Famous Quotes & Sayings

Franklin P. Adams

When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent voter' they mean everybody who is going to vote for them

Jelly Roll Morton

My contributions were many: First clown director, with witty sayings and flashily dressed, now called master of ceremonies.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.

George S. Patton

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

Esha Gupta

I like my man to be witty; he needs a sense of humour and needs to be extremely well-mannered.

Ernest Hemingway

I'm not going to get into the ring with Tolstoy.

Jhonen Vasquez

Witty closing remarks have been replaced by massive head trauma and severe hemorrhaging.

Hannah Arendt

To speak of the impotence of power is no longer a witty paradox.

Gore Vidal

I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.

Gore Vidal

I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Every habit makes our hand more witty, and out wit more handy.

George Burns

I would read Playboy more often, but my glasses keep steaming up.

George Bernard Shaw

Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well.

George Bernard Shaw

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

George Bernard Shaw

The ability to make witty observations is commonly refered to as "cynism" by people who lack it.

George Bernard Shaw

There are some experiences in life which should not be demanded twice from any man, and one of them is listening to the Brahms Requiem.

Erica Jong

Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.

George Eliot

Pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty.

Fred Allen

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

George Herbert

Every one is witty for his owne purpose.

The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to be able to quote another's wit.

Chris Pine

My brain's not sharp enough to come up with a witty comment.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes.

George W. Bush

I frankly felt like the reception we received on the way in from the airport was very warm and hospitable. And I want to thank the Canadian people who came out to wave -- with all five fingers -- for their hospitality.

George W. Bush

Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?

George Eliot

People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.

Faye Wattleton

Until the day arrives when all women decide that our rights are not negotiable, our future choices will not be secure.

Francis Bacon

Lukewarm persons think they may accommodate points of religion by middle ways and witty reconcilements,--as if they would make an arbitrament between God and man.

Francis Bacon

Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.

...whatever other qualities Jews may posses, likable or the reverse, no one who knows them well can deny that they are personally interesting. By that I mean, specially alive, alert, quick at comprehending people or events and at making pungent or witty comments on them... One might at times find the rather hothouse family atmosphere, with it intensities and frictions, somewhat trying, but one could be sure of never being bored.

Fionnula Flanagan

I think Irish women are strong as horses, incredibly loyal and for the most part, funny, witty, bright and optimistic in the face of devastating reality.

Henry Miller

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

George Eliot

Who can prove Wit to be witty when with deeper ground Dulness intuitive declares wit dull?