Herm Edwards

When it gets going bad and it gets going to where all these things are happening around you, the thing that stands out most is your character. You have to make sure you keep your character and your wits about you, because at the end of the day, it might be bad for a little while, but if you're a good coach it all works out.

American Coach

Virender Sehwag

I believe in wishing my colleagues and other celebs in a manner that brings my wit out and gives people a talking point. But there are people who love and those who hate you. That's part of a celeb's life.

Indian Athlete

Michael Moorer

No I don't miss fighting, I still got my wits about me and there are a lot of people who do it and get beat up, and I don't want to be one of them, I have children to raise.

American Athlete

Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what's more, you'll be a man, my son.

English Writer

William Congreve

To find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor a fool in the eye of the world, is a very hard task.

English Poet

William Temple

The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.

English

Bertrand Russell

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

British Philosopher

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.

British Statesman

George Meredith

English Novelist

Thomas Fuller

English Clergyman

Use 'wit' to describe someone's clever humor in casual and friendly conversations.

Social Settings

'Wit' often implies admiration for someone's cleverness and humor.

Complimentary Tone

'Wit' often suggests quick, spontaneous humor, not jokes that are prepared in advance.

Quick Thinking

Referring to someone as a 'wit' is generally positive, suggesting they're entertaining.

Positive Attribute

'Wit' can be used to appreciate someone's ability to find clever solutions in difficult situations.

Problem Solving

'Wit' also emphasizes general intelligence and the ability to understand complex ideas.

Intellectual Ability

In books, 'wit' is sometimes used to describe a character's thought process.

Literary Context

Be aware that 'wit' can sound old-fashioned or formal if referring to mental faculties.

Archaic Usage

 Our thinking brains may know the zombies aren't real, but our bodies tell us otherwise. The fear feels real, so when we make it through alive, the satisfaction and sense of accomplishment also feel real. This is a great evolutionary adaptation. Those who had the right balance of bravery and wit

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 It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate. It measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country. It measures everything, in short,

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 When an officer spotted her hanging her aerial, she chatted about her passion for listening to music on the radio– and charmed him into helping her set up the cable. In her entire four month tenure, her sharp wits and stealth never failed her. But her charm had inspired lethal jealousy.

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 ideas but we especially come here for the free material goods who among us does not remember the line for the gift cave it was a little something like this we're just trying to get a seat here it's very very special I represents an entity known as cultivated wit I am its

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 It's making a little bit fun of getting older, and, you know, people might like it. But like I said, you cannot satisfy everyone. You couldn't satisfy this guy. "Another joke on old white males. Ha ha. The wit. It's nice, I'm sure to be young and rude,

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 Serialization not only made fiction available to a wider audience and kept them reading, but increased the hype around the author himself. Dickens became particularly popular for his wit, which he poured into quirky characters and satiric scenarios.

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 I'm supposed to be the expert in this, but I'm not cured. I knew the value was there. I was convinced the value was there, and I was still scared out of my wits. What if nobody would pay me that? What if clients said, "That's ridiculous.

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 the fine will be determined through a game of wits between the merchant and the king’s most clever advisor – you. You’re both told the rules in advance. The merchant will be allowed to discreetly divide his rubies

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 go unarmed that way no weapon ever gets into the wrong hands so all they have to protect themselves other wits and a zero tolerance for any kind of resistance

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 he needs to keep his wits about him for the rain also brings out hunters

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