Wit Quotes - Page 25

• In the Ferrari or Jaguar, switchin' four lanes
  Wit' the top down screaming out money ain't a thang

  Jermaine Dupri

  Top Down, Hip Hop, Ferrari

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• A man can live on his wits and his balls for only so long.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Epic, Men, Long

  Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “The Rum Diary: Film Tie-in Edition”, p.47, A&C Black

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• I am a great eater of beef, and I believe that does harm to my wit.

  William Shakespeare

  Believe, Doe, Beef

  'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 1, sc. 3, l. [90]

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• A thing well said will be wit in all languages.

  John Dryden

  Language, Well Said, Wells

  'An Essay of Dramatic Poesy' (1668)

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• 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 again.

  Aristophanes

  Thinking, Break Off, Trying

  Aristophanes (1927). “The Frogs: And Three Other Plays. Translated by Frere, Hickie, Mitchell and Cumberland”

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• 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 good-natured laughter and is favored by the healing-power gang. Wit goes for the jugular, not the jocular, and it's the opposite of football; instead of building character, it tears it down.

  Florence King

  Football, Laughter, Healing

  Florence King (1990). “Reflections In A Jaundiced Eye”, p.140, Macmillan

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• All human race would be wits. And millions miss, for one that hits.

  Jonathan Swift

  Race, Missing, Would Be

  Jonathan Swift (1860). “The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: With Copious Notes and Additions, and a Memoir of the Author”, p.347

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• I assure you, you will never survive on your wits alone.

  LeBron James

  Insult

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• 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 only by my envy.

  David Lehman

  Song, Humorous, Passion

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• 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, though it was also, in most cases, a death warrant. People struggled on for years wit

  Edith Wharton

  War, Years, People

  Ethan Frome ch. 7 (1911)

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• 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 whispered wisecracks in my ear. But there would be as well his willingness to reveal, or more his inability to conceal, that he had been silently rehearsing my name as he climbed the stairs behind me. There would be his willingness to bestow upon me the power to reassure him. He would trust me with his happiness.

  Alice McDermott

  Laughter, Silly, Names

  Alice McDermott (2013). “Someone”, p.163, A&C Black

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• 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 what modern soldiers see when they look at their world, read this book.

  Larry Heinemann

  Book, Grace, Soldier

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• Wit can be beautiful, because it expresses and distills an idea.

  Stephen Fry

  Beautiful, Ideas

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• 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 Joolz Denby and Pam Ayres and, like them, her work is beautifully layered and contains bittersweet depths.

  Phill Jupitus

  Years, Depth, Bittersweet

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• Man can not live by bread alone ... he must have peanut butter.

  Bill Cosby

  Funny, Wisdom, Witty

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• 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 human beings with high standards-whom I completely and unequivocally adore-don't always agree with-but always admire and respect. They all have wit and a sense of humor and, thank God, I have hung on to mine.

  Lauren Bacall

  Children, Thank God, Essentials

  Lauren Bacall (2005). “By Myself and Then Some”, Large Print Press

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• 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 be able to use one's imagination and wit, physicality and musicality, conscious brain and unconscious instinct in the service of a work that has a chance to move and excite and amuse and delight people all over the world, including long after we're dead. What a noble calling! And I felt it was just there for me as a kind of given, some sort of inherited birthright-when in reality it's the most magnificent luxury.

  Robert Downey, Jr.

  Moving, Emotional, Reality

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• 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.

  Jensen Ackles

  Girl, Different, May

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• Picture perfect, I paint a perfect picture bomb the hoochies wit' precision, my intentions to get richer.

  Tupac Shakur

  Perfect, Bombs, Intention

  Song: Gangster Party

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• It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.

  Neil Gaiman

  Children, Clothes, Half

  "The Sandman". Comic book series by Neil Gaiman, January 1989-March 1996.

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• As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest blabbers

  William Baldwin

  Empty Vessels, Sound, Emptiness

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• Wit is like caviar - it should be served in small portions and not spread about like marmalade.

  Noel Coward

  Caviar, Should, Marmalade

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Reagan took an approach to the Cold War dramatically different from any other US President. To wit, he thought we should win. This was a fresh concept. At the time, it was widely ridiculed as a dangerous alteration of US policy. Only after it worked was Reagan's dangerous foreign policy recast as merely a continuation of the policies of his predecessors.

  Ann Coulter

  War, Winning, President

  Ann Coulter (2003). “Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism”, p.202, Crown Forum

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• Zeus Is Dead is full of laugh-out-loud moments, lashings of sly wit, moan-worthy puns, and a complex, fast-paced storyline. There aren't very many humorous fantasy murder mysteries out there, especially not as intricately constructed as this one. Michael G. Munz takes a 'What if,' and runs with it like a toddler with Mom's smart phone. The guffaw-worthy throwaway bits will remind you of Douglas Adams. A very enjoyable read.

  Jody Lynn Nye

  Mom, Running, Smart

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• Resounding…with wit, courage, and compassion. Skinny will speak to everyone who has ever felt invisible or unlovable.

  Kathi Appelt

  Compassion, Skinny, Speak

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