Clever Quotes

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Humans are not the fastest or the strongest animals on the planet, but when it comes to survival, we have had the unique advantage of… — David Perlmutter
There is no such thing as too much swearing. Swearing is just a piece of linguistic mechanics. The words in-between are the clever ones. — Peter Capaldi
Obama is the New Generation and the hot light of a dawn that goes way beyond clever talk of morning in America. — John Ridley
Usually, the leaders appear in the moment of the highest stress, when it is time, speaking symbolically, to go to the barricades. Then people, clever,… — Vladimir Bukovsky
I think HBO seems to have an extraordinary clever knack of catching the pulse of its audience. It really, really knows its audience. — James Cosmo
Although finding fruit flies in your wine or beer can be a bit annoying, I hope people will pause to admire the tenacity of these… — Michael Dickinson
Kindle Worlds is a clever way to monetize a formerly underground trend, and to enable its participants to be remunerated. But it will be of… — Russell Smith
A lot of consumers actively enjoy advertising, especially fashion print ads and clever TV commercials. The nostalgic cable channel TVLand features not only vintage shows… — Virginia Postrel
Wall Street is littered with clever plans to use financial instruments to change behavior - carbon trading, for example. Some have changed the world, and… — Andrew Ross Sorkin
My parents brought us up in a very clever way, which was that they saw what we were interested in naturally, and then they encouraged… — Kit Harington
Yes, the rich will find ways to avoid paying more taxes, courtesy of clever accountants and tax attorneys. But this has always been the case,… — Robert Reich
Everyone can write jokes and makes things clever. — David Walton
In contemporary art culture, where good looks and clever strategic planning of art careers have become a feature, professional practice may be taught in art… — Michael Leunig
Clever modern man is so witless that he thinks moral silence and empty conscience are an advantage. — Michael Leunig
The great help of being in the Army is to understand why are the armies clever in what they describe as emotional intelligence, making soldiers… — Antony Beevor
When I was young, I was clever enough to know that if I got married or had children, I would be eaten. — Maria Lassnig
You put anyone in the outfit, and they look like Gandalf. Not that clever. — Ian Mckellen
Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them. — Walter Kerr
Too clever is dumb. — Ogden Nash
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say. — Will Durant

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