Clever Quotes
Our ancestors are very good kind of folks; but they are the last people I should choose to have a visiting acquaintance with.
And out of a desire essentially to imitate what I was reading, I began to write, like a clever monkey.
I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry; that is, prose = words in their best order; - poetry = the best words in the best order.
Most people can tire of a lecture in fifteen minutes, clever people can do it in five, and sensible people don't go to lectures at all.
Am I not sensitive, clever, well-mannered, considerate, passionate, charming, as kind as I'm handsome and heir to a throne?
Now that cleverness was the fashion most people were clever - even perfect fools; and cleverness after all was often only a bore: all head and no body
They were so clever finding ways to get me the ball. They had to do more than just give up open shots. They had to avoid fouls and pass me the ball in traffic.
Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next.
It is easy to be clever if you leave something important out.
The problem with being clever, Serene thought with a sigh, is that everyone assumes you're always planning something.
Foolish, ignorant people indulge in careless lives, whereas a clever man guards his attention as his most precious possession.
Things that would have made fame of a less clever man seemed tricks in his hands. It is a mistake to do things too easily.
I have a fantastic husband. Here's the honeymoon part: I still think he's the funniest, wittiest, most clever man I've ever known.
But now I am six. And I'm clever as clever. And now I think I'll stay six now forever and ever.
Clever, witty and absorbing, Amortality is a much-needed anatomy of our profound malaise about ageing. Its charms will never fade.
Somewhere along the line you have to trust someone. You've just got to be clever enough to pick someone who's smart and wholesome and worthy-and then just listen to what they say.
Don’t just create content to get credit for being clever — create content that will be helpful, insightful, or interesting for your target audience.
I watch his hands, they're lumpy but clever. "Is there a word for adults when they aren't parents?" Steppa laughs. "Folks with other things to do?
A clever child brought up with a foolish one can itself become foolish. Man is so perfectible and corruptible he can become a fool through good sense.
There are some situations from which one can only escape by acting like a devil or a lunatic.
Half the American population no longer reads newspapers: plainly, they are the clever half.
I always say to people if you want to see what Britain looks like, watch Gogglebox. It's brilliant and funny and warm and clever.
It seems to take me about five years to get a record together, which is not a clever idea.
In the quest to be clever, I completely forgot about the people that I love and that love me.
I've always been clever enough to surround myself with the best in whatever field I'm working in... Good people make you look good.
I wasn't allowed to be clever when I was young and blonde, but now I am 50 and an old blonde, I am allowed to have gravitas. With wrinkles comes wisdom.
He's clever,' thought Ivan,' I must admit there are some smart people even among the intelligentsia
If your children want to alter society, listen to their reasons and the idealism behind them. Don't crush them with some clever remark straight away.
I once used henna to dye my hair brown for an audition, thinking I was being clever as it's all natural.
Sister, they send you out for one and you bring back two... and a half. Such a clever girl.
