Clever Quotes

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Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Drake, I'd like to collaborate with. He's a phenomenal lyricist. Probably the best rapper in the world at the moment. I love Kanye but there's… — Ellie Goulding
Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one can wage a pitiless war, but not against the unattractive: then the millstone weighs on… — Graham Greene
Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house. — Lewis Grizzard
When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her. — Sacha Guitry
Here we stand in the middle of this new world with our primitive brain, attuned to the simple cave life, with terrific forces at our… — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; -… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say. — Charles Caleb Colton
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. — Confucius
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. — Confucius
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. — Confucius
Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change. — Confucius
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous. — Confucius
For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook. — Quentin Crisp
I'd rather get a good clean laugh with good material, than an easy laugh by swearing or shocking. That's not clever or comedic, anybody can… — Jim Dale
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. — Salvador Dali
There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad. — Salvador Dali
The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly… — Salvador Dali
I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure. — Clarence Darrow
With wives, men hide behind the air of bravado, which is basically a defence mechanism, I think. Clever creatures, women. Very clever. — Les Dawson
I tend to like simple music. And clever, succinct lyrics. Songs that don't try to be more than they need to to be effective, to… — Zooey Deschanel
The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids clever… — Edsger Dijkstra
What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day. — Phyllis Diller
Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home. — Phyllis Diller
If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory. — Benjamin Disraeli

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