Quotes by Clever [Chess] is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time. George Bernard Shaw stupid clever life Just play the moment, that's the fun of it. You just play the moment. It's great writing and very clever writing, I think it's witty. And I have those great clothes. You have a great, witty, intelligent script and you look like a million dollars, because we have a great costumer, and it's a pretty good place to begin. Glenn Close clever witty fun Move quickly. Sound, calm mind. Be light in body. Have a clever mind. Master the basics. Gogen Yamaguchi clever art moving I got into trouble a lot in school. They say you're a disturbance in class. You're a distraction, they're moving you around. You never really get rewarded in class for being funny. You're a disturbance. But the funny kid is often witty and clever and quick... they finally get a chance to express themselves when they get out of school. Godfrey clever witty moving It always seemed to me a sort of clever stupidity only to have one sort of talent - like a carrier pigeon. George Eliot pigeons stupidity clever TV—a clever contraction, derived from the words Terrible Vaudeville. We call it a medium, because nothing's well done. Goodman Ace vaudeville done clever Why should death make a man truthful, or even clever? The dead are likely dull fellows, full of tedious complaints - the ground's too cold, my gravestone should be larger, why does he get more worms than I do. George R. R. Martin clever doe men The gender prism is just descending upon us. For instance, when we're girls of nine or 10 we may be climbing trees and saying, "I know what I want. I know what I think." And then suddenly at 11 or 12, the gender role takes hold, and adults tell us, "How clever of you to know what time it is." It happens to boys, too and even sooner - between five and eight. Before that, boys cry and express uncertainty. Gloria Steinem girl clever thinking Rising early and scorning laziness, remaining calm in time of strife, faultless in conduct and clever in actions. One like this will be praised. Gautama Buddha rising buddhist clever It's not that I'm so clever, it is that others are so stupid. George Bernard Shaw stupid clever The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that he is stupid. Gilbert K. Chesterton stupid clever men How to get people to vote against their interests and to really think against their interests is very clever. It's the cleverest ruling class that I have ever come across in history. It's been two hundred years at it. It's superb. Gore Vidal clever years thinking Half the American population no longer reads newspapers: plainly, they are the clever half. Gore Vidal population half clever Many clever men like you have trusted to civilization. Many clever Babylonians, many clever Egyptians, many clever men at the end of Rome. Can you tell me, in a world that is flagrant with the failures of civilisation, what there is particularly immortal about yours? Gilbert K. Chesterton rome clever men [You write out of the] desire to seem clever, to be talked about, to be remembered after death, etc., etc., etc. It is humbug to pretend this is not a motive and a strong one. George Orwell strong clever writing When you're high, it's easy to kid yourself about how clever certain mediocre pieces of material are. George Carlin pieces clever kids The real art is not to come up with extraordinary clever words but to make ordinary simple words do extraordinary things. To use the language that we all use and to make amazing things occur. Graham Swift real clever art Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one can wage a pitiless war, but not against the unattractive: then the millstone weighs on the breast. Graham Greene clever beautiful war 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. Grayson Perry brilliant clever people I couldn't think of one clever way to stop this guy, so I just trusted to mindless violence. Grant Morrison guy clever thinking «1819202122232425262728»