Quotes by Clever You know, the mark of intelligence is realizing when you're making the same mistake over and over and over again, and not hitting your head in the wall five hundred times before you understand that it's not a clever thing to do. Linus Torvalds wallclevermistake Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others. Livy envyblindclever Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others. Livy shiftingclevermen I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all. Lord Byron marriagecleverlove Between thought and expression lies a lifetime. Lou Reed expressioncleverlying The fraudster's greatest liability is the certainty that the fraud is too clever to be detected. Louis J. Freeh fraudcertaintyclever A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults. Louis Nizer comebackinsultclever The Spider is an ode to my mother. She was my best friend. Like a spider, my mother was a weaver. . . Like spiders, my mother was very clever. Spiders are friendly presences that eat mosquitoes. We know that mosquitoes spread diseases and are therefore unwanted. So, spiders are helpful and protective, just like my mother. Louise Bourgeois mothercleverfriendly The young women in my classes are feisty and clever and believe, often with the passion of youthful optimism, that feminism is a battle already won. I worry for them - and for my daughters, too. Louise Brown daughtermotherclever Everything I do is inspired by my early life”, Bourgeois’ looked up to her mother who was the most important person in her life for many reasons, ‘Maman’ symbolizes her mother; “The friend, because my best friend was my mother and she was deliberate, clever, patient, soothing, reasonable, dainty, subtle, indispensable, neat, and as useful as a spider. Louise Bourgeois importantmotherclever With all the clever brains in America it would be great to see more investment and focus on this essential research! Louise Burfitt-Dons focuscleveramerica The wicked are always surprised to find that the good can be clever. Luc de Clapiers wickednesswickedclever All that is unfair, offends us if it's not beneficial for us Luc de Clapiers beneficialunfairclever Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness. Ludwig Wittgenstein valleysintelligentclever Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and it will run itself to death. Lyman Beecher cleverrunningdeath The ruling British elite are like animals--not only in their morality, but in their outlook on knowledge. They are clever animals, who are masters of the wicked nature of their own species, and recognize ferally the distinctions of the hated human species. Nonetheless, obsessively dedicated to being such animals, they can not [sic] assimilate those qualities unique to true human beings. Lyndon LaRouche uniquecleveranimal 'All men are created equal', 'government by consent of the governed', 'give me liberty or give me death'. Well, those are not just clever words, or those are not just empty theories. Lyndon B. Johnson clevermotivationalinspirational You should read Wodehouse when you're well and when you're poorly;when you're travelling, and when you're not;when you're feeling clever, and when you're feeling utterly dim. Wodehouse always lifts your spirits,no matter how high they happen to be already. Lynne Truss mattercleverfeelings I might be in the basement. I'll go upstairs and check. We adore chaos because we love to produce order. I don't use drugs; my dreams are frightening enough. M. C. Escher cleverdreamfunny Which would you rather be if you had the choice--divinely beautiful or dazzlingly clever or angelically good? Lucy Maud Montgomery choicescleverbeautiful«3435363738394041424344»
