“ Wit. The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out. ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
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“ In order to win you must be prepared to lose something. And leave one or two cards showing. ”
- Van Morrison- Copy
- 3.3K
“ Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. ”
- Josh Billings- Copy
- 1.6K
“ I got a Valentine's Day card from my girl. It said, "Take my heart! Take my arms! Take my lips!" Which is just like her. Keeping the best part for herself. ”
- Robert Orben- Copy
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“ The Cardinal is at his wit's end — it is true that he had not far to go. ”
- Lord Byron- Copy
- 2.5K
“ There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you. ”
- Will Rogers- Copy
- 549
“ Humorists can never start to take themselves seriously. It's literary suicide. ”
- Erma Bombeck- Copy
- 1.9K
“ There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists. ”
- Cullen Hightower- Copy
- 3.5K
“ My feelings towards Scott Card are pretty mixed. Politically, he and I are pretty far apart. ”
- Cory Doctorow- Copy
- 3.2K
“ Wit ought to be a glorious treat, like caviar. Never spread it about like marmalade. ”
- Noel Coward- Copy
- 1.3K
“ Cards were at first for benefits designed: sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind. ”
- David Garrick- Copy
- 3.9K
“ The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to quote another's wit. ”
- Christian Nestell Bovee- Copy
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“ Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will. ”
- Jawaharlal Nehru- Copy
- 3.6K
“ He who has provoked the shaft of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
- 3.7K
“ There's a helluva distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words. ”
- Dorothy Parker- Copy
- 2.4K
“ Thy wit is as quick as the greyhound's mouth; it catches. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 2.9K
“ Their heads sometimes so little that there is no room for wit; sometimes so long, that there is no wit for so much room. ”
- Thomas Fuller- Copy
- 2.4K
“ I was brought up with psychics and tarot cards. My mum was always told I was going to be in a boy band and be famous as a singer. ”
- Lee Ryan- Copy
- 1.2K
“ Your wit is always leading you beyond bounds; if Monsieur de Treville heard you, you would repent of speaking thus. ”
- Alexandre Dumas- Copy
- 4K
“ True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows just when to rise and go home. ”
- John Hay- Copy
- 2.7K
“ Surprise is so essential an ingredient of wit that no wit will bear repetition. ”
- Sydney Smith- Copy
- 1.5K
“ Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke. ”
- Will Rogers- Copy
- 1.8K
“ Life is like a hand of cards. You have to play the hand you're dealt, you can't win by folding, and sometimes you must take chances in order to win. ”
- Mike Conner- Copy
- 3.3K
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