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The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so they believe they are clever as he. — Karl Kraus
Clever talk can confound the workings of virtue, just as small impatiences can confound great projects. — Confucius
In this country, unfortunately, as all over the world, we care so little, we have no deep feeling about anything. Most of us are intellectual-intellectuals… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
But I have been watching the crows since childhood. I loved the colour on its face. It can count up to seven – number seven… — R. K. Laxman
System uptime, data protection, and identity theft are weighty issues. It takes real ingenuity to out-think the fraudsters who are trying to steal identities and… — Chris Shipley
There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent. — J. B. Priestley
You may think me crude, and probably I am crude, but I am not so crude as I was, for I am clever enough to… — Mary MacLane
I think Douglas was a real one-off. He was so clever and so intelligent and so well read in real science that he could make… — Lalla Ward
Modern pictures are, no doubt, delightful to look at. At least, some of them are. But they are quite impossible to live with; they are… — Oscar Wilde
One must search diligently to find laudatory comments on education (other than those pious platitudes which are fodder for commencement speeches). It appears that most… — Edward Gibbon
You may be a well-educated, clever and virtuous person, but those qualities will not necessarily make you a successful businessman. You must give your best… — Konosuke Matsushita
In preaching you cannot produce at the same time the impression that you are clever and that Christ is wonderful. — James Denney
Come in, Bean. Come in Julian Delphiki, longed-for child of good and loving parents. Come in, kidnapped child, hostage of fate. Come and talk to… — Orson Scott Card
Life is an admirable arrangement, isn't it, little mother. It is so clever of it to have June in every year and a morning in… — Elizabeth von Arnim
The wise man is but a clever infant, spelling letters from a hieroglyphical prophetic book, the lexicon of which lies in eternity. — Thomas Carlyle
When you're out in the desert, you can't believe the amount of stars. Are you busy as a bee? Do not even have time for… — Eddie Vedder
I sang 'American Pie' a lot in my stage set. It had a knack of uniting an audience in a sing-along. It's a clever song… — Johnny Vegas
TV—a clever contraction, derived from the words Terrible Vaudeville. We call it a medium, because nothing's well done. — Goodman Ace
I would never create an image for myself; I'm not that clever. — Ellie Goulding
Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being the second as… — Thucydides
It's so easy to persecute an older, overweight, unwise, crude, ignorant woman who may very well be a good person at heart who has achieved… — Anne Rice
Be good, sweet maid, and don't forget that this involves being as clever as you can. — C.S. Lewis
We scientists are clever — too clever — are you not satisfied? Is four square miles in one bomb not enough? Men are still thinking.… — Richard P. Feynman
With QE3, we are essentially being bought out with our own money...and unemployment is being used to facilitate this process in a very clever manner.… — Catherine Austin Fitts
The students in your youth ministry don’t need your clever ideas and great programming skills. They need a living model—a man or woman of God… — Doug Fields

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