Clever Quotes

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There are many other little refinements too, Mr. Bohlen. You'll see them all when you study the plans carefully. For example, there's a trick that… — Roald Dahl
Because we humans are big and clever enough to produce and utilize antibiotics and disinfectants, it is easy to convince ourselves that we have banished… — Bill Bryson
[Hermes addresses Prometheus :] To you, the clever and crafty, bitter beyond all bitterness, who has sinned against the gods in bestowing honors upon creatures… — Aeschylus
I have not much patience with a certain class of Christians nowadays who will hear anybody preach so long as they can say, 'He is… — Charles Spurgeon
All I have is all I need and all I need is all I have in this moment. — Byron Katie
There were no more choices, no more options, no more clever ways out of a tough situation. And the rush, I realized in a brutal… — Kim Harrison
Entropy shakes its angry fist at you for being clever enough to organize the world. (p 2) — Brandon Sanderson
A clever enemy would kiss my hand, then stab at my back while I was distracted. (Stryker) A cowardâ€™s action. Truly. Donâ€™t insult either one… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
More than his exterior hit me. I felt warm and safe just being with him. He brought comfort after my terrible day. So often with… — Richelle Mead
Clever as the Devil and twice as pretty. — Holly Black
The whole point of the Eugenic pseudo-scientific theories is that they are to be applied wholesale, by some more sweeping and generalizing money power than… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
How clever are you, my dear! You never mean a single word you say! — Oscar Wilde
I see that I've become a really bad correspondent. It's not that I don't think of you. You come into my thoughts often. But when… — Saul Bellow
Alpha children wear grey. They work much harder than we do, because they're so frightfully clever. I'm awfully glad I'm a Beta, because I don't… — Aldous Huxley
I want you any way I can get you. Not because youâ€™re beautiful or clever or kind or adorable, although devil knows youâ€™re all those… — Lisa Kleypas
Do what? Come up with a clever pun referencing Jerome's demonic status? The truth is, I usually keep a stash of them on hand andâ€” — Richelle Mead
But don't worry; as I've been saying - and this has been very clever of me, I'm sure you'll agree - if you put enough… — Suzanne Collins
How embarrassing to be human. — Kurt Vonnegut
You changed the subject." "From what?" "The empty-headed girls who think you're sexy." "You know." "Know what?" "That I only have eyes for you." Laila… — Khaled Hosseini
Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? — Ernest Hemingway

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