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Quotes on 'wit'

You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six. Read Summary

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly. Read Summary

Brevity is the soul of wit. Read Summary

Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. Read Summary

Impropriety is the soul of wit. Read Summary

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. Read Summary

What's another word for Thesaurus? Read Summary

The Gross National Product measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country. It measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile, and it can tell us everything about America - except whether we are proud to be Americans. Read Summary

His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork. Read Summary

While the laughter of joy is in full harmony with our deeper life, the laughter of amusement should be kept apart from it. The danger is too great of thus learning to look at solemn things in a spirit of mockery, and to seek in them opportunities for exercising wit. Read Summary

Phil Hartman was brilliant, and Dave Foley is a really funny guy. Phil Hartman was actually even funnier offstage than he was onstage because he would say nasty things. Dave Foley's very funny, very witty guy, very quick. Read Summary

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. Read Summary

You have a ready wit. Tell me when it's ready. Read Summary

Please accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member. Read Summary

Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. Read Summary

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

The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments. Read Summary

Wit is educated insolence. Read Summary

I think the first British actor who really worked well in cinema was Albert Finney. He was a back-street Marlon Brando. He brought a great wittiness and power to the screen. The best actor we've had. Read Summary