64 quotes found
“The more wit the less courage.”
“Marriage is the grave or tomb of wit.”
“Wit beyond measure is mans greatest treasure.”
“A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.”
“Wit is the thought process that generates truly funny observations, as well as the most incisive comments, lasting quips, and brilliant asides. To say wit is mean is like saying the sun is mean for...”
“Big words from a guy who's trussed up like a turkey. What are you going to do, wobble over here like an upside- down turtle to snap me in half?""The logistics of breaking you are easy. The only que...”
“There's no greater proof of an impoverished mind than its inability to be witty except at other people's expense.”
“He listened to her with perfect indifference while she chose to entertain herself in this manner; and as his composure convinced her that all was safe, her wit flowed long.”
“To have a viable civilization, people have to have a benign government, a semblance of education, spare time, imagination, and manners”
“For a poet he threw a very accurate milk bottle.”
“NE'TWORK: Any thing reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections.......RETI'CULATED: Made of network; formed with interstitial vacuities.”
“Charisma is the ability to influence without logic.”
“I hope to return. Ill do so if Im not killed. Probably will anyway.”
“It is not that I object to the work, mind you; I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me: the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.”
“Really?""No. I'm being ironic. Or is it sarcastic? I can never remember.""Irony's cleverer, so you're probably being sarcastic.”
“The wit taught by God to the beeIs withheld from the lion and the wild ass.”
“Sometimes you've to be clever than a coyote to out wit the devil.”
“Great wits jump”
“Wit makes its own welcome and levels all distinctions.”
“I'm eating a massive pastrami sandwich. It's so beautiful I might cry. Just so you know.”
