Clever Quotes

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These weren't cheap modern books; these were books bound in leather, and not just leather, but leather from clever cows who had given their lives… — Terry Pratchett
A stupid person can make only certain, limited types of errors; the mistakes open to a clever fellow are far broader. But to the one… — Steven Brust
Marya Morevna! Don't you know anything? Girls must be very, very careful to care only for ribbons and magazines and wedding rings. They must sweep… — Catherynne M. Valente
Yet, isn't it strange, isn't it weird, how we can KNOW that someone is not behaving in the way we imagine, and at the same… — Aidan Chambers
You count snouts,â€ Straha said. â€œWhichever side can persuade most snouts to join it prevails. It does not have to be clever. It does not… — Harry Turtledove
Medium clever,â€ Simon acknowledged. â€œLike a cross between George Clooney in Oceanâ€™s Eleven and those MythBusters guys, but, you know, better-looking.â€ â€œIâ€™m always so glad… — Cassandra Clare
All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the… — Napoleon Bonaparte
I take back everything I ever said about that boy being clever." He turned around to face the bar while leveling an accusatory finger at… — Patrick Rothfuss
[Kay] was not at all an unpleasant person really, but clever, quick, proud, passionate and ambitious. He was one of those people who would be… — T.H. White
But clever people all make one mistake. They all think everyone else is stupid. And everyone isn't stupid. They just take a bit more time,… — Robert Harris
I have an apple that thinks its a pear. And a bun that thinks itâ€™s a cat. And a lettuce that thinks its a lettuce."… — Patrick Rothfuss
Why should death make a man truthful, or even clever? The dead are likely dull fellows, full of tedious complaints - the ground's too cold,… — George R. R. Martin
Cleopatra stood at one of the most dangerous intersections in history; that of women and power. Clever women, Euripides had warned hundreds of years earlier,… — Stacy Schiff
This man was so absent-mindedly clever that he could paint pictures that didnâ€™t just follow you around the room but went home with you and… — Terry Pratchett
It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise. — George R. R. Martin
Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
She came into a room; she stood, as he had often seen her, in a doorway with lots of people round her. But it was… — Virginia Woolf
Once in a while, Jimmy would make up a word but he never once got caught out. ... He should have been pleased by his… — Margaret Atwood
You are very clever," said the old man shyly. "I would like to eat your brains, one day. — Terry Pratchett
But Catherine did not know her own advantages - did not know that a good-looking girl, with an affectionate heart and a very ignorant mind,… — Jane Austen

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