Clever Quote by Emil Nolde

I believe that government is the servant of the people and not their master.

— David Rockefeller

“In this world are many people who do not master their bodies. Such people say that no one can tell them what to do,…

— Michael D. O'Brien

“Most people master the art of postponing the start.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“These people were the first to master a new kind of late twentieth-century life. They thrived on the rapid turnover of acquaintances, the lack…

— J.G. Ballard

If someone has really seen you, every side of you, every bit of you, in every way and still loves you, never let such…

— Prem Tihan (Shafiq

I have observed that in comedies the best actor plays the droll, while some scrub rogue is made the fine gentleman or hero. Thus…

— Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

The inspiration comes from everywhere, from what I grew up with. There's so much silliness and nonsense in the world that we regard as…

— Jasper Fforde

Man is a rational animal—so at least I have been told. … Aristotle, so far as I know, was the first man to proclaim…

— Bertrand Russell

As so often happens in philosophy, clever people accept a false general principle on a priori grounds and then devote endless labour and ingenuity…

— C. D. Broad

“Clever people are entertaining and stupid ones give me such a pleasant sense of superiority.”

— Gwen Bristow

Capable people do not understand incapacity; clever people do not understand stupidity.

— Doris Lessing

I am trying to write novels for properly clever people, but I also want them to be proper novels that also stick in a…

— Sophie Hannah