Quotes by Clever Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be too clever by half. The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters. John Major stupidcleversilly In the quest to be clever, I completely forgot about the people that I love and that love me. John Mayer questscleverpeople I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones. John Peel stupidclevermistake This is total war. We are fighting a variety of enemies. There are lots of them out there. All this talk about first we are going to do Afghanistan, then we will do Iraq... this is entirely the wrong way to go about it. If we just let our vision of the world go forth, and we embrace it entirely and we dont try to piece together clever diplomacy, but just wage a total war... our children will sing great songs about us years from now. John Pilger cleversongchildren At uni I met a lot of people I had nothing in common with. Some were very clever, some very rich, some very sporty. Some of them became my best friends, but not at first. Having things in common isn't always the best start to a friendship. I'd stick with it! Also, try to chat to people when they're on their own. So many people feel they need to perform in big groups. John Robins clevertryingpeople Competition is a great thing and critically important in any industry. I respect the companies that build their brand through innovation/great product, packaging, sharp marketing and clever ideas. John Robinson competitioncleverideas Barack Obama is the New Generation and the hot light of a dawn that goes way beyond clever talk of morning in America. John Ridley lightclevermorning To be able to ask a question clearly is two-thirds of the way to getting it answered. John Ruskin answering-questionsclevertwo They hit you at school, they hate you if your clever, and they despise a fool. John Lennon hateclevereducation A book is like a man - clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. John Steinbeck cleverbeautifulbook I don't mind people putting us down, because if everybody really liked us, it would be a bore. You've got to have people putting you down. It doesn't give any edge to it if everybody just falls flat on their face saying, "You're great." We enjoy some of the criticisms as well, they're quite funny; some of the clever criticisms, not the ones that don't know anything, but some of the clever ones are quite fun. John Lennon musiccleverfun Though you may have known clever men who were indolent, you never knew a great man who was so; and when I hear a young man spoken of as giving promise of great genius, the first question I ask about him always is, Does he work? John Ruskin cleverworkmen Josh Billings said, It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself, but the most inconvenient one, too. Human beings have always employed an enormous variety of clever devices for running away from themselves, and the modern world is particularly rich in such stratagems. John W. Gardner being-yourselfcleverrunning The most foolish of all errors is for clever young men to believe that they forfeit their originality in recognizing a truth which has already been recognized by others. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe truthcleverbelieve If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead. Johnny Carson cleverlifefunny A book is like a man - clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For every flowering thought there will be a page like a wet and mangy mongrel, and for every looping flight a tap on the wing and a reminder that wax cannot hold the feathers firm too near the sun. John Steinbeck cleverbeautifulbook I sang 'American Pie' a lot in my stage set. It had a knack of uniting an audience in a sing-along. It's a clever song about American history but wrapped in a fantastic tune. Johnny Vegas piecleversong Somewhere in this world is a man who loves you, who understands how precious and clever and kind you are. A man who has always loved you and, to his detriment, suspects he always will. Jojo Moyes cleverlove-youmen Elton John himself never seems pretentious but Bernie Taupin's lyrics often do - sometimes pretentious in a clever sort of way, but pretentious nonetheless. There is a conflict between Elton's and Bernie's personal styles, no doubt about it. Jon Landau styledoubtclever A culture in which guilt is automatically assumed to be neurotic and unhealthy has devised a remarkably clever way of protecting its self-interest. Jonathan Kozol guiltselfclever«2829303132333435363738»
