Wit Quotes
Wit Quotes
A carefully curated collection of wit quotes from writers, thinkers and voices worth listening to. Whether you need a quick boost or a deeper moment of reflection, these words are here to help.
"The distance is nothing when one has a motive. A profound reflection from one of the greatest novelists."
-- Jane Austen"One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other. A profound reflection from one of the greatest novelists."
-- Jane Austen"I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine. A profound reflection from one of the greatest novelists."
-- Jane Austen"I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me. A profound reflection from one of the greatest novelists."
-- Jane Austen"Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does. A profound reflection from one of the greatest novelists."
-- Jane Austen"Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can. A profound reflection from one of the greatest novelists."
-- Jane Austen"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! A profound reflection from one of the greatest novelists."
-- Jane Austen"I am the greatest thing that ever lived! I don't have a mark on my face, and I upset Sonny Liston."
-- Muhammad Ali"We can't be brave without fear."
-- Muhammad Ali"I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on."
-- Muhammad Ali"I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others."
-- Muhammad Ali"I never thought of losing, but now that it's happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me."
-- Muhammad Ali"Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die everyday."
-- Muhammad Ali"Prejudice comes from being in the dark; sunlight disinfects it."
-- Muhammad Ali"Bragging is when a person says something and can't do it. I do what I say."
-- Muhammad Ali"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it."
-- Muhammad Ali"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth."
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A carefully curated collection of wit quotes from writers, thinkers and voices worth listening to. Whether you need a quick boost or a deeper moment of reflection, these words are here to help.
Some of the most celebrated wit quotes come from Muhammad Ali, Jane Austen, among many others featured on this page.
Popular wit quotes include: "Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth." -- Muhammad Ali Also: "Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it." -- Muhammad Ali.
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