Quotes about clever
clever eye countenance
An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance! Richard Brinsley Sheridan
clever numbers judging
The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.
clever justice judging
A bumper of good liquor Will end a contest quicker Than justice, judge or vicar.
clever wine men
A man may surely be allowed to take a glass of wine by his own fireside.
clever military adventure
Athens' biggest worry was the sheer recklessness of its own democratic government. A simple majority of the citizenry, urged on and incensed by clever demagogues, might capriciously send out military forces in unnecessary and exhausting adventures. Thucydides
clever men proud
Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being the second as they are proud of being the first.
clever anger trying
Never try to have the last word. You might get it. Robert A. Heinlein
clever men laughing
One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.
clever pride company
A skunk is better company than a person who prides himself on being 'frank'.
clever government should-have
Bush is very clever. When the debate should have been about the deterioration of our cities and the lack of action by government, he sent in his idiot to make an outrageous statement about Murphy Brown. Tim Robbins
clever winter cities
Hospitality is gold in this City; you have to be clever to figure out how to be welcoming and defensive at the same time. When to love something and when to quit. If you don't know how, you can end up out of control or controlled by some outside thing like that hard case last winter. Toni Morrison
clever definitions beloved
Clever, but schoolteacher beat him anyway to show him that definitions belonged to the definers - not the defined.
clever writing mind
If you could stop every atom in its position and direction, and if your mind could comprehend all the actions thus suspended, then if you were really, really good at algebra you could write the formula for all the future; and although nobody can be so clever as to do it, the formula must exist just as if one could. Tom Stoppard
clever believe men
You can persuade a man to believe almost anything provided he is clever enough, but it is much more difficult to persuade someone less clever.
clever mean thinking
Which means that in order to defeat her, I have to think of a way to defeat myself. And how can I be a better fighter than myself, if she knows the same strategies I know, and is exactly as resourceful and clever as I am? Veronica Roth
clever people poetry
When clever people ask me where I get a poem, I despair. Robert Frost
clever philosophy secret
We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows.
clever exercise people
I can assure you that there is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life. You learn that which is of inestimable importance that there are a great many people in the world who are just as clever as you are. You learn to put your trust, by and by, in an economy and frugality of the exercise of your powers, both moral and intellectual; and you very soon find out, if you have not found it out before, that patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness. Thomas Huxley
clever mistake people
No mistake is so commonly made by clever people as that of assuming a cause to be bad because the arguments of its supporters are, to a great extent, nonsensical
clever thinking velocity
I like physics. I think it is the best science out of all three of them, because generally it's more useful. You learn about speed and velocity and time, and that's all clever stuff. Tom Felton
clever children bullied
Plenty of clever children have to pretend to be not clever or else they get bullied by the thick. Tom Baker
clever very-clever wells
And she’s very clever, Peeta. Well, she was. Until you outfoxed her Suzanne Collins
clever mistake smart
A stupid person can make only certain, limited types of errors; the mistakes open to a clever fellow are far broader. But to the one who knows how smart he is compared to everyone else, the possibilities for true idiocy are boundless. Steven Brust
clever pages way
We often feel that a clever aphorism captures a truth that would require pages to defend in any other way. Steven Pinker
clever war winning
What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease. Sun Tzu
clever smart book
I read the paper every day. There are certain subjects that will catch my attention. I have an entire file of articles. Of course I make up the story, especially since most criminals are not very smart and fictional crime must be clever. I have to make sure the story I am telling is interesting and realistic. In this book I went on line and found out the manners of codes. I thought it interesting to use them as a jumping off point. Sue Grafton
clever dare universe
Do I dare disturb the universe? T. S. Eliot
clever eye men
The world rests upon a turtle, which itself stands on the back of an elephant!” Alek tried not to laugh. “Then what does the elephant stand on, madam?” “Don’t try to be clever, young man.” She narrowed her eyes. “It’s elephants all the way down! Scott Westerfeld
clever boxing spotlight
Dempsey himself said you only spend so much time in the spotlight before they change the bulb. He had a very clever way with words. Roger Kahn
clever lists laundry
We were clever enough to turn a laundry list into poetry. Umberto Eco
clever men fool
Show me a man or woman who cannot stand mysteries and I will show you a fool, a clever fool - perhaps - but a fool just the same. Raymond Chandler
clever tests firsts
Oh, here's a clever one. Do you remember this question from the first test?It reads, 'What wrong with this statement?' And do you know what Constance wrote in reply? She wrote, 'What's wrong with you? Trenton Lee Stewart
clever men fool
The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool. Rudyard Kipling