Quotes by Clever People try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing-refusing to participate in activities that make life bad. Leo Tolstoy clevertryingpeople You want to make an impression. Being clever helps. Leonard Maltin cleverwanthelping It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. A handsome woman talks nonsense, you listen and hear not nonsense but cleverness. She says and does horrid things, and you see only charm. And if a handsome woman does not say stupid or horrid things, you at once persuade yourself that she is wonderfully clever and moral. Leo Tolstoy stupidcleverdoe That was when the Spanish came in and conquered the Aztecs. I thought that was a clever thing. Les Baxter clever From the self-confidence with which he spoke no one could tell whether what he said was very clever or very stupid. Leo Tolstoy confidencestupidclever With wives, men hide behind the air of bravado, which is basically a defence mechanism, I think. Clever creatures, women. Very clever. Les Dawson clevermenthinking We live in this world like a child who enters a room where a clever person is speaking. The child did not hear the beginning of the speech, and he leaves before the end; and there are certain things which he hears but does not understand Leo Tolstoy cleverinspirationalchildren Post-wounded women know that postures of pain play into limited and outmoded conceptions of womanhood. Their hurt has a new native language spoken in several dialects: sarcastic, jaded, opaque; cool and clever. They guard against those moments when melodrama or self-pity might split their careful seams of intellect, expose the shame of self-absorption without self-awareness. Leslie Jamison sarcastichurtclever He who knows others is clever; He who knows himself has discernment. Laozi hypocrisycleverknowledge The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace like retarded pygmies. Lester B. Pearson cleverwarpeace Everybody has a capacity for a happy life. All these talks about how difficult times we live in, that's just a clever way to justify fear and laziness. Lev Landau lazinesscleverhappy-life A clever man without wisdom is like a beautiful flower without fragrance. Leonardo da Vinci wisdomcleverbeautiful To be rude is as good as being clever. Letitia Elizabeth Landon rudeclever We're as clever as we think we are, but we'll be a lot cleverer when we learn to use not just one brain but to pool huge numbers of brains. We're at a level technologically where we can share information and think collectively about our problems. We do it in science all the time - there's no reason why we can't do it in other endeavors. Lewis Thomas clevernumbersthinking Every story has a moral you just need to be clever enough to find it - the Dutchess Lewis Carroll storiescleverneeds Beware of the clever ones; the dumb ones are safer. Lilian Jackson Braun dumbclever When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean. Linji Yixuan wisdomwiseclever I like to believe my suspense novels marry the strong characters from my romance writing past, with the twisty, clever plots of my mystery writing present. Lisa Gardner strongcleverbelieve I want you any way I can get you. Not because you’re beautiful or clever or kind or adorable, although devil knows you’re all those things. I want you because there’s no one else like you, and I don’t ever want to start a day without seeing you. Lisa Kleypas cleverbeautifullove As a theatrical troupe, the Muppets haven't exactly been AWOL these past dozen years; the gang rocked YouTube in 2009 with their kick-ass rendition of Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody.' But they've certainly been lying low while our twitchy, tweet-y times have favored snarkier, more air-quote-driven entertainment, even from puppets. And in a way, that showbiz hiatus has worked in favor of The Muppets. For adults, the movie's gentle, clever, unironic humor feels freshly, trendily retro now, enhanced by laughs provided in cameos from a very up-to-date roster of stars. Lisa Schwarzbaum queensstarsclever«3334353637383940414243»
