Cleverness Quotes

235 Cleverness quotes by 160 unique authors

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. A handsome woman talks nonsense, you listen and hear not nonsense but cleverness.… — Leo Tolstoy
She breathed deeply of the scent of decaying fiction, disintegrating history, and forgotten verse, and she observed for the first time that a room full… — Joe Hill
There are so many different kinds of stupidity, and cleverness is one of the worst. — Thomas Mann
Cleverness is like rouge - liberal application makes a woman look common and desperate. Wit is knowing how to apply it. — Tessa Dare
Cleverness is cheap. It is faith that He praises. — George MacDonald
What I want to talk to you about today is the difference between gifts and choices. Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts… — Jeff Bezos
Books are in no hurry. An act of creation is in no hurry; it reads us, it privileges us infinitely. The notion that it is… — George Steiner
Your normal Wall Street big-swinging Richard has enough of a lingering moral compass to at least tell himself that his wizardry benefits somebody or something… — Tina Brown
Limits have to be set on how far one can simply use the... cleverness that we have to make changes. — Leon Kass
Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all; too much cleverness and too much… — Plato
The pun exists in a social and political void, caring nothing for the issues of its day, content merely to display itself in its small… — Arthur Smith
The mysteries of creation are marvelous. When two persons meet at any time or place, the differences between them are patent. Their forms and manners… — Sri Sathya Sai Baba
My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a bitch. — Jack Nicholson
Our generation will eventually lead to an era were doing the wrong thing will seem right and doing the right thing will look wrong — Emanuel Sebastiao
Don't spend your time examining some else personality because that moment can be better spent examining yourself and analysing whether you're closer to becoming the… — Emanuel Sebastiao
Capture every moment because no day is the same — Emanuel Sebastiao
Love me like I loved you when no-one loved you — Emanuel Sebastiao
Go ahead, judge me. Just remember to be perfect for the rest of your life! — Michelle Villaflor Amante
You're lonely not because no-one accepts you but because you don't accept anyone into your world. — Emanuel Sebastiao
Some are born mad, some achieve madness, and some have madness thrust upon 'em. — Emilie Autumn
A meaningful silence is always better than meaningless words — Hussein Nishah
If someone is powerful than me then I use my brain and if someone is clever than me then I use my punchs for beat… — Erdem Gezer
When scientists do discover the center of the universe dont be disappointed that its not you — Ana Chable
If I agreed with you we'd both be wrong. — ProudLesbian
If Im driving you crazy just remember to put on your seat belt. — Superman

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