#wit

What will it profit this country if we... put our man on the Moon by 1970 and at the same time you can't walk down Woodward Avenue in this city without fear of some violence? ↗

— Jerome Cavanagh

#city #country #down #fear #man

Now being upon the haunches (as he necessarily must be in this case) is it impossible but he must be light in hand, because no horse can be rightly upon his haunches without being so. ↗

— William Cavendish

#being #case #hand #haunches #his

I wonder: when a Jehovah's Witness dies and goes to Heaven, does God hide behind the door and pretend He's not home? ↗

— Brian Celio

#dies #does #door #god #goes

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through. ↗

— Jules Verne

#am #believe #cat #cats #cloud

What is special about VOIP is that it's just another thing you can do on the Internet, whereas it is the only thing - or nearly the only thing with the exception of the dial-up modem and fax - that you can do on the public switched telephone network. ↗

— Vinton Cerf

#another #exception #fax #internet #just

You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest. ↗

— Paul Cezanne

#coming #continue #era #god #new

Laying tracks gives you freedom without being too obvious. ↗

— Claude Chabrol

#freedom #gives #laying #obvious #too

I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it. ↗

— Willie Stargell

#becomes #fail #hitters #i #superior

No, I don't autograph blank slips, checks, or stickers, and certainly no books without me in them. ↗

— Jack L. Chalker

#blank #books #certainly #checks #i

I couldn't have come close without my teammates' help because the Knicks didn't want me to make 100. ↗

— Wilt Chamberlain

#close #come #help #i #knicks