Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
A professor can never better distinguish himself in his work than by encouraging a clever pupil, for the true discovers are among… — Carl Linnaeus Copy Share Image
Dali blinked at me. "Would you mind making coffee while you're dancing? I smell it on the bottom shelf, either first or… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
I say let me never be complete, I say may I never be content,I say deliver me from Swedish furniture, I say… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Post-wounded women know that postures of pain play into limited and outmoded conceptions of womanhood. Their hurt has a new native language… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
The undertaking of a careless man succeeds not, though he use the right expedients: a clever hunter, though well placed in ambush,… — J. K. Bharavi Copy Share Image
The majority never has right on its side. Never, I say! That is one of these social lies against which an independent,… — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
Perhaps, if science is clever enough to see, it will realize that religion may not be too far off with its concrete… — Robert Lanza Copy Share Image
It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. A handsome woman talks nonsense, you listen and hear not… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
1 shot at love, another one for freedom/ 1 shot, 2 shots regardless I'm succeeding/Even though we chiefin we grateful that we… — Brian Copy Share Image
Oh, nice one, honey. Yes. Clever. That's becoming quite a familiar quotation in its own right, isn't it? Maybe I should just… — John Bartlett Copy Share Image
As so often happens in philosophy, clever people accept a false general principle on a priori grounds and then devote endless labour… — C. D. Broad Copy Share Image
It's very professionally done, very clever songwriting. I like Backstreet Boys more than 'N Sync, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, it's all very… — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
I was in front of an ambulance the other day, and I noticed that the word ambulance was spelled in reverse print… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
I like clever songs. I like songs that make people think and I try to have substance in all my records, even… — Rico Love Copy Share Image
Elton John himself never seems pretentious but Bernie Taupin's lyrics often do - sometimes pretentious in a clever sort of way, but… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
There are so many people who are clever. There are 8000 people at Princeton who are more clever than the three of… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
We tend to think of politicians as time-servers and slackers. But on those committees they usually have an interest in the subject.… — Mark Thomas Copy Share Image
Guy goes into a bar with a duck under his arm. Bartender says, "Where'd you get the pig?" Guy says, "This is… — Rodney Dangerfield Copy Share Image
The coaches of some players who are my own age keep saying publically about me: "This guy is going to be one… — Alexander Zverev Copy Share Image
The whole point of the Eugenic pseudo-scientific theories is that they are to be applied wholesale, by some more sweeping and generalizing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Civilization rests on a set of promises; if the promises are broken too often, the civilization dies, no matter how rich it… — Herbert Copy Share Image
Somewhere in this world is a man who loves you, who understands how precious and clever and kind you are. A man… — Jojo Moyes Copy Share Image
Family life in Western society since the time of the Old Testament has been a struggle to maintain patriarchy, male domination, and… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
Modeling is not something you excel because you are clever but is based on physical appearance, but then you have to be… — Gelila Bekele Copy Share Image
I want you any way I can get you. Not because you’re beautiful or clever or kind or adorable, although devil knows… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
One woman I interviewed, Amanda Ghost, said, "Let's not bullshit, there are no women at the top of the music business, and… — Laura Marling Copy Share Image
If you're going to have a book full of clever people and nobody ever jokes, it's just not going to ring true… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Chiellini, Bonucci, they were like defensive masters. They knew exactly what to do in certain moments, they knew how to defend in… — Matthijs de Ligt Copy Share Image
Cleverness is a burden after that. You are supposed to settle down and be a good person, raise your children, and be… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
“The aching in my chest isn't because I miss you, it's realizing that you have become someone I no longer know, your… — Tanzy Sayadi Copy Share Image
“Piety /pi•e•ty/ (modern definition) 1. When you use Christ’s teachings to put someone in their place out of anger and self-righteousness. It… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
The great Chinese classics have always said that it's better not to fight; that the clever man achieves his ends without violence;… — John Keegan Copy Share Image
She felt like a chess player who, by the clever handling of his pieces, sees the game taking the course intended. Her… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
No, I wouldn't direct a movie, no. I couldn't. I don't have the patience for it, I don't have the people skills.… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
And the sculptor woman was so clever in the way she did it. She had the beret just about to leave my… — Mary Tyler Moore Copy Share Image
One problem with our current society is that we have an attitude towards education as if it is there to simply make… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
However a man who was honest and clever was always, ALWAYS more difficult to scam than someone who was both dishonest and… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
It's so easy to persecute an older, overweight, unwise, crude, ignorant woman who may very well be a good person at heart… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
But a hare, now, that is a different thing altogether. A hare is not a pet but a person. Hares are clever… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
