Wit Quotes - page 16

A true lady should have the wit and the imagination, or at least the very restraint, to express herself without resorting herself to such base vocabulary. (Ari Marmell)
I like a very dry wit, not the big kind of humor like Robin Williams. I don't think I'm capable of that. View quote
Chris Cooper
I get the impression the English kings were witty, for some reason. I feel like all you had was your wit. View quote
Colin Quinn
A man has to have sensibility, wit, mystery, tolerance, and strength... Romance also helps. View quote
Carolina Herrera
Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants. View quote
Elizabeth Montagu
Christopher Hitchens was a wit, a charmer, and a troublemaker, and to those who knew him well, he was a gift from - dare I say it - God. View quote
Graydon Carter
Dad was synonymous with his charm and wit and grace, and it was sort of the perfect way to go for him. View quote
Jennifer Grant
What's the point of havin' a rapier wit if I can't use it to stab people? View quote
Jeph Jacques
As we celebrate President Reagan's remarkable career and historic legacy, we also celebrate a man of strong character, deep conviction, unforgettable charm, and wonderful wit. View quote
Jim Ramstad
Life is not easy. We all have problems-even tragedies-to deal with, and luck has nothing to do with it. Bad luck is only the superstitious excuse for those who don't have the wit to deal with the problems of life. View quote
Joan Lowery Nixon
I have wit in my work and a sense of humor, but I do not use irony in any way. (John Zorn)
Wit is the only wall between us and the dark. View quote
Mark Van Doren
What is this powerful have over my tub? Surely, I am transfixed by your firecracker charm and your suspended electrified wit. View quote
Isabel Yosito
Whether it's viewers of the show or readers of my columns and books, I'm consistently impressed with their wit, humor and insight. That goes for about 95 percent of the audience. The other five percent are why the 'Delete' option and restraining orders were invented. View quote
Richard Roeper
Alan Ginsberg was fabulous. The man is so filled with energy. He's 65 years old and he's just loaded with energy and charm and wit and his mind is constantly racing. View quote
Ray Manzarek
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' you didn't associate Robert Downey, Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow with those kinds of films. There's an emphasis on repartee and wit. View quote
Rebecca Hall
Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold, light nor dark. View quote
Germaine Greer
Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold, light nor dark. The pleasure they give is steady, unorgastic, reliable, deep and long-lasting. View quote
Germaine Greer
And the people who live in the southern part of my state do not have a secure environment. To wit, there are signs that the government put up that say, "Warning. You are in a drug smuggling area and a human smuggling area." View quote
John McCain
A black friend of morbid wit said to me, ‘Doesn't O. J. know that we can f*** 'em now but we still can't kill 'em?'... View quote
Carl Rowan
Humor does not include sarcasm, invalid irony, sardonicism, innuendo, or any other form of cruelty. When these things are raised to a high point they can become wit, but unlike the French and the English, we have not been much good at wit since the days of Benjamin Franklin. (James Thurber)
Silence is one great art of conversation. He is not a fool who knows when to hold his tongue and a person may gain credit for sense, eloquence, wit, who merely says nothing to lessen the opinion which others have of these qualities in themselves. View quote
William Hazlitt
The slow rhythm of the body, the insistent rhythm of the wit, were they becoming irreconcilable in modern civilisation? The sedentary life, frustration and irritability; work with the body, fatigue - and peace of mind. View quote
Henry Williamson
If we were left solely to the wordy wit of legislators in Congress for our guidance, uncorrected by the seasonal experience and the effectual complaints of the people, America would not long retain her rank among the nations. View quote
Henry David Thoreau
The negation of cognition thus correlates on the verbal level. For when those two pillars of Western humanism, individual cognition and evolutionary continuity, lose their meaning, language loses meaning. Existence ceases for the individuum as we know it, and all becomes chaos. You cease to be a unique entity unto yourself, but exist simply as chaos. And not just the chaos that is you; you chaos is also my chaos. To wit, existence is communication, and communication, existence. View quote
Haruki Murakami