Have you noticed that the cleverest people at school are…

People who get on at school are the ones who play by the rules, and no one's going to get far in later life…

— Max Hastings

The lessons one learns at school are not always the ones the school thinks it's teaching.

— Salman Rushdie

“Neither the Russians nor the Americans were the cleverest people, or the most experienced, in the world that followed 1945. The French were rather…

— T.R. Fehrenbach

People in England talk about stupid Hollywood idiots, but the industry attracts some of the cleverest people in the world.

— Chris O'Dowd

I would like to say a few things about that photo in 'Tatler'. I have no regrets. The article was about the 20 cleverest…

— Amanda Foreman

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

'Once Upon A Time In America' is one of the cleverest films of all time, because you can get out of it whatever you…

— Ray Winstone

“The backfire, my dear boy, of exiling the cleverest criminals of the nation to one place and requiring them to use their ingenuity is…

— Sam Starbuck

The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.

— Dorothy Parker

“Caring means cultivating the skills of an active listener. That is easier said than done, as an anecdote about the extraordinary social skills of…

— Marian Deegan

We find or invent the cleverest means of attributing our sins to anything or anyone outside of ourselves.

— Paul Washer

“The cleverest is the one who thinks that he too can well be wrong in any matter whatsoever!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“You're the cleverest witch of your age I've ever met, Hermione.”

— J.K. Rowling

The cleverest of all the devils is Opportunity.

— Christoph Martin Wieland

All agreed that Quickset was the cleverest cat in the world. And, since Quickset had the same opinion, it was surely true.

— Lloyd Alexander