Clever Quotes
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I think clever people think that poor people are stupid.
Norm MacDonald -
How clever you are, to know something of which you are ignorant.
Jane Austen
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I learned from both my parents that you had to be clever.
Mikhail Prokhorov -
My scholarly expectation is then that I may succeed in becoming clever in philosophy in spite of my stupidity.
Soren Kierkegaard -
Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives
William C. Dement -
...the number one reason knitters knit is because they are so smart that they need knitting to make boring things interesting. Knitters are so compellingly clever that they simply can't tolerate boredom. It takes more to engage and entertain this kind of human, and they need an outlet or they get into trouble. "...knitters just can't watch TV without doing something else. Knitters just can't wait in line, knitters just can't sit waiting at the doctor's office. Knitters need knitting to add a layer of interest in other, less constructive ways.
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee -
Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.
Marcus Tullius Cicero -
No matter what you do, people are going to expect you to be someone you’re not. But if you’re clever and lucky and work your butt off, then you get to be surrounded by people who expect you to be the person you wish you were.
Charlie Jane Anders
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That's typical Gabrielle, ... Marc has a very clever plan for this pregnancy. It's going to turn her world upside down.
Eva Longoria -
That a clever person is never bored, and a bored person is never clever.
Catherynne M. Valente -
A clever person is never bored, and a bored person is never clever.
Catherynne M. Valente -
It is not that I am so clever; it is that everyone else is so stupid.
George Bernard Shaw -
I read the paper every day. There are certain subjects that will catch my attention. I have an entire file of articles. Of course I make up the story, especially since most criminals are not very smart and fictional crime must be clever. I have to make sure the story I am telling is interesting and realistic. In this book I went on line and found out the manners of codes. I thought it interesting to use them as a jumping off point.
Sue Grafton -
The worst part of an eminent man's conversation is, nine times out of ten, to be found in that part by which he means to be clever.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
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There are people who try to figure things out. Often, magic is presented in a way that sets up a challenge that I actually find kind of appalling. You know, "I'm clever, I can do something, and you don't know what it is." And that instills in the audience the idea that, "Yes, I do. You're not that clever."
Ricky Jay -
If I am very lucky - I mean if I am clever about it - I will get myself shot. Here, soon.
Elizabeth Wein