Cleverness Quotes

235 quotes by 165 authors

Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. — Dave Barry
Our job is to sell our clients' merchandise... not ourselves. Our job is to kill the cleverness that makes us shine instead of the product.… — William Bernbach
Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like. — Arnold Bennett
I remember devouring the entire Hardy Boys series over one summer, enthralled by their bravery and cleverness. — Dan Brown
We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl… — Tom Brown, Jr.
The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with… — Jean de la Bruyere
I am firmly of the opinion that women who make a lot of effort to hang onto their looks in middle age (unless they are… — Julie Burchill
Clever men are good, but they are not the best. — Thomas Carlyle
Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness. — Henri Frederic Amiel
Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing. — Henri Frederic Amiel
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
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak. — Sun Tzu
Thus, though I have heard of successful military operations that were clumsy but swift, cleverness has never been seen associated with long delays. — Sun Tzu
Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. Cleverness is mere opinion. Bewilderment brings intuitive knowledge. — Rumi
If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. — Elbert Hubbard
An ounce of prudence is worth a pound of cleverness. — Baltasar Gracian
Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else unless it is an enemy. — Albert Einstein
A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it. — Israel Zangwill
Man's cleverness is almost indefinite, and stretches like an elastic band, but human nature is like an iron ring. You can go round and round… — H. Rider Haggard
Fight to escape from your own cleverness. If you do, then you will find salvation and uprightness through Jesus Christ our Lord. — John Climacus

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