Famous Quotes & Sayings

Charles Caleb Colton

Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.

Charles Spurgeon

The worst sort of clever men are those who know better than the Bible.

Dave Gorman

If a story is funny, and I made it up, then the big message is, `Aren't I clever?' .. If a story is funny and it actually happened, the big message is, `Isn't the world funny?' And actually I think that's a better message. I kind of want to think that about the world -- and it sounds less like boasting.

Bryan Adams

Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet.

Cary Grant

...and there I suddenly found my articulate self in a dazzling land of smiling, jostling people wearing and not wearing all sorts of costumes and doing all sorts of clever things. And that's when I knew! What other life could there be but that of an actor?

C. Thomas Howell

My dad's a very shrewd, clever guy.

Catherynne M. Valente

But if you must be clever, then be clever. Be brave. Sleep with fists closed and shoot straight.

Catherynne M. Valente

Oh, I will be cruel to you, Marya Morevna. It will stop your breath, how cruel I can be. But you understand, don’t you? You are clever enough. I am a demanding creature. I am selfish and cruel and extremely unreasonable. But I am your servant. When you starve I will feed you; when you are sick I will tend you. I crawl at your feet; for before your love, your kisses, I am debased. For you alone I will be weak.

William Shakespeare

Twas a clever quibble. Here, a garment for it.

Charles Stross

Humans are just barely intelligent tool users; Darwinian evolutionary selection stopped when language and tool use converged, leaving the average hairy meme carrier sadly deficient in smarts.

Charles Stross

Life begets intelligence, intelligence begets smart matter and a singularity.

Chris Carter

It's really hard to scare people on network television. You've got to be smart about it. You've got to parcel out the scares.

Chris Christie

I ran for president. I ran for governor twice. And I've been the governor now for nearly seven years. I find that the people who are my best advisors are the people who are smart enough to give me really good advice and smart enough to keep their mouths shut about what advice they give me. And so if I want advisors that way, that's the kind of advisor I'm going to be for Donald Trump.

Chris Christie

I think what you expect of every candidate and ultimately of a president is to listen to the facts and to deal with things in a way that's smart and direct. I'm confident that's exactly what President [Donald] Trump will do.

Dave Franco

I just know that it's smart for my career to carve my own path and do my own thing.

David Sedaris

Speed eliminates all doubt. Am I smart enough? Will people like me? Do I really look all right in this plastic jumpsuit?

David Sedaris

Hugh consoled me, saying, "Don't let it get to you. There are plenty of things you're good at." When asked for some examples, he listed vacuuming and naming stuffed animals. He says he can probably come up with a few more, but he'll need some time to think.

David Mitchell

Yay, Old'uns' Smart mastered sicks, miles, seeds an' made miracles ord'nary, but it din't master one thing, nay, a hunger in the hearts o' humans, yay, a hunger for more.

Chita Rivera

My hairdresser and I found ourselves shopping at Bloomingdale's with nothing to do for days.

Cathy Guisewite

The specific story line that people have responded to the most has been the horror of bathing suit shopping.

Cat Deeley

I don't shop because I need something, I just shop for shopping's sake.

Agnes Repplier

Bargaining is essential to the life of the world; but nobody has ever claimed that it is an ennobling process.

Mark LaNeve

When we are on consumers' shopping lists, we like our chances.

Edgar Guest

I take the family shopping round. The markets of the world.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Every time you take a train, step into your car, walk into the shopping mall, go to the airport - every single time, something could happen. That's how terrorism works.

Diane Ackerman

We're dabbling in eugenics all the time, breeding ideal crops to replace less aesthetic or nutritious or hardy varieties; leveling forests to graze cattle or erect shopping malls and condos; planting groves of a few familiar trees that homeowners and industries prefer.

Delta Burke

And then, I do love my shopping, but actually, lounging is the big thing.