Becoming Quote by Soren Kierkegaard

It i impossible to foresee the consequences of being clever, so you try to avoid it whenever you can.

— Christopher Strachey

“Cleverness have no meanings until you find the stupidity that teach you.”

— Lena Hussain

You will never succeed while smarting under the drudgery of your occupation, if you are constantly haunted with the idea that you could succeed…

— Orison Swett Marden

I am neither especially clever nor especially gifted. I am only very, very curious.

— Anonymous

And indeed if you think you're a genius at something, what you achieve is very much according to your expectations; if you think you're…

— Diana Wynne Jones

A lifetime of cleverness can be interrupted by moments of stupidity.

— Anonymous

“Clever is when one is crafty enough to mistake your imagination for intelligence. Smart is when one assumes they are too educated to notice…

— Kerry E. Wagner

“I think academics and intellectuals are the natural enemies of imagination and intelligence.”

— Steve Merrick

It is impossible to forsee the consequences of being clever.

— Christopher Strachey

I’ve always found that the better the book I’m reading, the smarter I feel, or, at least, the more able I am to imagine…

— Francine Prose

Sometimes the very learned and clever can be brilliantly foolish, especially when seized by an apparently good cause.

— George Pell

“Worship your intellect, being seen as smart—you will end up feeling stupid, a fraud, always on the verge of being found out.”

— James K.A. Smith