Wits Quotes
174 quotes by 147 authors
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I assure you, you will never survive on your wits alone.
— LeBron James
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It has always been the perogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit,…
— Neil Gaiman
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What do you do when the story changes in midlife? When a tale you have told yourself turns out to be a little untrue, just…
— Gail Caldwell
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You've got Hezbollah in Arizona. You've got Mexican drug cartels operating in Arizona. You've got the steady stream of illegals over the border, and you've…
— Rush Limbaugh
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If I was ever a rare fine summer person, that's long ago. Most of us are half-and-half. The August noon in us works to stave…
— Ray Bradbury
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Lord, enlighten thou our enemies. Sharpen their wits, give acuteness to their perceptions, and consecutiveness and clearness to their reasoning powers: we are in danger…
— John Stuart Mill
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I probably have a 20,000-word vocabulary. I'll match my wits with anyone on literature, science and the arts.
— Mike Tyson
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Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.
— Victor Hugo
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No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us…
— Seneca the Younger
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When you are dealing with a child, keep all your wits about you, and sit on the floor.
— Austin O'Malley
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For as the body grows old, so the wits grow old and become blind towards all things alike.
— Herodotus
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The mental disease of the present generation is impatience of study, contempt of the great masters of ancient wisdom, and a disposition to rely wholly…
— Samuel Johnson
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I will not wage war against women and children! I have instructed my air force to limit their attacks to military objectives. However, if the…
— Adolf Hitler
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For action, whatever its immediate purpose, also implies relief at doing something, anything, and the joy of exertion. This is the optimism that is inherent…
— Blaise Cendrars
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It seems probable that once the machine thinking method had started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers… They would be able…
— Alan Turing
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O love, what strange and wonderful fits: one sole thing, one beauty alone, can give me life and deprive me of wits.
— Unknown Author
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That's what cricket's all about: two batsmen pitting their wits against one another
— Fred Trueman
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Evidently, quality of wits is more important than quantity.
— Claudius
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No one could match Howlin' Wolf for the singular ability to rock the house down to the foundation while simultaneously scaring its patrons out of…
— Cub Koda
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The dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits.
— William Shakespeare
Who Wrote These Wits Quotes
147 authors contributed a total of 174 Wits Quotes, led by these top contributors: