Quotes by Wit Your wit makes others witty. Catherine the Great wit witty Reply to wit with gravity, and to gravity with wit. Charles Caleb Colton gravity wit Scattered wits take a long time in picking up. Charles Dickens long-time wit long Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. Charles Lamb wit nerves character Wit is better as a seasoning than as a whole dish by itself. Christian Nestell Bovee wit dishes whole We take life too seriously: the office of wit is to correct this tendency. Christian Nestell Bovee tendencies wit office Wit never appears to greater advantage than when it is successfully exerted to relieve from a dilemma, palliate a deficiency, or cover a retreat. Christian Nestell Bovee retreat wit advantage I love Tom Cruise. When Penelope Cruz is through with him, I'm next. Christina Aguilera cruise wit next I think Hamlet is a very funny play - Hamlet is riddled with wit. Chukwudi Iwuji wit play thinking Evidently, quality of wits is more important than quantity. Claudius wit quality important Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beggarly thing on the face of the earth. Colley Cibber wit earth faces No charm, no humor, no wit -- and a personality which can only be described as 'icky.' . Conan O'Brien wit charm personality A man must keep his earnestness nimble, to escape ridicule. D. H. Lawrence nimble wit men Wit is the Fruitful Womb where Thoughts conceive. Daniel Defoe womb wit Wit, like the Belly, if it be not fed, Will starve the Members, and distract the Head. Daniel Defoe feds wit members As soon as somebody falls in love, all the wits seem to dribble out of the bottom of his head. David Eddings wit bottom falling-in-love I enjoy my pettiness with a dose of wit. David Liss dose wit enjoy You can't teach an old dogma new tricks. Dorothy Parker wit dogma tricks If you are going to try and change things, you had better have your wits about you. Dorothy Day wit ifs trying [On being told their loquacious, domineering host was 'outspoken':] By whom? Dorothy Parker wit host outspoken «1234567891011»