Wits Quotes

174 Wits quotes by 147 unique authors

Gran, for the gods' love, it's talk like yours that starts riots!" I said keeping my voice down. "Will you just put a stopper in… — Tamora Pierce
I am obnoxious to each carping tongue/ Who says my hand a needle better fits./ A poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong/ For… — Anne Bradstreet
Didn't you have any sadistic nannies who told you these tales to keep you quiet and well behaved at night? Heavens, what's to become of… — Libba Bray
To experience real agony is something hard to write about, impossible to understand while it grips you; you're frightened out of your wits, can’t sit… — Charles Bukowski
If wits were pins, the man would be a veritable hedgehog. — Frances Hardinge
The principal difference between an adventurer and a suicide is that the adventurer leaves himself a margin of escape (the narrower the margin the greater… — Tom Robbins
I would love to have a battle of wits with you, Bison, but I doubt it would be a fair fight.' 'Shut your face.' 'Exactly… — Derek Landy
If he had his wits about him Bunny would surely keep his mouth shut; but now, with his subconscious mind knocked loose from its perch… — Donna Tartt
Before we do, I suggest you take a break. If you need to go to the bathroom, this is a good time. If you're sleepy,… — Pseudonymous Bosch
Why was I chosen?' 'Such questions cannot be answered,' said Gandalf. 'You may be sure that it was not for any merit that others do… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Vous eprouves trop d'emotion, Hastings, It affects your hands and your wits. Is that a way to fold a coat? And regard what you have… — Agatha Christie
I have taken to living by my wits. — Arthur Conan Doyle
Never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man. — Winston Churchill
You must have your wits about you. No wandering minds allowed. — Pseudonymous Bosch
Scattered wits take a long time in picking up. — Charles Dickens
Go back' Taran shouted at the top of his voice.'Have you lost your wits?' Eilonwy, for it was she, half-halted. She had tucked her plaited… — Lloyd Alexander
Do you need anything before I go? I want you to return my wits, I long to say. — R.L. LaFevers
I had to use my wits or else I'd have been sunk - and nothings going to sink me. Everyone was always pulling at me,… — Marilyn Monroe
Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person. — Mark Twain
He pushed himself to his feet. “Don’t lie, Sansa. I am malformed, scarred, and small, but…” she could see him groping “…abed, when the candles… — George R. R. Martin
Mr. Rochester never courted Jane Eyre, Tessa pointed out. No, he dressed up as a woman and terrified the poor girl out of her wits.… — Cassandra Clare
Journeys end in lovers meeting; I have spent an all but sleepless night, I have told lies and made a fool of myself, and the… — Shirley Jackson
Just bring your wits. Sometimes that's the most effective weapon any of us has. — Jean Ferris
The world is by no means averse to religion. In fact, it is devoted to it with a passion. It will buy any recipe for… — Robert Farrar Capon
I speak for those children who cannot speak for themselves, children who have absolutely nothing but their courage and their smiles, their wits and their… — Audrey Hepburn

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