Clever Quotes

1299 Clever quotes by 763 unique authors

Women say . . . that if men had to have babies there would soon be no babies in the world. . . . I… — Robertson Davies
People who want to appear clever rely on memory. People who want to get things done make lists. — Peter McWilliams
The most powerful weapon known is the weapon of blessing. Therefore, a clever person relies on it. He wins with peace, not with war. — Laozi
Ah, how lucky are the lieutenants, the six-foot Junkers, and all the rest of the Don Juan clan!... The bookworm, be he ever so decent… — Theodor Fontane
Which would you rather be...divinely beautiful or dazzlingly clever or angelically good? — Anne Shirley
I thought," Shad said slowly, "that she was offended if you referred to Blind Seer or Elation as her pets.""True," Derian assured him. "Absolutely the… — Jane Lindskold
Let an ultraintelligent machine be defined as a machine that can far surpass all the intellectual activities of any man however clever. Since the design… — I. J. Good
Careful as they may be, developers of Eiffel libraries will always run into cases in which, after releasing a library class, they suddenly experience what… — Bertrand Meyer
Everybody is clever, just in their own ways — Matt Groening
Your fingertips across my skin, the palm trees swaying in the wind - images. You sang me Spanish lullabies, the sweetest sadness in your eyes… — A Fine Frenzy
Passionate investment leaves us vulnerable to loss. And sometimes, no matter how clever we are, we must lose. — Judith Viorst
Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind? — Jeff Bezos
I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself. Sometimes I am so clever… — Oscar Wilde
Life doesn't reward the naturally clever or strong but those who can learn to fight and work hard and never quit. — Bear Grylls
People often say to me - how clever you are! How brilliant to be able to go from ballet to theatre as you do. I… — Robert Helpmann
I can resist anything but the temptation to make a clever witticism. — Oscar Wilde
No, I'm not clever. I've always cared more for people than for ideas. — Virginia Woolf
People try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing-refusing to participate in activities… — Leo Tolstoy
Who should listen to discussions of theology? Those for whom it is a serious undertaking, not just another subject like any other for entertaining small-talk,… — Gregory of Nazianzus
True contemplation is not a psychological trick but a theological grace. It can come to us ONLY as a gift, and not as a result… — Thomas Merton
Women have an incredible ability to pick up on emotional signals. For example, there are some wolves that are so clever they have learned to… — Jim Rohn
Christianity is not a matter of persuading people of particular ideas, but of inviting them to share in the greatness of Christ. So pray that… — Ignatius of Antioch
Many sci-fi authors, we know, are as clever and tricky as so many Coyotes. Ms. Le Guin, though, has matured from the vividness and imagination… — Tom Shippey
I'm jealous of my parents. I'll never have a kid as cool as theirs. — Chris Gayle
A book is like a man - clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. — John Steinbeck

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