Clever Quotes

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I am not shy about admitting my modest talents. For example, I am happy to admit that I am better than average at clever remarks,… — Jeff Lindsay
If men had wings and bore black feathers, Few of them would be clever enough to be crows. — Henry Ward Beecher
Oh, here's a clever one. Do you remember this question from the first test?It reads, 'What wrong with this statement?' And do you know what… — Trenton Lee Stewart
I don't have much in the way of money or worldly possessions, I'm not beautiful, intelligent or clever, but I'm happy, and I intend to… — Anne Frank
A book is like a man - clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For every flowering thought there will be a page… — John Steinbeck
A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can… — Bertrand Russell
Then I could not help wondering what the watching gods thought of us, with our clever masks and our jokes. What we think of crickets,… — Gene Wolfe
Those who are clever, who have a brain, never understand anything. — Walt Disney
Tell me, how is Lucius Malfoy these days? I expect he's delighted his lapdog's working at Hogwarts, isn't he?" "Speaking of dogs," said Snape softly,… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
But where do you live mostly now?" With the lost boys." Who are they?" They are the children who fall out of their perambulators when… — James M. Barrie
I'm such a clever Toad. — Kenneth Grahame
beware the clever man that makes the wrong look right — Lawrence Hill
You'll have to ask Bill that, Sookie. And this is the only reason we're going? You're not cleverly using this as an excuse to make… — Charlaine Harris
Life, it turns out, is infinitely more clever and adaptable than anyone had ever supposed. — Arthur Conan Doyle
Voldemort is playing a very clever game. Declaring himself might have provoked open rebellion. Remaining masked has created confusion, uncertainty, and fear. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible. — Miguel de Unamuno
He wanted to be loved for being just what he was. In this community of Yskalnari there was harmony, but no love. He no longer… — Michael Ende
You are good for nothing unless you are clever. — Henry James
I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how… — Yann Martel
There is always a way out for those clever enough to find it. — Rick Riordan

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