Quotes of: Witness-stand Keyword

Has no one done my son a service and assassinated you yet?" "No assassins yet," Wit said, amused. "I guess I've already got too much ass sass of my own."..."Oh really, Wit" she said. "I thought that kind of humour was beneath you." "So are you techni...

The Way of Kings

You need your wits about you the most when you are dealing with an idiot.

Chinese

's character was as nearly perfect as it is possible for the character of mortal man to be... none sweeter or nobler had ever blessed the world. The example of his life was of more value to posterity than all the sermons that were ever written on the...

Charles S. Thomas

The rules of fair play do not apply in love and war.

Euphues the Anatomy of Wit: Euphues & His England

What are the secret of success? -one word answer :"rational

Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

A truly living human being cannot remain neutral.

The Quotable Gordimer; or, The Wit and Wisdom of Nadine Gordimer

Who gave his angels eternal happiness unearned, yet required his other children to earn it?

The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain

Experience is an author’s most valuable asset; experience is the thing that puts the muscle and the breath and the warm blood into the book he writes.

The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.

The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain

Several witnesses describe seeing an altercation in the car between Mr. Brown and Officer Wilson. It was described as wrestling, tug-of-war. Several other witnesses described Mr. Brown as punching Officer Wilson while Mr. Brown was partially inside t...

Robert P. McCulloch

There's a hell of a distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words." [ , Summer 1956]

Dorothy Parker

Revolutionary behavior and violence are usually only indulged in when people are at their wits’ end. So social stability depends a lot on how long their wits are.

George Hammond

Nux: I am the man who grabs the Sun... GOING TO VALHALLA! WITNESS ME BLOODBAG! WITNESS!

Mad Max: Fury Road

It's Simon. He's missing." "Ah," said Magnus, delicately, "missing what, exactly?" "Missing," Jace repeated, "as in gone, absent, notable for his lack of presence, disappeared." "Maybe he's gone and hidden under something," Magnus suggested. "It can'...

City of Bones

He that has learned to feel his sins, and to trust Christ as a Saviour, has learned the two hardest and greatest lessons in Christianity.

Faithfulness and Holiness: The Witness of J.C. Ryle

In life, as in knitting, don't leave loose ends. Take the time to thank the people who matter in your life.

Follow the Yarn: The Knitting Wit & Wisdom of Ann Sokolowski

That was bliss. Being cared for. Wanted. Feeling so necessary to someone’s existence that there was no place for the loneliness inside her.

Protecting the Pregnant Witness (The Precinct: SWAT #3)

Strong people alone know how to organize their suffering so as to bear only the most necessary pain.

Quality of Witness: A Romanian Diary, 1937-1944

I would be guilty only if I were innocent of working to destroy racism in my country.

The Quotable Gordimer; or, The Wit and Wisdom of Nadine Gordimer

I'm an atheist. I wouldn't even call myself an agnostic. I am an atheist.

The Quotable Gordimer; or, The Wit and Wisdom of Nadine Gordimer

You can't change a regime on the basis of compassion. There's got to be something harder.

The Quotable Gordimer; or, The Wit and Wisdom of Nadine Gordimer