Clever Quotes

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Clever plastic surgery can restore an appearance of youth, but nothing changes the expression of age and experience in the eyes. — M.C. Beaton
Has the dark shadow really disappeared? Or is it inside me, concealed, waiting for its chance to reappear? Like a clever thief hidden inside a… — Haruki Murakami
But am I clever and right or clever and wrong? — Cassandra Clare
Good morning. You have a moment?" It's clever the way she says it, not as a question. I would have to contradict her in order… — Maggie Stiefvater
Cleverness, after all, has its limitations. Its mechanical judgments and clever remarks tend to prove inaccurate with passing time, because it doesn't look very deeply… — Benjamin Hoff
There is no good talking to him," said a Dragon-fly, who was sitting on the top of a large brown bulrush; "no good at all,… — Oscar Wilde
Things like crowns had a troublesome effect on clever folk; it was best to leave all the reigning to the kind of people whose eyebrows… — Terry Pratchett
Deliver me from Swedish furniture. Deliver me from clever art. And the phone rang and Tyler answered. "If you don't know what you want," the… — Chuck Palahniuk
People who, not being in love themselves, feel that a clever man should only be unhappy about a person who is worth his while; which… — Marcel Proust
You are so terribly nimble, so clever. I distrust your cleverness. You make a wonderful pattern, everything is in its place, it looks convincingly clear,… — Anais Nin
So, now I shall talk every night. To myself. To the moon. I shall walk, as I did tonight, jealous of my loneliness, in the… — Sylvia Plath
Oh, I will be cruel to you, Marya Morevna. It will stop your breath, how cruel I can be. But you understand, don’t you? You… — Catherynne M. Valente
I watch his hands, they're lumpy but clever. "Is there a word for adults when they aren't parents?" Steppa laughs. "Folks with other things to… — Emma Donoghue
Because it is a monopoly, government brings inefficiency and stagnation to most things it runs; government agencies pursue the inflation of their budgets rather than… — Matt Ridley
I didn't like the way I looked, the way I dressed and moved, what I achieved and what I felt I was worth. But there… — Bernhard Schlink
Clever is as clever does. — Tony DiTerlizzi
How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant. — Jane Austen
To straddle the middle ground and win elections, we have to be in charge of the political agenda. This can only be done by not… — Lee Kuan Yew
And she’s very clever, Peeta. Well, she was. Until you outfoxed her — Suzanne Collins
i know i'm not clever but i'm always right. — James M. Barrie
Clever as I am, I remain just as big a fool as anyone else. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
You think you’re a very clever fellow, don’t you?” Saldur challenged. “No, Your Grace,” Merrick replied. “Clever is the man who makes a fortune selling… — Michael J. Sullivan
Tale-bearers are as bad as the tale-makers. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
The interior of a teenager’s mind is an endless war between Stupid and Clever. — William Landay
From now on the enemy is more clever than you. From now on the enemy is stronger than you. From now on you are always… — Orson Scott Card

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