Quotes about clever
clever stupid men
Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man. Bertrand Russell
clever smart stupid
A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.
clever political politics
If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory. Benjamin Disraeli
clever men genius
What we shall need is not geniuses, or cynics, or misanthropes, or clever tacticians, but plain, honest, straghtforward men. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
clever humility skulls
The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids clever tricks like the plague. Edsger Dijkstra
clever forget funny might music outcast people rock
People forget how outcast 'They Might Be Giants' can be. They have a reputation for writing really deft, funny, clever melodies, and they also make a lot of music for kids, which is terrific, but when you see them in concert, they can rock the house. John Hodgman
clever england fans special supported sure tickets ways
England fans are very clever and have special ways of getting tickets and I'm sure we'll be well supported in Australia. Michael Vaughan
clever conflict doubt elton himself john lyrics personal seems sort
Elton John himself never seems pretentious but Bernie Taupin's lyrics often do - sometimes pretentious in a clever sort of way, but pretentious nonetheless. There is a conflict between Elton's and Bernie's personal styles, no doubt about it. Jon Landau
clever design include merit science unless
This clever tactical repackaging of creationism does not merit consideration. Intelligent design admits that it is not science unless science is redefined to include the supernatural. Witold Walczak
clever gets grand ham indict prosecutor sandwich sort
They say a clever prosecutor can indict a ham sandwich if he gets the right grand jury, ... Was this sort of a setup? Pat Robertson
clever disease looking people piece studying together
A lot of people studying this disease are looking for clever little pathways they can piece together that will show how this works. Kary Mullis
clever lucky took
It was a lucky win. We weren't very clever in our play but we took our chance.
clever leaving germany
Both Einstein and Freud were clever in leaving Germany, because both of them would doubtlessly have been caught by Himmler and murdered. Hans Frank
clever people culture
Discreetly keep most of your radical opinions to yourself. When with people be a listener a large part of the time. Be considerate in every word and act, and resist the tendency to say clever things. The best evidence of your culture is the tone and temper of your conversation.
clever charming models
A charming fellow, and so clever: he models himself on me. Herbert Beerbohm Tree
clever artist people
Clever people can copy the handwriting of an artist - it's like forging a person's signature. Henry Moore
clever intelligence cleverness
Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing. Henri Frederic Amiel
clever people intelligence
Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness.
clever
But am I clever and right or clever and wrong? Cassandra Clare
clever ocean ideas
Medium clever,” Simon acknowledged. “Like a cross between George Clooney in Ocean’s Eleven and those MythBusters guys, but, you know, better-looking.” “I’m always so glad I have no idea what you’re vacantly chattering about,” said Jace. “It fills me with a sense of peace and well-being.
clever inferiority lessons
If I could only fancy myself clever, it would be better, but to be a failure of Nature and to know it is not a comfortable lot. It is the last lesson one learns, to be contented with one's inferiority -- but it must be learned. George Eliot
clever thinking years
How to get people to vote against their interests and to really think against their interests is very clever. It's the cleverest ruling class that I have ever come across in history. It's been two hundred years at it. It's superb. Gore Vidal
clever half population
Half the American population no longer reads newspapers: plainly, they are the clever half.
clever church wonderful
In preaching you cannot produce at the same time the impression that you are clever and that Christ is wonderful. James Denney
clever somewhere-else knowing
Fear wears so many clever disguises it is virtually impossible to always recognize it. Fear disguises itself as the need to be somewhere else, doing something else, not knowing how to do something or not needing to do something. Iyanla Vanzant
clever fans stuff
I went up to Prince and said 'I'm a big fan of your stuff' and he looked at me and just walked off...left me standing there like a ****. He's a prat, but a clever prat. Elton John
clever passion men
Passion often renders the most clever man a fool, and sometimes renders the most foolish man clever. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
clever good-luck men
A clever man reaps some benefit from the worst catastrophe, and a fool can turn even good luck to his disadvantage.
clever men enough
There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.
clever eye mind
The most clever and polite are content with only seeming attentive while we perceive in their mind and eyes that at the very time they are wandering from what is said and desire to return to what they want to say.
clever silly men
No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.
cleverness deceptive
Too great cleverness is but deceptive delicacy, true delicacy is the most substantial cleverness.
clever passion men
Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.