Clever Quotes

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There was another reason [she] took her books whenever they went away. They were her home when she was somewhere strange. They were familiar voices,… — Cornelia Funke
Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace. — Robert J. Sawyer
I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. — Barbara Mertz
We were clever enough to turn a laundry list into poetry. — Umberto Eco
[Chess] is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time. — George Bernard Shaw
Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man. — Bertrand Russell
She has her gown nicely in place tonight, doesn't she? Black velvet and sparkles, not a thread left hanging. Clever girl, this city. Even the… — Terry Brooks
Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it? — Mark Twain
She is very clever, too clever for a woman. She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness. — Oscar Wilde
One problem with our current society is that we have an attitude towards education as if it is there to simply make you more clever,… — Dalai Lama
Years ago, before this estate was generously and unwillingly turned over to the crown, the lord here was a genuine dimwit. He had a minister… — Shannon Hale
If you aren't cute, you may as well be clever. — David Sedaris
Things that would have made fame of a less clever man seemed tricks in his hands. It is a mistake to do things too easily. — H.G. Wells
I was the subject of an experiment in love. I lived my life under her gaze, undergoing certain trials for her so that she would… — Hilary Mantel
Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men -- the other 999 follow women. — Groucho Marx
...the number one reason knitters knit is because they are so smart that they need knitting to make boring things interesting. Knitters are so compellingly… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
They tried to be too clever---and that was their undoing. — Agatha Christie
We didn't die,' she said. Of course not. I'm too clever to die, and you're too pretty.' I am pretty,' Valkryie said, managing a grin. — Derek Landy
SOLIDAO, LONELINESS. What is it that we call loneliness. It can't simply be the absence of others, you can be alone and not lonely, and… — Pascal Mercier
But a slow, deeply satisfied smile came over him, and his breath quickened. 'So softly it starts,' he whispered. 'Foolishly clever and with an unsurvivable… — Kim Harrison

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