Quotes having the keyword Wit
Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
by Madame de Stael (Writer, French , born in 1766) keywords: alike, among, between, differ, difference, lies, recognizing, resemblance, things, which , wit Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.
by Richard Steele (Dramatist, British , born in 1672) keywords: atone, beauty, detestable, lack, modesty, nothing, which, wit , without The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.
by William Temple (born in 1970) keywords: conversation, first, fourth, good, humor, ingredient, next, sense, third, truth , wit In Paris, you learn wit, in London you learn to crush your social rivals, and in Florence you learn poise.
by Virgil Thomson (Composer, American , born in 1896) keywords: crush, learn, london, paris, poise, rivals, social, wit , your Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.
by James Thurber (Comedian, American , born in 1894) keywords: blunt, clear, comedy, done, edge, en, famous, imagine, immediately, obscurity, point, satire, saying, try, wit , witty The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people - that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.
by James Thurber (Comedian, American , born in 1894) keywords: apart, doing, everywhere, fun, himself, humorist, identifies, makes, nature, other, persons, purpose, revealing, satirist, simply, taking, their, them, true, wit , world Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.
by Mark Twain (Author, American , born in 1970) keywords: any, before, ideas, marriage, perceived, relation, sudden, their, union, were, which , wit My dad's sense of humor was direct and sometimes surreal - his quick wit is well known amongst our family and friends. He raised me on Spike Jones records and W.C. Fields movies, and his sense of humor fell somewhere in between.
by Tony Visconti (Musician, American , born in 1944) keywords: amongst, between, dad, direct, family, fell, fields, friends, his, humor, jones, known, movies, our, quick, raised, records, sense, sometimes, somewhere, spike, surreal, well , wit Those who are born of parents broken with old age, or of such as are not yet ripe or are too young, or of drunkards, soft or effeminate men, want a great and liberal ingenuity or wit.
by Thomas Willis (Scientist, English , born in 1621) keywords: age, born, broken, drunkards, effeminate, great, ingenuity, liberal, men, old, parents, ripe, soft, such, those, too, want, wit, yet , young He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater that does not marry a fool; what is wit in a wife good for, but to make a man a cuckold?
by William Wycherley (Dramatist, English , born in 1640) keywords: does, fool, good, greater, make, man, marries, marry, wife , wit Wit is more necessary than beauty; and I think no young woman ugly that has it, and no handsome woman agreeable without it.
by William Wycherley (Dramatist, English , born in 1640) keywords: agreeable, beauty, handsome, more, necessary, than, think, ugly, wit, without, woman , young
