Astute Quotes
35 Astute quotes by 33 unique authors
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Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a journalist when I was growing up.
— Carol Burnett
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The teaching of the church, theoretically astute, is a lie in practice and a compound of vulgar superstitions and sorcery.
— Leo Tolstoy
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To be physically astute and psychologically tended, yet morally insulated and conceptually blind--is to be crazy, not healthy.
— Michael Ventura
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There are a few critics overseas, and occasionally a critic will write an astute analysis of the movie. There is value in reading critics that…
— George Lucas
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Of all the excellent copyedits I've received over the years, Marie-Lynn Hammond's was by far the best. Her work on Half Blood Blues was incredibly…
— Esi Edugyan
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Adrianne Harun's dark, mysterious novel is by turns Gothic and grittily realistic, astute and poetic in its evocation of evil everywhere.
— Andrea Barrett
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Here is Theodore Roosevelt with all his faults and with all his strengths—the devoted family man, the passionate game hunter, the astute politician, the frustrated…
— David Herbert Donald
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Our effectiveness depends on our capacity to be audacious and astute, clear and appealing. I would hope that we can create a language more fearless…
— Eduardo Galeano
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With the exceptional talent that is Guy Sigsworth as producer and collaborator, we have recorded a collection of original songs that sees me moving away…
— Alison Moyet
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Adult dragons are,astute,powerful,and sure of their strength.
— Unknown Author
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The Green Shore is an engrossing novel about political oppression, played out on an intimate family scale. Bakopoulos charts the subtle, gnawing pressures of life…
— Peter Ho Davies
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Even the most astute chefs seek out the assistance of Celine Labaune, owner of Gourmet Attitude, because they know they can rely on her keen…
— Thomas Keller
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'Blessed are the poor in spirit, for they shall see God' suggested to me a heavenly welfare program for the meek. Today that saying reveals…
— Huston Smith
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Héctor Tobar's accomplished first novel affords a perspective that is overdue and urgently needed in North American literature- -an insider's vision of L.A. as a…
— Stuart Dybek
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Studying design has made me a much, much more astute observer of this aspect of business. And I'm working mightily to improve my empathic skills.…
— Daniel H. Pink
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I am humble enough to recognize that I have made mistakes, but politically astute enough to know that I have forgotten what they are.
— Michael Heseltine
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I liked early Amis a lot, but I stopped reading him some time ago. I admire Hitchens on literary topics - I think he is…
— Terry Eagleton
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Sinatra was pretty astute - he used the best songwriters around, he used all the resources, he covered every song from the era basically.
— Martin Fry
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What is enthralling and illuminating about The Metaphysical Club is its portraits of individuals and their milieus. Menand is wonderfully deft at evoking a climate…
— George Scialabba
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Perhaps I can say that I am a bit astute, that I can adapt to circumstances, but it is also true that I am a…
— Pope Francis
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As astute followers of 'Life in Hell' will notice, Akbar and Jeff wear the same striped T-shirt as Charlie Brown. 'Peanuts' was very important to…
— Matt Groening
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One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute.
— William Feather
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I respect the astute and rigorously unsentimental David Horowitz as one of America's most original and courageous political analysts. He has the true 1960s spirit…
— Camille Paglia
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My head's not in the clouds, but I think I've gotten too much credit for being an astute businessman.
— Steven Spielberg
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[Her] work taught me that you could be all the traditional feminine things -- a mother, a lover, a listener, a nurturer -- and you…
— Anne Lamott
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