Clever Quotes

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A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. — Albert Einstein
Be subtle, various, ornamental, clever, And do not listen to those critics ever Whose crude provincial gullets crave in books Plain cooking made still plainer… — Wystan Hugh Auden
I am clever enough to know that I am clever. — Mervyn Peake
I'm not going to vacuum 'til Sears makes one you can ride on. — Roseanne Barr
Men pass in front of our eyes like butterflies, creatures of a brief season. We love them; they are brave, proud, beautiful, and clever. — Philip Pullman
I have always thought it rather interesting to follow the involuntary movements of fear in clever people. Fools coarsely display their cowardice in all its… — Alexis de Tocqueville
I donâ€™t think I pity her. She doesnâ€™t strike me as a girl that suggests compassion. I think I envy her... I donâ€™t know whether… — Henry James
If someone were to ask whether communications skills or meekness is most important to a marriage, I'd answer meekness, hands down. You can be a… — John Bytheway
Invisible threads are the strongest ties. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Miss Prism: Do not speak slightingly of the three-volume novel, Cecily. I wrote one myself in earlier days. Cecily: Did you really, Miss Prism? How… — Oscar Wilde
The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay.… — Chinua Achebe
Beware of the clever ones; the dumb ones are safer. — Lilian Jackson Braun
Two kinds of people are good at foreseeing danger: those who have learned at their own expense, and the clever people who learn a great… — Baltasar Gracian
I'd been painting rats for three years before someone said 'that's clever it's an anagram of art' and I had to pretend I'd known that… — Banksy
there's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I'm too clever, I only let him out at night sometimes when everybody's… — Charles Bukowski
Pressure makes diamonds — George S. Patton
The Jewish sages also tell us that God dances when His children defeat Him in argument, when they stand on their feet and use their… — Mary Doria Russell
It seems to me,' said the other, 'That you are simply seeking a pretext to insult the Marquis.' By George!' said Syme facing round and… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
His face had become very red and his mouth and fingers were sticky. He did not look either clever or handsome, whatever the Queen might… — C.S. Lewis
I couldn't think of one clever way to stop this guy, so I just trusted to mindless violence. — Grant Morrison

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