In A Battle Of Wits Quotes & Sayings

I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed! — William Shakespeare

Ignorance is a poor tool in a battle of wits. — Thomas Jefferson

When I battle wits with Jarod Kintz I always feel like I need to take my brain out to give him a transplant. Bad part is we don't have any. — Will Advise

I liked the structure of ballet. — Wendy Whelan

Liberal of cruelty are those who pamper with promises; promisers destroy while they deceive, and the hope they raise is dearly purchased by the dependence that is sequent to disappointment. — Johann Georg Ritter Von Zimmermann

Never get involved in a land war in Asia. Never fight a battle of wits when iocane powder is involved. And never, never, never, never, never, never, never let the New Republic's editors choose the headline for your article. — Brad De Long

I think about the Internet and cell phones and jets and spaceships, and I wonder, 'What's going to make that look ancient?' — Peter Diamandis

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 my point. — Derek Landy

Free Yourself helps you learn to tenderly hold your heart with your own loving hands. — Jacob Liberman

Never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man. — Winston Churchill

Kate had dressed for battle, donning her finest pink muslin morning dress. With lace at her wrists and mother-of-pearl buttons at her throat, instead of that itchy servant's cloak, she felt capable of matching wits with anyone. — Courtney Milan

Lea, you know you should never have a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent. — Christine Zolendz

The law is not an ass but a chameleon in ass skin: it turns deathly black when around blacks and pristine white when around whites — Agona Apell

It was as much a battle of wits and words as it was of mitts and swords. — Dean F. Wilson

Life is a battle of wits, and many people have to fight it unarmed. — Evan Esar

I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man. — Oscar Wilde

You haven't lost your wits, have you?" Lopen asked, eyeing the bones. "Because if you have, I've got a cousin who makes this drink for people who've lost their wits, and it might make you better, sure." "If I'd lost my wits," Kaladin said, walking over to a pool of still water to wash off the carapace helm, "would I say that I had?" "I don't know," Lopen said, leaning back. "Maybe. Guess it doesn't matter if you're crazy or not." "You'd follow a crazy man into battle?" "Sure," Lopen said. "If you're crazy, you're a good type, and I like you. Not a killing-people-in-their-sleep type of crazy. — Brandon Sanderson

A battle of wits you say? What if I'm not qualified? If you thinking about that, then I'm already in your head! — Bambi F. Moore

Perfect, just what I need this morning, another episode in battle of the wits. — Sonya Bria

I am justice," Gregori said softly, his voice impacable in its resolve. "There can be no fight, no battle, as there can be only one outcome. Mental or physical bout, or simply a match of our wits, there can be only one end. I am justice.That is all. — Christine Feehan

My dad is just like everybody else's dad. I see him as kind of a goofy guy with a great sense of humor. I try to get in a battle of wits with him, but he always gets me. I emulate him because I've never seen anyone work as hard as he does. — Peter Uihlein

If your clients know that you care about them, that's half the battle. Emotional support in itself can do wonders. After that you rely on your training and your wits. — A.S.A Harrison

How funny." I say flatly. "and I was hoping for a battle of wits but you appear to be unarmed." His laugh fills the silence and brings a smile to my face. — K. Lars

This society of 'creatures that once were men' had one fine characteristic - no one of them endeavored to make out that he was better than the others, nor compelled the others to acknowledge his superiority. — Maxim Gorky

Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person. — Mark Twain

She threw in the last suggestion entirely in a sporting spirit. She loved battle, and she had a feeling that this one was going to finish far too quickly. To prolong it, she gave him this opening. There were a dozen ways in which he might answer, each more insulting than the last; and then, when he had finished, she could begin again. These little encounters, she held, sharpened the wits, stimulated the circulation, and kept one out in the open air.
- The Romance of an Ugly Policeman — P.G. Wodehouse

You can't use Shakespeare to denigrate Shakespeare, you silly clot. — D.R. Ranshaw