Quotes about Clever

Clever tyrants are never punished. Votes: 6

Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness. Votes: 6

Clever people master life; the wise illuminate it and create fresh difficulties. Votes: 5

Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men. Votes: 5

To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it. Votes: 4

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying. Votes: 4

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil. Votes: 4

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. Votes: 4

Clever is as clever does. Votes: 3

God is clever, but not dishonest. Votes: 3

Clever is the eunuch version of funny. Votes: 3

A clever man commits no minor blunders. Votes: 3

There is nothing Clever about not being Happy Votes: 3

I am not Cugel the Clever for nothing! Votes: 3

Clever as the Devil and twice as pretty. Votes: 3

Clever people are always the best conversations lexicon. Votes: 3

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must. Votes: 3

Cleverness isn't always true nor is the truth always clever. Votes: 3

Clever policy consists in making nations believe they are free. Votes: 3

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. Votes: 3

Clever men are good, but they are not the best. Votes: 3

Cleverness isn't always true nor is the truth always clever Votes: 3

Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile. Votes: 3

Beware of the clever ones; the dumb ones are safer. Votes: 3

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at. Votes: 3

Clever girl. You play with fire because you want to be burnt. Votes: 3

He who knows others is clever; He who knows himself has discernment. Votes: 3

For sheer sexiness, a man must be beautiful. Funny. yes. Clever, no. Votes: 3

Clever how the cosmos can, in a single portent, be ingratiating yet sadistic. Votes: 3

Clever gimmicks of mass distraction yield a cheap soulcraft of addicted and self-medicated narcissists. Votes: 3

Clever people are never credited with their follies: what a deprivation of human rights! Votes: 3

Wild animals bite the hand that feeds them. Clever people consume the entire body. Votes: 3

I am neither especially clever nor especially gifted. I am only very, very curious. Votes: 3

Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy. Votes: 3

The interior of a teenager's mind is an endless war between Stupid and Clever. Votes: 3

How clever are you, my dear! You never mean a single word you say! Votes: 3

Clever as I am, I remain just as big a fool as anyone else. Votes: 3

Clever talk and domineering manner have little to with being a Man at His Best. Votes: 3

Clever people can copy the handwriting of an artist - it's like forging a person's signature. Votes: 3

Clever talk can confound the workings of virtue, just as small impatiences can confound great projects. Votes: 3

Clever modern man is so witless that he thinks moral silence and empty conscience are an advantage. Votes: 3

I'm lazy! I hate work! Hate hard work in all its forms! Clever shortcuts, that's all I'm about! Votes: 3

Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare. Votes: 3

Clever men are impressed in their differences from their fellows. Wise men are conscious of their resemblance to them. Votes: 3

Clever, but schoolteacher beat him anyway to show him that definitions belonged to the definers - not the defined. Votes: 3

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. Votes: 3

The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool. Votes: 3

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day. Votes: 3

Clever, witty and absorbing, Amortality is a much-needed anatomy of our profound malaise about ageing. Its charms will never fade. Votes: 3

Clever's not enough to hold me - I want characters who are more than devices to be moved about for Effect. Votes: 3

Clever plastic surgery can restore an appearance of youth, but nothing changes the expression of age and experience in the eyes. Votes: 3

It's the people who try to be clever who never are; the people who are clever never think of trying to be. Votes: 3

With wives, men hide behind the air of bravado, which is basically a defence mechanism, I think. Clever creatures, women. Very clever. Votes: 3

City is a madhouse! Don't stay there too much or you get mad! Go to the nature, to the Temple of the Clever! Votes: 3

If you are anything like me --- Clever, fond of goat cheese, and devilishly handsome --- then you have undoubtedly read many books. Votes: 3

Chennai Super Kings will win the IPL. MS Dhoni's Clever Captaincy is the reason behind Chennai Super Kings’ success in #‎ IPL ! Votes: 3

No one wants to know how clever you are. They don't want an insight into your mind, thrilling as it might be. They want an insight into their own. Votes: 3

The young women in my classes are feisty and clever and believe, often with the passion of youthful optimism, that feminism is a battle already won. I worry for them - and for my daughters, too. Votes: 2

An inefficient virus kills its host. A clever virus stays with it. Votes: 1

The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath. Votes: 1

There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do. Votes: 1

I have a fantastic husband. Here's the honeymoon part: I still think he's the funniest, wittiest, most clever man I've ever known. Votes: 1

There is no such thing as too much swearing. Swearing is just a piece of linguistic mechanics. The words in-between are the clever ones. Votes: 1

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company. Votes: 1

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say. Votes: 1

To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

Obviously people want social calm, but if you do not let clever and ingenious people to participate, obviously there must be some dormant volcano that will erupt, sooner or later. Votes: 1

Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect - But tell me the truth. Votes: 1

I showed what I can do with butter, right? Eighty-five percent increase in sales. I'm very proud of them Country Life ads. They were funny and clever and classy like the Toblerone ads I grew up with. Votes: 1

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. Votes: 1

I don't think we are going to become extinct. We're very clever and extremely resourceful - and we will find ways of preserving ourselves, of that I'm sure. But whether our lives will be as rich as they are now is another question. Votes: 1

I think I have an inner confidence that my tastes are pretty simple, that what I find funny finds a wide audience. I'm not particularly intellectual or clever or minority-focused in my creative instincts. And I'm certainly not aware of suppressing more sophisticated ambitions. Votes: 1

I get tired of comedies where there are a bunch of funny guys and a beautiful woman who doesn't do anything funny. And I don't like books where there's a rough-and-tumble boy and a really clever, snotty girl. That's just not my experience with teenagers. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

Playing nuts is a game like any other, neither better than tops, nor worse than cards. The game is played in various ways. There are 'holes' and 'bank' and 'caps.' But every game finishes up in the same way. One boy loses, another wins. And, as always, he who wins is a clever fellow, a smart fellow, a good fellow. Votes: 1

I'm such a clever Toad. Votes: 0

Sometimes you have to be clever. Votes: 0

[I am] loyal, ambitious and clever. Votes: 0

It's clever, but is it Art? Votes: 0

It was fun to be clever. Votes: 0

Is this true or only clever? Votes: 0

It's harder to be kind than clever Votes: 0

My dad's a very shrewd, clever guy. Votes: 0

The failure mode of clever is asshole. Votes: 0

If you can't be disciplined, be clever. Votes: 0

Everybody is clever, just in their own ways Votes: 0

Stupid man produces noise; clever man produces silence! Votes: 0

I really like clever men who challenge you. Votes: 0

Fools lie, clever men stick to the truth. Votes: 0

There is no bore like a clever bore. Votes: 0

Going to Oxford didn't necessarily make a person clever. Votes: 0

Creativity is not the clever rearranging of the known. Votes: 0

If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory. Votes: 0

Life packed a clever one-two punch: cruelty and absurdity. Votes: 0

Awards sell tickets, and they're a clever publicity stunt. Votes: 0

You want to make an impression. Being clever helps. Votes: 0

It's such a fine line between stupid and clever. Votes: 0

To be rude is as good as being clever. Votes: 0

You are good for nothing unless you are clever. Votes: 0

Twas a clever quibble. Here, a garment for it. Votes: 0

If they are just, they are better than clever. Votes: 0

["John F. Kennedy" movie] was just really clever storytelling. Votes: 0

i know i'm not clever but i'm always right. Votes: 0

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so. Votes: 0

Educate men without religion and you make them clever devils. Votes: 0

It is impossible to forsee the consequences of being clever. Votes: 0

If you're that clever you can argue yourself into anything. Votes: 0

A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement Votes: 0

To be clever in argument is not rationality but rationalization. Votes: 0

I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones. Votes: 0

Academics get paid for being clever, not for being right. Votes: 0

The most dangerous people are always clever, compelling, and charismatic. Votes: 0

They tried to be too clever---and that was their undoing. Votes: 0

In dark days, your best shelter is your clever thoughts! Votes: 0

But am I clever and right or clever and wrong? Votes: 0

I think clever people think that poor people are stupid. Votes: 0

People think you can't be clever if you have breasts. Votes: 0

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever. Votes: 0

I am clever enough to know that I am clever. Votes: 0

If you aren't cute, you may as well be clever. Votes: 0

Sex is the invention of a very clever venereal disease. Votes: 0

beware the clever man that makes the wrong look right Votes: 0

Here's a good rule of thumb; too clever is dumb. Votes: 0

How DARE the villainous cads be as clever as the heroes. Votes: 0

Those who are clever, who have a brain, never understand anything. Votes: 0

I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays. Votes: 0

The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists. Votes: 0

In every fall, clever man discovers the secrets of further rising! Votes: 0

I realized that so many clever people respect fashion so much. Votes: 0

My mind is so clever, but it does me no favors. Votes: 0

Though I'm anything but clever, I could talk like that forever. Votes: 0

I don't really wanna talk about politics, I'm not clever enough. Votes: 0

Good women are rarely clever and clever women are rarely good. Votes: 0

I'm not clever enough to be in machinations and real politics. Votes: 0

More data beats clever algorithms, but better data beats more data. Votes: 0

The gazelles so gentle and clever Skip lightly in frolicsome mood. Votes: 0

Finding new ways, more clever ways to interrupt people doesn't work. Votes: 0

He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head. Votes: 0

This is very clever. They have created a system to cheat. Votes: 0

The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so. Votes: 0

One begins to mistrust very clever people when they become embarrassed. Votes: 0

The poor silly-clever Irishman takes off his hat to God's Englishman. Votes: 0

We were clever enough to turn a laundry list into poetry. Votes: 0

A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. Votes: 0

A charming fellow, and so clever: he models himself on me. Votes: 0

But I don't sit down at dinner and have clever ideas. Votes: 0

Girls are much too clever to fall out of their prams Votes: 0

We live in a day of slick, quiet and clever sins. Votes: 0

A clever man without wisdom is like a beautiful flower without fragrance. Votes: 0

And she's very clever, Peeta. Well, she was. Until you outfoxed her Votes: 0

I can resist anything but the temptation to make a clever witticism. Votes: 0

A clever person solves a problem; a wise person uses Cosmic Ordering! Votes: 0

Educate men without religion and you make of them but clever devils. Votes: 0

Sometimes there is simply no need to be either clever or original. Votes: 0

A clever, imaginative, humorous request can open closed doors and closed minds. Votes: 0

Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like. Votes: 0

There is a world of difference between being clever and being right. Votes: 0

One word of love is worth more than a thousand clever speeches. Votes: 0

Something bad was about to happen. My wife was being clever again. Votes: 0

A clever quote opens new paths in the minds of the clever! Votes: 0

No man is clever enough to know all the evil he does. Votes: 0

It is easy to be clever if you leave something important out. Votes: 0

Capable people do not understand incapacity; clever people do not understand stupidity. Votes: 0

A clever, imaginative, humorous request can open closed doors and closed minds." Votes: 0

I would never create an image for myself; I'm not that clever. Votes: 0

A clever arrangement of bad eggs will never make a good omelet. Votes: 0

I'm not clever enough or aware enough to make a political movie. Votes: 0

How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant. Votes: 0

When clever people ask me where I get a poem, I despair. Votes: 0

I learned from both my parents that you had to be clever. Votes: 0

Those who understand others are clever, those who understand themselves are wise. Votes: 0

It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise. Votes: 0

Very clever people are often very clever at creating rationalisations for insane beliefs. Votes: 0

Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others. Votes: 0

A clever mind is not a heart. Knowledge doesn't really care, wisdom does. Votes: 0

The more clever and cunning people are, the stranger the events will be. Votes: 0

Ridicule is also a weapon against forces of evil. Really clever, intelligent ridicule. Votes: 0

Which would you rather be...divinely beautiful or dazzlingly clever or angelically good? Votes: 0

I hate people who think it's clever to take drugs... like custom officers. Votes: 0

Aphorism, n.: A concise, clever statement you don't think of until too late. Votes: 0

I'm a really huge John Prine fan; I love his clever conversationalist songs. Votes: 0

When you educate without the Holy Spirit, you only get a clever devil. Votes: 0

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever. Votes: 0

You can really do some clever editing even within the limited two-track format. Votes: 0

The desire to be thought clever often prevents a man from becoming so. Votes: 0

A clever woman often compromises her husband; a stupid woman only compromises herself. Votes: 0

Some people think that I haven't got the brains to be that clever. Votes: 0

My gran always said I was half clever, half stupid, and half crazy. Votes: 0

Let us not compare the genius with the clever; ocean with the lake! Votes: 0

The wicked are always surprised to find that the good can be clever. Votes: 0

No, I'm not clever. I've always cared more for people than for ideas. Votes: 0

Show me a clever nation; then I will show you a clever government! Votes: 0

Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times. Votes: 0

The strong live off the weak and the clever live off the strong. Votes: 0

Making clever speeches takes a lot of work and a lot of time. Votes: 0

It's not that I'm so clever, it is that others are so stupid. Votes: 0

We can be more clever than one, but not more clever than all. Votes: 0

I think there is a basic comfort in clever people who know things. Votes: 0

Any fool can make soap. It takes a clever man to sell it. Votes: 0

There is always a way out for those clever enough to find it. Votes: 0

A man who stops at nothing short of the law is very clever indeed! Votes: 0

So many, though reluctant to admit it. Shun clever men, and rather suffer fools. Votes: 0

There is scarcely any man sufficiently clever to appreciate all the evil he does. Votes: 0

Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind? Votes: 0

My dad is a great manager. He's not just competent - he's very clever. Votes: 0

And feeling clever, I've always thought, is just a sigh away from being cheerful. Votes: 0

Is it not, then, better to be ridiculous and friendly than clever and hostile? Votes: 0

In my work, I wanted something irreducible, an absence of the gimmicky and clever. Votes: 0

Half the American population no longer reads newspapers: plainly, they are the clever half. Votes: 0

Every nation determines its own destiny; the clever the nation, the better the fate! Votes: 0

Any halfway clever devil would decorate the highway to Hell as beautiful as possible. Votes: 0

Pickup lines never work...I think someone clever, witty and funny is very attractive. Votes: 0

So long as victory can be attained, stupid haste is preferable to clever dilatoriness. Votes: 0

Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience. Votes: 0

Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate... Votes: 0

Dads don't need to be tall and broad-shouldered and clever. Love makes them so. Votes: 0

My dad is a great manager. He's not just competent - he's very clever. Votes: 0

A good lawyer knows the law; a clever one takes the judge to lunch. Votes: 0

God was a clever idea ... The human race came up with a winner there. Votes: 0

Meadowlark Lemon is one very clever man, unique and truly one of a kind. Votes: 0

I think my older sister was probably more clever, but I worked very hard. Votes: 0

Nobody gets married to a clever song, let alone falls in love to one. Votes: 0

I never heard tell of any clever man that came of entirely stupid people. Votes: 0

The greatest fools are ofttimes more clever than the men who laugh at them. Votes: 0

I never tell anyone exactly how clever I am. They would be too scared. Votes: 0

Only the clever men can be flexible; others are condemned to remain as rigid! Votes: 0

In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork. Votes: 0

The worst sort of clever men are those who know better than the Bible. Votes: 0

I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. Votes: 0

A clever schoolboy's reaction to his reading is most naturally expressed by parody or imitation. Votes: 0

I'm very clever at hiding poems perhaps more clever than I am at writing them. Votes: 0

Life, it turns out, is infinitely more clever and adaptable than anyone had ever supposed. Votes: 0

Think of something clever, witty or profound, keep it short and people may quote you. Votes: 0

By the time the clever reaches the clouds, the genius is already on the stars. Votes: 0

War has become an affair of machines...and soldiers are little more than clever mechanics. Votes: 0

No Jew was ever fool enough to turn Christian unless he was a clever man. Votes: 0

Rule of thumb: if you think something is clever and sophisticated beware-it is probably self-indulgence. Votes: 0

There are no circumstances, however unfortunate, that clever people do not extract some advantage from. Votes: 0

In any relationship, the woman has control, the clever ones don't let the men know. Votes: 0

Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also. Votes: 0

It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever. Votes: 0

Appeasement was never a very clever policy, and it should not be our option today. Votes: 0

If I had one wish I'd wish for a million wishes because I am clever. Votes: 0

A fool tries to look different: a clever man looks the same and is different. Votes: 0

Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others. Votes: 0

We study history not to be clever in another time, but to be wise always. Votes: 0

To be clever in the afternoon argues that one is dining nowhere in the evening. Votes: 0

Deprived of the company of fools, a great wit does not seem half so clever. Votes: 0

I had very clever producers, who scheduled it brilliantly, but scheduling it was a nightmare. Votes: 0

Put a very clever man next to a genius, his brightness will immediately turn to dullness! Votes: 0

There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent. Votes: 0

Entropy shakes its angry fist at you for being clever enough to organize the world. (p 2) Votes: 0

We must obviously be much more clever in using resources, regulate with tax and promote innovations. Votes: 0

I write my own quotes. Except this one. I obviously stole this from somebody really clever. Votes: 0

not all clever words are true. ... And inversely most things that are true are not clever. Votes: 0

Most people are clever because they don't know how to be honest." William Gaddis, The Recognitions. Votes: 0

The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people. Votes: 0

Where courage and judgement are equally required a clever coward is better than a stupid hero. Votes: 0

You'll make bundle of blunders if you consider yourself too clever to look at anothers work. Votes: 0

Calvin was very clever. We did the pictures and made the commercial, and that really worked. Votes: 0

If you are creative enough to imagine a problem, you're clever enough to discover a solution. Votes: 0

Philosophers have a long tradition of marrying stupid women, from Socrates on. They think it clever. Votes: 0

Move quickly. Sound, calm mind. Be light in body. Have a clever mind. Master the basics. Votes: 0

The fraudster's greatest liability is the certainty that the fraud is too clever to be detected. Votes: 0

Whenever I've chosen a song because it's clever, it's always turned out to be a mistake. Votes: 0

A brilliant mind was never as clever as three average minds sniffing after something of interest. Votes: 0

I love Sara Bareilles. She's just so clever. I wish I were her. She's so awesome. Votes: 0

A book is like a man - clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. Votes: 0

Be good, sweet maid, and don't forget that this involves being as clever as you can. Votes: 0

They hit you at school, they hate you if your clever, and they despise a fool. Votes: 0

She is very clever, too clever for a woman. She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness. Votes: 0

I'm accused of cleverness as if it were a sin. She is merely clever, they say. Votes: 0

Kings also sleep; but the clever ones, with one eye open, just like dolphins and whales Votes: 0

It is not that I am so clever; it is that everyone else is so stupid. Votes: 0

I always see my wife as the clever one, as the wise one in the family. Votes: 0

If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director. Votes: 0

Elvis Costello's song writing is so peerless and individualistic. It's storytelling and it's deeply intelligent and clever. Votes: 0

All my life I've wanted, just once, to say something clever without losing my train of thought Votes: 0

...and wondering where he had read that clever liars give details, but that the cleverest do not. Votes: 0

A shy smile, strong arms, clever fingers, and two sure swords. What more could any woman want? Votes: 0

Passion often renders the most clever man a fool, and sometimes renders the most foolish man clever. Votes: 0

Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous. Votes: 0

It used to be that painters were crazy and sculptors clever. Today it's the other way around. Votes: 0

My grandfather taught me that it is harder to be kind than it is to be clever. Votes: 0

When you're high, it's easy to kid yourself about how clever certain mediocre pieces of material are. Votes: 0

The height of cleverness is in one's ability to be very clever without seeming clever at all. Votes: 0

Much of my good fortune was a matter of nothing more clever on my part than luck. Votes: 0

She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation. Votes: 0

To show a longing for anything that one cannot have, for instance, is not a clever position. Votes: 0

I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too. Votes: 0

A clever girl may pass through the phase of foolish miss on the way to sensible woman. Votes: 0

Instead of seeking wisdom, liberals desire to be seen as clever by being counterintuitive, crazy, and outre. Votes: 0

Passion often makes a fool of the cleverest man and often makes the most foolish men clever Votes: 0

Remember that anybody who is clever enough to set you free is clever enough to enslave you. Votes: 0

American girls are as clever at concealing their parents as English women are at concealing their past. Votes: 0

Which would you rather be if you had the choice--divinely beautiful or dazzlingly clever or angelically good? Votes: 0

Even the worst that happens to you can be converted into GOLD if you are clever enough. Votes: 0

Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense. Votes: 0

A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others. Votes: 0

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. Votes: 0

Words from the past: "It's a clever idea, Mr. Bell, but don't wire us, we'll wire you. Votes: 0

The surest aid in combating the male's disease of self-contempt is to be loved by a clever woman. Votes: 0

What clever man has ever needed to commit a crime? Crime is the last resort of political half-wits. Votes: 0

Passionate investment leaves us vulnerable to loss. And sometimes, no matter how clever we are, we must lose. Votes: 0

He's clever,' thought Ivan,' I must admit there are some smart people even among the intelligentsia Votes: 0

Those who are clever in imagination are far more pleased with themselves than prudent men could reasonably be. Votes: 0

Messi is much more than being clever. He is a genius who reserves all his expressiveness for football. Votes: 0

I love hearing details of writers' craft, as cannibals eat the brains of clever men to get cleverer. Votes: 0

Don't believe what the spiritual sharks and clever carnival hustlers tell you about fearless living - they lie. Votes: 0

Opinions mean nothing; they may be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish, anyone can embrace or reject them. Votes: 0

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable. Votes: 0

Unless it's something very clever like 'Memento,' most independent films have a very tough life out there. Votes: 0

Ancient astronauts didn't build the pyramids. Human beings built the pyramids, because they're clever and they work hard. Votes: 0

The problem with being clever, Serene thought with a sigh, is that everyone assumes you're always planning something. Votes: 0

Sometimes the very learned and clever can be brilliantly foolish, especially when seized by an apparently good cause. Votes: 0

Foursquare's adoption of a game dynamic when it launched is a particularly clever implementation of a social hook. Votes: 0

A clever man should handle his interests so that each will fall in suitable order of their value. Votes: 0

But if you must be clever, then be clever. Be brave. Sleep with fists closed and shoot straight. Votes: 0

People who want to appear clever rely on memory. People who want to get things done make lists. Votes: 0

To reach the future, man needs to be clever and more important than this he must be lucky! Votes: 0

In the land of genius, the sun always shines; in the land of clever, there are many clouds! Votes: 0

Be clever and do not build walls, because in the future they will bring only shame to you! Votes: 0

The idea that if you are very clever you shouldn't be an actor would be laughable in Russia. Votes: 0

I couldn't think of one clever way to stop this guy, so I just trusted to mindless violence. Votes: 0

It's no use trying to be clever-we are all clever here; just try to be kind-a little kind. Votes: 0

The world is full of people who are very clever at seeming much smarter than they really are. Votes: 0

Not everyone can be strong or clever. Not everyone can be beautiful. But we can ALL be brave! Votes: 0

If men had wings and bore black feathers, Few of them would be clever enough to be crows. Votes: 0

You are very clever," said the old man shyly. "I would like to eat your brains, one day. Votes: 0

Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. Votes: 0

Wise man is a lake full with fishes; clever man is a fisherman who often visits this lake! Votes: 0

Dissimulation is innate in woman, and almost as much a quality of the stupid as of the clever. Votes: 0

It is impossible for a dove to catch a swallow, for a clever man to catch a genius. Votes: 0

That was when the Spanish came in and conquered the Aztecs. I thought that was a clever thing. Votes: 0

I don't want my words to be clever or eloquent. I just want them to speak God's heart. Votes: 0

It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to. Votes: 0

If you're as clever as you can be when you write it, how will you ever debug it? Votes: 0

Mr. Rihani is a man of ardent poetic temperament, a clever poet, and a man of unworldly ideals. Votes: 0

Every story has a moral you just need to be clever enough to find it - the Dutchess Votes: 0

It seems to take me about five years to get a record together, which is not a clever idea. Votes: 0

A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible. Votes: 0

The Korean economic miracle was the result of a clever and pragmatic mixture of market incentives and state direction. Votes: 0

Lightning is like an elementary spirit, eccentric or rational, clever or silly, passing from one extreme to the other. Votes: 0

This woman is beautiful and clever: but how much cleverer she would have become if she were not beautiful! Votes: 0

Am I not sensitive, clever, well-mannered, considerate, passionate, charming, as kind as I'm handsome and heir to a throne? Votes: 0

No government likes the clever and the honorable men, because it is impossible to bridle them; they are independent! Votes: 0

If you're trying to hide something, you wouldn't keep getting away with it for 10 years. Nobody is that clever. Votes: 0

People may say that what I do is very clever, but it's not really at all. It's not Swift. Votes: 0

What we shall need is not geniuses, or cynics, or misanthropes, or clever tacticians, but plain, honest, straghtforward men. Votes: 0

My scholarly expectation is then that I may succeed in becoming clever in philosophy in spite of my stupidity. Votes: 0

Fancy living in one of these streets, never seeing anything beautiful, never eating anything savoury, never saying anything clever! Votes: 0

In a very unscientific statement, I feel that there's been a disconnect between this clever brain and the heart. Votes: 0

How clever of me. I have found such a pathway into hell that I can never get back out. Votes: 0

When one thinks profusely and cleverly, not only his face but his body too takes on a clever appearance. Votes: 0

TV"”a clever contraction, derived from the words Terrible Vaudeville. We call it a medium, because nothing's well done. Votes: 0

Foolish, ignorant people indulge in careless lives, whereas a clever man guards his attention as his most precious possession. Votes: 0

I used to think it was clever to confuse comedy with tragedy. Now I wish I could distinguish them. Votes: 0

In the quest to be clever, I completely forgot about the people that I love and that love me. Votes: 0

What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease. Votes: 0

It i impossible to foresee the consequences of being clever, so you try to avoid it whenever you can. Votes: 0

Being clever was when you looked at how things were and used the evidence to work out something new. Votes: 0

a person who was clever ought to be clever enough not to be unjust or deliberately unkind to anyone. Votes: 0

Plenty of clever children have to pretend to be not clever or else they get bullied by the thick. Votes: 0

When a man wants a mystery, it is generally better to leave him mystified. Nobody loves a clever woman. Votes: 0

Your style is who you are when you're not trying to be clever or better than you actually are. Votes: 0

Sister, they send you out for one and you bring back two... and a half. Such a clever girl. Votes: 0

They, all of them, work incredibly hard to make me seem clever and heroic, neither of which I am. Votes: 0

My fans are so funny, they make me laugh so much. I've got some really, really, funny, clever fans. Votes: 0

Tiptoeing on a tightrope past insider trading laws may be deft and clever, but it doesn't make it right. Votes: 0

When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you. Votes: 0

Any clever person can make plans for winning a war if he has no responsibility for carrying them out. Votes: 0

Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them. Votes: 0

I have no great quickness of apprehension or wit which is so remarkable in some clever men, for instance Huxley Votes: 0

It is not enough for a painter to be a clever craftsman; he must love to 'caress' his canvas, too. Votes: 0

Today's religion will be the future's mythology. Both believed at one time by many; but proved wrong by the clever. Votes: 0

In preaching you cannot produce at the same time the impression that you are clever and that Christ is wonderful. Votes: 0

Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke. Votes: 0

So, deadpan I think just means not acknowledging for one second that you think that this is funny and clever. Votes: 0

We often feel that a clever aphorism captures a truth that would require pages to defend in any other way. Votes: 0

For the task assigned them Men aren't smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie. Votes: 0

Novels are sweets. All people with healthy literary appetites love them-almost all women; a vast number of clever, hardheaded men. Votes: 0

And out of a desire essentially to imitate what I was reading, I began to write, like a clever monkey. Votes: 0

I mean, anyone can let Danger out but the really clever thing is finding somewhere for it to go afterwards. Votes: 0

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. Votes: 0

He was neither clever nor sensitive, but he was loyal--stubbornly sometimes, and even annoyingly and stupidly so in later life. Votes: 0

That's typical Gabrielle, ... Marc has a very clever plan for this pregnancy. It's going to turn her world upside down Votes: 0

It's a wicked world, and when a clever man turns his brain to crime it is the worst of all. Votes: 0

The art of chess is akin to the art of war itself; full of strategy and cunning, yet clever placements. Votes: 0

With all the clever brains in America it would be great to see more investment and focus on this essential research! Votes: 0

A clever man reaps some benefit from the worst catastrophe, and a fool can turn even good luck to his disadvantage. Votes: 0

I discovered that the most dangerous mask is the one worn by intelligent people because they are clever at their disguise. Votes: 0

Unix was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things. Votes: 0

No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him first. Votes: 0

I think Hillary Clinton's a very clever politician but she would be too easy to stereotype the way John Kerry was. Votes: 0

In my experience, clever food is not appreciated at Christmas. It makes the little ones cry and the old ones nervous. Votes: 0

Richness and fat does need,In logic clever fine deeds,But paunches never do breed,Fine thoughts or sublime seeds.[45] - 2 Votes: 0

I have never been clever enough - or egotistical enough to spend 300 pages dipping into the sludge of my own subconscious. Votes: 0

A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it. Votes: 0

I want my recipes to be clever examples of a bigger story, a celebration of resource responsibility and spending with purpose. Votes: 0

The clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him. Votes: 0

I once used henna to dye my hair brown for an audition, thinking I was being clever as it's all natural. Votes: 0

I enjoy doing press for something that I like, and I think the movie is very fun and charming and clever. Votes: 0

Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man. Votes: 0

No man can give at once the impressions that he himself is clever and that Jesus Christ is mighty to save. Votes: 0

To get fruits from the tree branches, shake them with hands; to get fruits from men, shake them with clever ideas! Votes: 0

let's get away from all the clever humans who put words in our mouth let's only say what our hearts desire. Votes: 0

The ego is like a clever monkey, which can co-opt anything, even the most spiritual practices, so as to expand itself. (155) Votes: 0

You have to be clever in how you make money and save it, and clever in how you enjoy your life. Votes: 0

If only Muslims were clever politically, they could take over the United States and replace its constitutional government with a caliphate. Votes: 0

Life doesn't reward the naturally clever or strong but those who can learn to fight and work hard and never quit. Votes: 0

But now I am six. And I'm clever as clever. And now I think I'll stay six now forever and ever. Votes: 0

Faith is a very clever concept. We invented God from our imagination and we use faith to justify His absence from reality. Votes: 0

The disease having been caused by allowing cleverness to displace wisdom, no amount of clever research is likely to produce a cure. Votes: 0

Both Einstein and Freud were clever in leaving Germany, because both of them would doubtlessly have been caught by Himmler and murdered. Votes: 0

A clever graduate student could teach Fourier something new, but surely no one claims that he could teach Archimedes to reason better. Votes: 0

A just cause needs no interpreting. It carries its own case. But the unjust argument since it is sick, needs clever medicine. Votes: 0

The great thing about the Internet is, it has made it easier for people who are clever and resourceful to promote themselves. Votes: 0

I . . . am always half afraid of finding a clever novel too clever--& of finding my own story & my own people all forestalled. Votes: 0

I do like beauty, but an older woman can be beautiful and a clever woman is beautiful because that beauty shines through. Votes: 0

The wise man is but a clever infant, spelling letters from a hieroglyphical prophetic book, the lexicon of which lies in eternity. Votes: 0

The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so they believe they are clever as he. Votes: 0

Obama is the New Generation and the hot light of a dawn that goes way beyond clever talk of morning in America. Votes: 0

Therefore the clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him. Votes: 0

I made it to Oxford, but it is not that I am particularly clever, much more that I am a worker bee. Votes: 0

I don't try to be clever at all. The idea that I could see what no one else can is an illusion. Votes: 0

We are learning to do a great many clever things. The next great task will be to learn not to do them. Votes: 0

Ohh, how clever," Aden said and clapped. "A death threat. You know what's funny? That's not even my first of the day. Votes: 0

A sharp-tempered woman, or, for that matter, a man, Is easier to deal with than the clever type Who holds her tongue. Votes: 0

It always seemed to me a sort of clever stupidity only to have one sort of talent - like a carrier pigeon. Votes: 0

Creativity is when a stupid clever soul gets up from bed and does amazing things that makes the world think he is wise. Votes: 0

A clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return. Votes: 0

I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of a low dishonest decade Votes: 0

A clever man can see the world from a cave much better than a stupid man can from the top of a mountain! Votes: 0

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say. Votes: 0

Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have? Votes: 0

Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have~? Votes: 0

I've always been clever enough to surround myself with the best in whatever field I'm working in... Good people make you look good. Votes: 0

We are obliged to regard many of our original minds as crazy at least until we have become as clever as they are. Votes: 0

The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that he is stupid. Votes: 0

The clever cannot catch the genius; such an attempt is just an act of trying to catch the shadow of a flying bird! Votes: 0

If you want to be clever in your picture, don't let anybody catch you at it. If they catch you, you're not clever. Votes: 0

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes. Votes: 0

[Chess] is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time. Votes: 0

Creativity is when a stupid clever soul gets up from bed and do amazing things that makes the world think he is wise. Votes: 0

Age is a clever thief. It takes a little from you each day, so you're not aware of your loss until it'd irreversible. Votes: 0

Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time Votes: 0

Empathy is really important.. Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our full potential. Votes: 0

The clever people at CERN are smashing particles together in the hope that Doctor Who will turn up and tell them to stop Votes: 0

Because of the self-confidence with which he had spoken, no one could tell whether what he said was very clever or very stupid. Votes: 0

I was a weedy kid, not like one of those working-class men who can accommodate not being academically clever by physical strength and prowess. Votes: 0

The most powerful weapon known is the weapon of blessing. Therefore, a clever person relies on it. He wins with peace, not with war. Votes: 0

One has the idea of a stupid man as perfectly healthy and ordinary, and of illness as making one refined and clever and unusual. Votes: 0

Men pass in front of our eyes like butterflies, creatures of a brief season. We love them; they are brave, proud, beautiful, and clever. Votes: 0

You got to be smart you got to be clever and not get hit and when your able to do this your a fighter Votes: 0

There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can't think of a clever enough idea. Votes: 0

In a stupid society, a clever man can come into the power; but in a clever society no stupid can come into the power! Votes: 0

It is never wise to try to appear to be more clever than you are. It is sometimes wise to appear slightly less so. Votes: 0

Football is a game based on emotion and intelligence. Anyone can be clever, the trick is not to think the other guy is stupid. Votes: 0

Marketing is not the art of finding clever ways to dispose of what you make. It is the art of creating genuine customer value. Votes: 0

Eve was still frowning at the pasta like she suspected it was going to do something clever, like try to escape from the pot. Votes: 0

Yesterday I was clever,That is why I wanted to change the world.Today I am wise,That is why I am changing myself. Votes: 0

When you hear a word, think about it, no matter how dull it sounds! Because on the second thought, it may sound very clever! Votes: 0

Here is a good reply of a clever horse to the man who tries to ride and control it: Throwing him into the air! Votes: 0

I've been composing music all my life and if I'd been clever enough at school I would like to have gone to music college. Votes: 0

In today's world, we all live with the burden of feeling that anything is possible if we're only clever enough, smart enough, work hard enough. Votes: 0

Things that would have made fame of a less clever man seemed tricks in his hands. It is a mistake to do things too easily. Votes: 0

One always has the idea of a stupid man as perfectly healthy and ordinary, and of illness as making one refined and clever and unusual. Votes: 0

Sometimes all you need to do to win clever people over to a principle is to present it in the form of a shocking paradox. Votes: 0

A man who learns complicated things from animals is a clever man, but an animal who learns complicated things from men is a genius animal! Votes: 0

Sephora's business is really smart and clever - I'm all for anything that gets people up and out and into the social experience of shopping. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I think it's clever how Rome have kept a load of old stuff. There's no overheads, yet people are going over there to see it. Votes: 0

The conflict with Hell cannot be maintained by men, even the most clever. The Immaculata alone has from God the promise of victory over Satan. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

You are not going to waltz in here and distract me with a clever phrase and a beguiling smile." "You think my smile is beguiling? Votes: 0

A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, educated or illiterate, clever or dull. Give him your heart and he will give you his. Votes: 0

From the port of ideas, not only the most clever ones put out to sea and conquer the world but also the most stupid ones do! Votes: 0

His face had become very red and his mouth and fingers were sticky. He did not look either clever or handsome, whatever the Queen might say. Votes: 0

Do what? Come up with a clever pun referencing Jerome's demonic status? The truth is, I usually keep a stash of them on hand and"” Votes: 0

A fool is a person who guesses and gets it wrong, a clever man is one who guesses, regardless of time period, and gets it right. Votes: 0

The turtle lives 'twixt plated decks Which practically conceal its sex I think it clever of the turtle In such a fix to be so fertile. Votes: 0

Luke Jermay is as devious as he's clever, and he's a Master at complication - with this take on TTTCBE he might just fool the Devil... Votes: 0

I was very precocious. I was pleased with myself. I thought I was very good-looking and I thought I was very clever - and I was. Votes: 0

The true use of history, whether civil or military, is not to make man clever for the next time, it is to make him wise forever. Votes: 0

Most people can tire of a lecture in fifteen minutes, clever people can do it in five, and sensible people don't go to lectures at all. Votes: 0

Who does not wish to be beautiful, and clever, and rich, and to have back, in old age, the time spent trying to be any of them. Votes: 0

Credulity is always a ridiculous, often a dangerous failing: it has made of many a clever man, a fool; and of many a good man, a knave. Votes: 0

If you are clever enough to figure out what men want, you are either too wise to marry them or too intimidating for them to marry you. Votes: 0

Most of the people who write to me are really clever, really engaged. They just want to say that they have read my book and liked it. Votes: 0

The clever men at Oxford, know all that there is to be knowed. But they none of them know one half as much, as intelligent Mr. Toad. Votes: 0

The worst part of an eminent man's conversation is, nine times out of ten, to be found in that part by which he means to be clever. Votes: 0

The clever men of Oxford, know all that there is to be knowed but they none of them know one half as much as intelligent Mr. Toad. Votes: 0

To be a head boy, you have to be very clever, you have to be a scholar, and I was never a scholar in any shape or form. Votes: 0

I don't want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are. Votes: 0

From now on the enemy is more clever than you. From now on the enemy is stronger than you. From now on you are always about to lose. Votes: 0

We didn't die,' she said. Of course not. I'm too clever to die, and you're too pretty.' I am pretty,' Valkryie said, managing a grin. Votes: 0

As a writer, you get to play, you get alter time, you get to come up with the smart lines and the clever comebacks you wish you'd thought of. Votes: 0

How many stars can you count in the sky? How many mistakes can you count in your life? Stop counting! No clever man ever is stuck in the past! Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0