Wits Quotes

174 Wits quotes by 147 unique authors

I pity the shrimp that matches wits with you Jeeves — P.G. Wodehouse
So is there any part of you thatâ€™s not a lethal weapon? (Kiara) No. Even my wits are sharpened. (Nykyrian) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
With twice his wits, she had to see things through his eyes -- one of the tragedies of married life. — Virginia Woolf
As soon as somebody falls in love, all the wits seem to dribble out of the bottom of his head. — David Eddings
The troublesome ones in a family are usually either the wits or the idiots. — George Eliot
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, canâ€™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

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