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I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I didn't realize that there is something called originality and your… — Amy Tan
A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible. — William Makepeace Thackeray
We're as clever as we think we are, but we'll be a lot cleverer when we learn to use not just one brain but to… — Lewis Thomas
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man. — Lana Turner
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. — Mark Twain
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. — Mark Twain
I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. — Mark Twain
I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened. — Mark Twain
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. — Voltaire
No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking. — Voltaire
Clever tyrants are never punished. — Voltaire
Obviously people want social calm, but if you do not let clever and ingenious people to participate, obviously there must be some dormant volcano that… — Lech Walesa
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. — Alice Walker
A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else. — Len Wein
I don't really wanna talk about politics, I'm not clever enough. — Paul Weller
I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose most of them. — Orson Welles
Clever gimmicks of mass distraction yield a cheap soulcraft of addicted and self-medicated narcissists. — Cornel West
I don't write just to be clever. But sometimes I do. And if you don't have an understanding of the language, then the way in… — Joss Whedon
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. — Oscar Wilde
I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying. — Oscar Wilde
Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same. — Oscar Wilde
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. — Oscar Wilde
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives. — Oscar Wilde
He has Van Gogh's ear for music. — Billy Wilder
Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also. — Billy Wilder

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