Clever Quotes

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It is easy to be clever if you leave something important out. — Peter Redgrove
Words from the past: "It's a clever idea, Mr. Bell, but don't wire us, we'll wire you. — Robert Breault
Aphorism, n.: A concise, clever statement you donâ€™t think of until too late. — James Alexander Thom
I was born and brought up in Liverpool with my clever little sister Jemma, who is 14 and wants to be a vet. My mum… — Jennifer Ellison
As a theatrical troupe, the Muppets haven't exactly been AWOL these past dozen years; the gang rocked YouTube in 2009 with their kick-ass rendition of… — Lisa Schwarzbaum
Today's Democrats are little more than a collection of narrow interest groups-unions, tort lawyers, minorities headed by an ossified leadership. They are clever, tenacious and… — Robert L. Bartley
Political journalists love graduate student intelligence, the ability to make clever allusions in seminars, and in 1999-2000 they hassled George W. Bush for not having… — Marvin Olasky
Star Trek speaks to some basic human needs: that there is a tomorrowâ€”it's not all going to be over with a big flash and a… — Gene Roddenberry
Novels are sweets. All people with healthy literary appetites love them-almost all women; a vast number of clever, hardheaded men. — William Makepeace Thackeray
The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others. — Jean de la Bruyere
The proper motto is not Be good, sweet maid, and let who can be clever, but Be good sweet maid, and don't forget that this… — C.S. Lewis
Every one of us every day has choices to make about the kind of person we are and what we wish to become. You can… — Hillary Clinton
There is scarcely any man sufficiently clever to appreciate all the evil he does. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Eugenics asserts that all men must be so stupid that they cannot manage their own affairs; and also so clever that they can manage each… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Most people tire of a lecture in ten minutes; clever people can do it in five. Sensible people never go to lectures at all. But… — Stephen Leacock
Even the worst that happens to you can be converted into GOLD if you are clever enough. — Curtis Jackson
The world is full of people who are very clever at seeming much smarter than they really are. — Kurt Vonnegut
A sharp-tempered woman, or, for that matter, a man, Is easier to deal with than the clever type Who holds her tongue. — Euripides
A just cause needs no interpreting. It carries its own case. But the unjust argument since it is sick, needs clever medicine. — Euripides

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