Wit Quotes

Wit is the only wall between us and the dark.

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.

Let the master praise him, and say, "Here ye do well." For, I assure you, there is no such whetstone to sharpen a good wit, and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.

Conceit causes more conversation than wit.

Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually in solitude.

He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.

I like men with quick wit, good conversation and a great sense of humour. I love banter. I want a man to like me for me - I want him to be authentic.

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 system; it could be a lot of different things.

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.

I think hip-hop does a very good job of infusing comedy and humor and wit into music, a lot more than other genres.

O, once in each man's life, at least, Good luck knocks at his door; And wit to seize the flitting guest Need never hunger more. But while the loitering idler waits Good luck beside his fire, The bold heart storms at fortune's gates, And conquers its desire.

He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.

Mystery writers' conventions are usually good, and this one has been excellent and extremely well prepared and thought out in advance. A lot of people have given their time and their skill, and a good deal of wit, and Anchorage has made us extraordinarily welcome.

Wit doesn't make girls pretty.

A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one.

I go through stages. Randomly, I'll be attracted to a crazy rocker with tattoos. And I find that I'm extremely attracted to ambition and wit.

Our erected wit maketh us to know what perfection is.

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

And new Philosophy calls all in doubt, the element of fire is quite put out; the Sun is lost, and the earth, and no mans wit can well direct him where to look for it.

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

Wit is more necessary than beauty; and I think no young woman ugly that has it, and no handsome woman agreeable without it.

Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

Wit must be foiled by wit: cut a diamond with a diamond.

Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are alike.

The Cardinal is at his wit's end - it is true that he had not far to go.

Who would not give up wit for power and beauty?