Clever Quotes

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A culture in which guilt is automatically assumed to be neurotic and unhealthy has devised a remarkably clever way of protecting its self-interest. — Jonathan Kozol
To be a head boy, you have to be very clever, you have to be a scholar, and I was never a scholar in any… — Hugh Laurie
If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the Up button. — Sam Levenson
Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil. — C.S. Lewis
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. — Abraham Lincoln
The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend. — Abraham Lincoln
I was a weedy kid, not like one of those working-class men who can accommodate not being academically clever by physical strength and prowess. — Ken Livingstone
Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others. — Unknown Author
An inefficient virus kills its host. A clever virus stays with it. — James Lovelock
I don't think we're yet evolved to the point where we're clever enough to handle a complex a situation as climate change. The inertia of… — James Lovelock
I showed what I can do with butter, right? Eighty-five percent increase in sales. I'm very proud of them Country Life ads. They were funny… — John Lydon
I think clever people think that poor people are stupid. — Norm MacDonald
There is only one thing more painful than learning from experience and that is not learning from experience. — Archibald MacLeish
The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. — Niccolo Machiavelli
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. — Naguib Mahfouz
Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be too clever by half. The probability is that too many people are too stupid… — John Major
At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely. — W. Somerset Maugham
One has the idea of a stupid man as perfectly healthy and ordinary, and of illness as making one refined and clever and unusual. — Thomas Mann
You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on. — Dean Martin
I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception. — Groucho Marx

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