He drew a circle that shut me out-
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle and took him In!

Edwin Markham

Tags: friend love poem wit heretic rebel

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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FRIKKIN' SHOW. I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damn.

Joss Whedon

Tags: humour wit irony firefly show-business

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Brevity is the soul of wit.

William Shakespeare

Tags: wit brevity

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There are two ways to dislike poetry: One is to dislike it; the other is to read Pope.

Oscar Wilde

Tags: poetry wit

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There’s a fine line between support and stalking and let’s all stay on the right side of that.

Joss Whedon

Tags: humor perspective wit fan fanatic lines stalking support

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I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer

Douglas Adams

Tags: humor attributed-no-source wit misattributed-douglas-adams

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Writing a book is like sliding down a rainbow! Marketing it is like trudging through a field of chewed bubblegum on a hot, sticky day.

Betty Dravis

Tags: humor wit

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Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.

J.K. Rowling

Tags: wit

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I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter."

(Letter 16, 1657)

Blaise Pascal

Tags: humor writing letters wit brevity conciseness correspondence pithy

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The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork.

Oscar Wilde

Tags: manners wit

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