The worst part of an eminent man's conversation is, nine times out of ten, to be found in that part by which… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
“Well, the truth is that his mother had six miscarriages, and three of them survived.” — Oscar O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I don't try to be clever at all. The idea that I could see what no one else can is an illusion. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
I like clever lyrics, funny lyrics, dumb lyrics. I can never put my finger on what I like about them. — James Murphy Copy Share Image
“A lawyer's answer...so close to the truth that the truth was able to hide in its shadow.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Pondering and listening to the inspiration. Thinking bout the correct terms so you can feel the relation. — Raghib Clitso Copy Share Image
The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep at night — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty, your business and its future… — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
I am an attacking batsman, but I've learned a lot about patience. There are clever bowlers who can pick your weak points,… — Prithvi Shaw Copy Share Image
She grounded me. I have become very disciplined now. I would never have written the books without her. Definitely the cleverest thing… — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
Cleverness, after all, has its limitations. Its mechanical judgments and clever remarks tend to prove inaccurate with passing time, because it doesn't… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
As a theatrical troupe, the Muppets haven't exactly been AWOL these past dozen years; the gang rocked YouTube in 2009 with their… — Lisa Schwarzbaum Copy Share Image
There's a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody. There are a lot of songs that… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
'All men are created equal', 'government by consent of the governed', 'give me liberty or give me death'. Well, those are not… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
...the number one reason knitters knit is because they are so smart that they need knitting to make boring things interesting. Knitters… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
We liked to be known as the clever girls. When we decorated our hands with henna for holidays and weddings, we drew… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
The hardest thing when you're making a zombie movie is, 'How am I going to kill these zombies? I need a clever… — George A. Romero Copy Share Image
Novels are sweets. All people with healthy literary appetites love them-almost all women; a vast number of clever, hardheaded men. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
I'm lazy! I hate work! Hate hard work in all its forms! Clever shortcuts, that's all I'm about! — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
The beautiful thing about comedy in the U.K. is that it has a clever twist to it, and when you really break… — Katherine Ryan Copy Share Image
As I have said, I am not a war monger, nor am I a politician and I do not know anything about… — Simi Garewal Copy Share Image
The world is full of people who are very clever at seeming much smarter than they really are. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
You can be fat and still be sexy . It all depends on how you feel about yourself — Elizabeth Taylor Copy Share Image
“But the work of the wise is one thing and the work of the merely clever is another.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
People often get the wrong impression of Mick. The clever businessman is just one side of Mick. The other side is the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Her voice is soothing, smile is beyond anything imagined, and her love.. I could never fathom. — Raghib Clitso Copy Share Image
It's a wicked world, and when a clever man turns his brain to crime it is the worst of all. — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
It always seemed to me a sort of clever stupidity only to have one sort of talent - like a carrier pigeon. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Everybody is a potential murderer. I've never killed anyone, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices. — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
The Right Honourable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
The fraudster's greatest liability is the certainty that the fraud is too clever to be detected. — Louis J. Freeh Copy Share Image
My father left school at 14, my mother at 13. My father was clever and well-read. He took a newspaper, always watched… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
We are learning to do a great many clever things. The next great task will be to learn not to do them. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Her guts told her that something was amiss. Alexandra only spoke to her intestines once in a while, so she wasn’t sure… — J.S. Mason Copy Share Image
As nothing is more easy than to think, so nothing is more difficult than to think well. — Thomas Traherne Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll jot a clever turn of phrase down. Sometimes I'll just remember it. — John Kennedy Copy Share Image
“I hate to be what is called a clever girl--there are too many of that sort now!” — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
“What the hell makes you smart?" I asked. "I wouldn't go for coffee with you." "Listen - I wouldn't ask you." "That,"… — Erich Segal Copy Share Image
I once prayed to god for a bike, but quickly found out he didnt work that way...so I stole a bike and… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
“Simple is clever. Complicated just means you haven’t been clever enough to reduce ‘it’ to its essence.” — Phil Dourado Copy Share Image
