"There's a hell of a distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words."

Wit, Truth, Language, Humor

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"There's a hell of a distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words."

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"That's your solution? Have a cookie?"

Michael Grant, American Author

Wit, Humor, Sarcasm, Absurdity, Response

"Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest."

Jonathan Swift, Irish Writer

Wit, Company, Example, Flattery, Manners

"Make the doors upon a woman's wit,and it will out at the casement;shut that, and 'twill out at the key-hole;stop that, 'twill fly with the smoke out at the chimney."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Wit, Wisdom, Truth, Power, Inspirational

"Great men may jest with saints 'tis wit in them But in the less foul profanation."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Wit, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Life

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

James Boswell, Scottish Lawyer

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"Gabe scratched his double chin. "Maybe if you hurry with the seven-layer dip...And maybe if the kid apologizes for interrupting my poker game."Maybe if I kick you in your soft spot, I thought. And make you sing Soprano for a week."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Wit, Humor, Truth, Power, Life

"What is perfectly true is perfectly witty."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Wit, Humor, Insight, Truth, Expression

"The wittiest authors raise the very slightest of smiles."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Wit, Humor, Art, Life

"When I battle wits with Jarod Kintz I always feel like I need to take my brain out to give him a transplant. Bad part is we don't have any."

Will Advise, Bulgarian Author

Wit, Intelligence, Competition, Humor, Thought

"She complains that I'm lazy, but I just like to save my energy for dinner."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Wit, Humor, Energy, Balance, Food

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"Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both."

Relationship, Acceptance, Choice, Balance

"Why is it no one sent me yet one perfect limousine, do you suppose? Ah no, it's always just my luck to get one perfect rose."

Luck, Expectation, Humor, Desire

"Some men break your heart in two,Some men fawn and flatter,Some men never look at you;And that cleans up the matter."

Heartbreak, Love, Truth, Sadness

"The sun's gone dim, and the moon's gone black. For I loved him, and he didn't love back."

Romance, Love, Rejection, Pain, Emotion

"In youth, it was a way I had,To do my best to please.And change, with every passing ladTo suit his theories.But now I know the things I knowAnd do the things I do,And if you do not like me so,To hell, my love, with you."

Love, Identity, Choice, Awareness

"Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye."

Art, Creativity, Discipline, Expression, Vision

"A Very Short Song Once, when I was young and true, Someone left me sad- Broke my brittle heart in two; And that is very bad. Love is for unlucky folk, Love is but a curse. Once there was a heart I broke; And that, I think, is worse."

Romance, Love, Heartbreak, Regret, Emotion

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"That's your solution? Have a cookie?"

"Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest."

"Make the doors upon a woman's wit,and it will out at the casement;shut that, and 'twill out at the key-hole;stop that, 'twill fly with the smoke out at the chimney."

"Great men may jest with saints 'tis wit in them But in the less foul profanation."

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

"Gabe scratched his double chin. "Maybe if you hurry with the seven-layer dip...And maybe if the kid apologizes for interrupting my poker game."Maybe if I kick you in your soft spot, I thought. And make you sing Soprano for a week."

"What is perfectly true is perfectly witty."

"The wittiest authors raise the very slightest of smiles."

"When I battle wits with Jarod Kintz I always feel like I need to take my brain out to give him a transplant. Bad part is we don't have any."

"She complains that I'm lazy, but I just like to save my energy for dinner."

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"Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both."

"Why is it no one sent me yet one perfect limousine, do you suppose? Ah no, it's always just my luck to get one perfect rose."

"Some men break your heart in two,Some men fawn and flatter,Some men never look at you;And that cleans up the matter."

"The sun's gone dim, and the moon's gone black. For I loved him, and he didn't love back."

"I hate writing, I love having written."

"Tomorrow's gone-we'll have tonight!"

"I shudder at the thought of men....I'm due to fall in love again."

"In youth, it was a way I had,To do my best to please.And change, with every passing ladTo suit his theories.But now I know the things I knowAnd do the things I do,And if you do not like me so,To hell, my love, with you."

"Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye."

"A Very Short Song Once, when I was young and true, Someone left me sad- Broke my brittle heart in two; And that is very bad. Love is for unlucky folk, Love is but a curse. Once there was a heart I broke; And that, I think, is worse."