Clever Quotes · Page 21

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

— Confucius

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

— Ogden Nash

There is nothing clever about confusion.

— William Wyler

You put anyone in the outfit, and they look like Gandalf. Not that clever.

— Ian Mckellen

All that is unfair, offends us if it's not beneficial for us

— Luc de Clapiers

The thought of you before slumber gave me a number of dreams in color.

— Raghib Clitso

Once sent out, a word takes wings beyond recall.

— Horace

“I was clever in a severely limited sense”

— Mark Bibbins

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

— Winston Churchill

“I’m different,” said the Kid. “My gran always said I was half clever, half stupid, and half crazy.”

— Charlie Higson

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

— Euripides

They were so clever finding ways to get me the ball. They had to do more than just give up open shots.…

— Wilt Chamberlain

“I’m very clever,’ said the Doctor. It was a good line, and he was determined to use it as much as possible.”

— Neil Gaiman

“Silence had weight. And in that moment, it was heavier than both of them could carry.”

— Janus Lucky

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

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

I watch his hands, they're lumpy but clever. "Is there a word for adults when they aren't parents?" Steppa laughs. "Folks with…

— Emma Donoghue

Wall Street is littered with clever plans to use financial instruments to change behavior - carbon trading, for example. Some have changed…

— Andrew Ross Sorkin

My dad grew up in a mud hut and studied by candlelight. He was 14 when he got a scholarship to Russia.…

— M.I.A

Read as little as possible of literary criticism - such things are either partisan opinions, which have become petrified and meaningless, hardened…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

[Kay] was not at all an unpleasant person really, but clever, quick, proud, passionate and ambitious. He was one of those people…

— Anonymous

It is not for us to imagine that we can prove the truth of Christianity by our own arguments; nobody can prove…

— J. I. Packer

I love this. "Of course I trust the president." Two days ago, Nancy Pelosi hated Donald Trump! She's out there saying the…

— Rush Limbaugh

I was the subject of an experiment in love. I lived my life under her gaze, undergoing certain trials for her so…

— Hilary Mantel

In some circles where very heavy people think they have very heavy brains, words like "charming" and "clever" and "pretty" are all…

— Andy Warhol

Solitude is an ocean with wonderful places hidden in its depths.

— Isaac of Nineveh

I know you're not a heart surgeon but you mended this broken heart.

— Raghib Clitso

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

— W. C. Fields

[on pop idol Donny Osmond] He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

— Billy Wilder

“Never apologize for being clever, Shallan. It sets a bad precedent.”

— Brandon Sanderson

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“He celebrated his solitude with a frown.”

— R.J. Lawrence

Academics get paid for being clever, not for being right.

— Donald A. Norman

Violence isn't the answer. Violence is the question and the answer is yes.

— Anonymous

You cannot trust a person until you know where and how he lives

— Paulo Coelho

You're beautiful, cute, pretty, gorgeous, and fuck.. I ran out of words.

— Raghib Clitso

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

— W. S. Gilbert

You can be my auto-correct, I'll be your mistake

— Anonymous

“Herve held a sigh and let out a breath of relief.”

— J.S. Mason

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

— Malcolm McDowell

Time is the eternal now, seen through the narrow slit of the mind.

— Rupert Spira