Admire Quote by Larry Graham

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.

— William Hazlitt

“Years ago, in my earliest and pastiest days as a would-be writer, I once read a new story aloud to S. and Boo Boo.…

— J.D. Salinger

Speak to me, Slytherin, greatest of the Hogwarts four.

— Lord Voldemort

“Play is primal. It’s not a frivolous pastime—it’s a radical act of reclaiming joy and creativity in a world that often feels too serious.”

— Ken Breniman

“A profound theme is of trifling importance if the characters knocked around by it are uninteresting, and brilliant technique is a nuisance if it…

— John Gardner

One of the reasons I don't like to use the word "tricks" , I do think of them as theatrical pieces, and as pretentious…

— Ricky Jay

Cunning is strength withheld.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is not enough to show how clever we are by showing how obscure everything is".”

— J.L. Austin

Cunning is a short blanket--if you pull it over your face, you expose your feet.

— Austin O'Malley

That the sweetly intoxicating three-four rhythm which took hold of hand & foot, necessarily eclipsed great & serious music & made the audience unfit…

— Eduard Hanslick

“Clever kids in Ravenclaw, evil kids in Slytherin, wannabe heroes in Gryffindor, and everyone who does the actual work in Hufflepuff.”

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

“was privileged to know the very last living exponent of this way of playing, Alex Currie from Cape Breton, and I can confirm that his style of playing…

— Fergus Muirhead