I think some authors suffer from a need to try to prove that they're clever and educated. I try not to suffer… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
There are many other little refinements too, Mr. Bohlen. You'll see them all when you study the plans carefully. For example, there's… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
Star Trek speaks to some basic human needs: that there is a tomorrow—it's not all going to be over with a big… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
“You write poetry?" Klaus asked. He had read a lot about poets but had never met one. "Just a little bit," Isadora… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
Old and sick, more than one hundred years Face haggard, hair white, I'm happy to still live in the mountains A cloth… — Hanshan Copy Share Image
Discreetly keep most of your radical opinions to yourself. When with people be a listener a large part of the time. Be… — Grenville Kleiser Copy Share Image
“A person can be utterly foolish and unknowing: as long as he knows the way to adapt, to be flexible, and how… — Robert Walser Copy Share Image
I was born and brought up in Liverpool with my clever little sister Jemma, who is 14 and wants to be a… — Jennifer Ellison Copy Share Image
A curious thing about Ugu the Shoemaker was that he didn't suspect in the least that he was wicked. He wanted to… — L. Frank Baum Copy Share Image
I just miss you, in a quite simple desperate human way. Oh my dear, I can’t be clever and stand-offish with you:… — Vita Sackville-West Copy Share Image
Come in, Bean. Come in Julian Delphiki, longed-for child of good and loving parents. Come in, kidnapped child, hostage of fate. Come… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
These are very unskillful comparisons to represent so precious a thing, but I am not clever enough to think out any more:… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I believe in a reasonable amount of "right to bear arms". But private citizens of the United States are not allowed to… — Ted Turner Copy Share Image
It so depends on each script, because you can say... I always thought I wouldn't have wanted to do something that was… — Amelia Warner Copy Share Image
Mr. Fulbright hasn't said anything new or interesting or clever in five years; his intellectual well dried up the day after Walter… — Spiro T. Agnew Copy Share Image
Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him. He never made economic promises to people and as… — Akbar Ganji Copy Share Image
The nightmare reviewer is the reviewer who has some sort of agenda that precludes him or her responding sincerely to the book.… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
The concept of Shwopping is so clever, I think. The idea is that every time someone goes shopping, they can take an… — Joanna Lumley Copy Share Image
The subject of the matter is you're all that matters. Your heart will never be shattered, I know your past, broken and… — Raghib Clitso Copy Share Image
If there is one thing I think I have accomplished, it's that I always thought of myself as a very literal songwriter,… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
What I want to do is produce really delicious food. I want it to look nice, because when you see food you… — Prue Leith Copy Share Image
I loved nearly all my teachers; but it was not till I went home to live at Oxford, in 1867, that I… — Mary Augusta Ward Copy Share Image
In place of a world, there is a city, a point, in which the whole life of broad regions is collecting while… — Oswald Spengler Copy Share Image
I think very few people do find a relationship where, every moment of every day, everything they do comes together. That's why,… — Felicity Kendal Copy Share Image
[Steven Spielberg's films] are comforting, they always give you answers and I don't think they're very clever answers. The success of most… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
People say 'teenage girls aren't so clever. Your characters should be less articulate to reflect our youth.' People who say that aren't… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
One person reads the book, and cannot help telling a friend. That is vastly superior to any kind of advertisement, or clever… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I have reason to believe my Facebook friends have bad breath due to not posting that they are going to brush their… — Jessica Rosa Copy Share Image
Is this a topic whose time has truly come? The integration of science and religion? Or have I just written a clever… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
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… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
It cannot be said often enough that science fiction as a genre is incredibly educational - and I'm speaking the written science… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Shouldn't someone give a pep talk or something?' Minho asked... "Go ahead," Newt replied. Minho nodded and faced the crowd. 'Be careful,'… — James Dashner Copy Share Image
A good Judoka never anticipates his action in a match, but his mind is as clever as a polished mirror which enables… — Kyuzo Mifune Copy Share Image
Our lips met hungrily, and his clever artistic hands wrapped around my hips. A sudden buzz from my regular cell phone startled… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
“I think that at that time none of us quite believed in the Time Machine. The fact is, the Time Traveler was… — H.G. Wells Copy Share Image
I do wish I could write like some of the American women, who can be clever and heartfelt and hopeful; people like… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
The ladies usually go for the biggest damn fool they can find; that is why the human race stands where it does… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“Skul-man!' he exclaimed as he rushed forward to shake his hand. 'Last I heard you were trapped on a dead world overrun… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
People will invite you and seek you constantly if you learn how to give them the extreme pleasure of being clever. People… — Margery Wilson Copy Share Image
From their struggles to establish dominance over each other, siblings become tougher and more resilient. From their endless rough-housing with each other,… — Adele Faber Copy Share Image