Cleverness Quotes

235 Cleverness quotes by 160 unique authors

What a curious picture it is to find man, homo sapiens, of divine origin, we are told, seriously considering going underground to escape the consequences… — J. William Fulbright
Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they… — Plato
If you work for a man, in heavens name work for him! If he pays you wages that supply you your bread and butter, work… — Elbert Hubbard
Courage, not cleverness; not even inspiration, is the grain of mustard that grows up to be a great tree. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Cleverness is a burden after that. You are supposed to settle down and be a good person, raise your children, and be good to your… — Garrison Keillor
Ultimately, of course, you must decide for yourself whether the subjective psychological effects created by your evolved cognitive biases reflect an objective reality, perhaps as… — Jesse Bering
... The 'cleverness' syndrome has taken the place of melody. It's like everyone has come down with this terrible disease in jazz....you are always expected… — Keith Jarrett
Abandon cleverness, discard profit, and thieves and robbers will disappear. — Laozi
Did you measure to attain your height? Did you use geometry to radiate your limb? Did you lament storm-torn branches? Did you inventory your leaves… — Ming-Dao Deng
It startled him even more when just after he was awarded the Galactic Institute's Prize for Extreme Cleverness he got lynched by a rampaging mob… — Douglas Adams
People used to expect literary novels to deepen the experience of living; now they are happy with any sustained display of writerly cleverness. — Brian Reynolds
Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. — Jeff Bezos
The key is not money; organization, cleverness, or education. Are you and I seeing the results Peter saw? Are we bringing thousands of men and… — Jim Cymbala
When the great Tao is forgotten, goodness and piety appear. When the body's intelligence declines, cleverness and knowledge step forth. When there is no peace… — Laozi
In late modernity we grow more and more accustomed to politicians and public figures who are indebted to their appetites for their "values," to their… — Kenny Smith
Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy-they're given after all. Choices can be hard. — Jeff Bezos
The work of God can only be carried on by the power of God. The key is not $, organization, cleverness or education. No matter… — Jim Cymbala
I like ornament at the right time, but I don't want a poem to be made out of decoration ... When I read the poems… — Jack Gilbert
Trade your cleverness for bewilderment. — Unknown Author
I'd rather rely on mother nature's wisdom than man's cleverness — Wendell Berry
Major Strasser: You give him (Rick Blaine) credit for too much cleverness. My impression was that he's just another blundering American. Captain Renault: We musn't… — Humphrey Bogart
Apostolic preaching is not marked by its beautiful diction, or literary polish, or Cleverness of expression, but Operates “in demonstration of the Spirit and of… — Arthur Wallis
This skin, this hair, all this outside stuff. It isn't me. It's just my package. It's like the wrapper around the sweet; it isn't the… — Colin Cotterill
The winners stun us not by their cleverness, but by the fact that every tiny aspect of the business is just a touch better than… — Tom Peters
Neither you nor I nor anybody else knows what makes a mathematician tick. It is not a question of cleverness. I know many mathematicians who… — Louis J. Mordell

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