — Stephen Fry
Mab Jones' poetry is suffused with a cool wit and a wisdom beyond her years. She is a superb performance poet in the tradition of… — Phill Jupitus
My life has had meaning, with the friendships full and valuable and essential to me. My children, Steve, Leslie, and Sam, are all different-all first-rate… — Lauren Bacall
I would say that among my many huge emotional miscalculations was my taking a film career for granted. It is the most awesome privilege to… — Robert Downey, Jr.
There are just certain things that turn my head. It may be a girl's sense of humor, it may be her wit, or her belief… — Jensen Ackles
It has always been the perogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit,… — Neil Gaiman
Picture perfect, I paint a perfect picture bomb the hoochies wit' precision, my intentions to get richer. — Tupac Shakur
As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest blabbers — William Baldwin

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