Clever Quotes

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I am not suggesting that all those missionary organizations working in Haiti should pack up and go home, but I am urging them to understand… — Tony Campolo
Clever men are good, but they are not the best. — Thomas Carlyle
A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life. — Muhammad Ali
If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead. — Johnny Carson
If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you. — Muhammad Ali
The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion. — Fred Allen
How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come… — Winston Churchill
However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. — Winston Churchill
Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens. — Woody Allen
Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness. — Henri Frederic Amiel
Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing. — Henri Frederic Amiel
Although individuals may be highly intelligent, they are sometimes dogged by skepticism and doubts. They are clever, but they tend to be hesitant and skeptical… — Dalai Lama
Today's religion will be the future's mythology. Both believed at one time by many; but proved wrong by the clever. — Steve Crocker
What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease. — Sun Tzu
The clever, albeit fragile, coalition against terrorism brought together by the U.S. government might be able to advance the transition from classical international law to… — Jurgen Habermas
I saw how greatly he suffered the requirement of being clever. It separated him from his soul, and it didn't get him anything other than… — Mark Helprin
Now that cleverness was the fashion most people were clever - even perfect fools; and cleverness after all was often only a bore: all head… — Walter de La Mare
But I am a just man, even to my enemy - and I will acknowledge, beforehand, that they are cleverer brains than I thought them — Wilkie Collins
You cannot trust a person until you know where and how he lives — Paulo Coelho
It's easier to know people in general than one person in particular — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
You can be fat and still be sexy . It all depends on how you feel about yourself — Elizabeth Taylor
Everything will be difficult, if there's no dream — Gregory Skovoroda

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