"I think that probably did for me what it does for many short people, which is to make you rely a little more on your own wit.
To suggest that women are incapable of being funny is to lack either a genuine sense of humor (as opposed to a narcissistic belief in your own wit) or a passing familiarity with the work of — hang on, let me do a little mental Googling.
From then on, he relied on his own wits – acting, writing, gigging, presenting, agitating.
He sees him as a clever man who has made his pile with his own wits, unlike most others who robbed the state.
People who are dropped behind enemy lines have no choice but to rely on their own wits and make the most of limited resources.
They know there are times when we all must depend on our own wits and the kindness of strangers.
He found that life in the region today, in many ways, mirrored his childhood recollections of how the residents worked the land, slaughtered their own meat and relied on their own wits.
But last week, it was full of ordinary investors, the kind of people who rely on the library's resources and their own wits to guide their savings.
Not only would it be his longest, hardest, and most punishing quest; he would have to survive entirely on his own wits.
