Wits Quotes

174 Wits quotes by 147 unique authors

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
I probably have a 20,000-word vocabulary. I'll match my wits with anyone on literature, science and the arts. — Mike Tyson
Puns are the droppings of soaring wits. — Victor Hugo
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
When you are dealing with a child, keep all your wits about you, and sit on the floor. — Austin O'Malley
For as the body grows old, so the wits grow old and become blind towards all things alike. — Herodotus
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
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
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
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
O love, what strange and wonderful fits: one sole thing, one beauty alone, can give me life and deprive me of wits. — Unknown Author
That's what cricket's all about: two batsmen pitting their wits against one another — Fred Trueman
Evidently, quality of wits is more important than quantity. — Claudius
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
The dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits. — William Shakespeare
One that hath wine as a chain about his wits, such a one lives no life at all. — Alcaeus
All Kings, and all their favorites, All glory of honors, beauties, wits, The sun itself, which makes times, as they pass, Is elder by a… — John Donne
I prefer to have a great time and to keep my wits about me. — Richard Branson
I meditate for the last time on this mountain that is bare, though others all around are white with snow. Like the bare peak of… — Peter Matthiessen
The Drab Age is over. Color is coming into its own again. Until very recently people were literally scared out of their wits by color.… — Dorothy Draper
Jigging veins of rhyming mother wits. — Christopher Marlowe
Folks with their wits about them knew that advertisements were just a pack of lies - you had only to look at the claims of… — Frances Parkinson Keyes
I was actually permitting myself to experience a sickening sense of disappointment: but rallying my wits, and recollecting my principles, I at once called my… — Charlotte Bronte
One pits his wits against apparently inscrutable nature, wooing her with ardor but nature is blind justice who cannot recognize personal identity. — Charles Brenton Huggins
Watch your step. Keep your wits about you; you will need them. — Michel Faber

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