Quotes by Clever It is possible to move through the drama of our lives without believing so earnestly in the character that we play. That we take ourselves so seriously, that we are so absurdly important in our own minds, is a problem for us. We feel justified in being annoyed with everything. We feel justified in denigrating ourselves or in feeling that we are more clever than other people. Self-importance hurts us, limiting us to the narrow world of our likes and dislikes. We end up bored to death with ourselves and our world. We end up never satisfied. Pema Chodron hurtcleverdrama A clever, imaginative, humorous request can open closed doors and closed minds. Percy Ross humorouscleverdoors I've written a lot of wordy, erudite, pretentious songs, but believe it or not, I'm usually doing my damnedest to resist the temptation to be overly "clever," and trying to keep things as accessible - and singable - as possible. Peter Blegvad cleversongbelieve Pierre Trudeau was too much of a professional politician to be described as a good man, nor, it can be argued despite much pubilicity to the contrary, was he a particularly clever or even wise one. But he was a great man, perhaps the gratest Canada has produced in this century. Peter Brimelow wiseclevermen There is no such thing as too much swearing. Swearing is just a piece of linguistic mechanics. The words in-between are the clever ones. Peter Capaldi piecestoo-muchclever What gets measured gets managed. Peter Drucker ironicbusinessclever You never know where to look when eating a banana. Peter Kay bananascleverlooks More data beats clever algorithms, but better data beats more data. Peter Norvig algorithmsdataclever People who want to appear clever rely on memory. People who want to get things done make lists. Peter McWilliams cleverinspirationalmemories It is easy to be clever if you leave something important out. Peter Redgrove importantclevereasy Intellectuals resist faith longer because they can: where ordinary people are helpless before the light, intellectuals are clever enough to spin webs of darkness around their minds and hide in them. That's why only Ph.D.s believe any of the 100 most absurd ideas in the world such as Absolute Relativism, or the Objective Truth of Subjectivism, of the Meaningfulness of Meaninglessness and the Meaninglessness of Meaning, which is the best definition of Deconstructionism I know. Peter Kreeft lightcleverbelieve Haagen-Dazs (a clever Scandi-sounding name invented by Americans in 1961) was bought for its Euro-sounding sophistication by the kind of Americans who first bought those Mercs and Beemers, while Ben & Jerry's (now owned by Unilever) brought a post-hippy sensibility to bear. Buyers saw the brand as saying 'all-natural, organic and Fairtrade. Peter York sawsnamesclever Marketing is not the art of finding clever ways to dispose of what you make. It is the art of creating genuine customer value. Philip Kotler businesscleverart You cannot trust a person until you know where and how he lives Paulo Coelho personscleverknows Men pass in front of our eyes like butterflies, creatures of a brief season. We love them; they are brave, proud, beautiful, and clever. Philip Pullman butterflycleverbeautiful The moment in the account of Adam and Eve in the book of Genesis is when they realize they're naked and try and cover themselves with fig leaves. That seemed to me a perfect allegory of what happened in the 20th century with regard to literary modernism. Literary modernism grew out of a sense that, “Oh my god! I'm telling a story! Oh, that can't be the case, because I'm a clever person. I'm a literary person! What am I going to do to distinguish myself?...a lot of modernism does seem to come out of a fear of being thought an ordinary storyteller. Philip Pullman cleverperfectbook When a man wants a mystery, it is generally better to leave him mystified. Nobody loves a clever woman. Philippa Gregory cleverwantmen Literary modernism kind of grew out of a sense that, “Oh my god! I’m telling a story! Oh, that can’t be the case, because I’m a clever person. I’m a literary person! What am I going to do to distinguish myself? I know! I’ll write Ulysses.” Philip Pullman storiescleverwriting We all have found ourselves in awkward, embarrassing situations, often brought on by ourselves - thinking we are saying something clever, for example, when it turns out to sound really mean or stupid. Those are the kind of embarrassing situations that we could have avoided. "Welcome to the human race," is about the only comfort we can give ourselves. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor stupidclevermean It is not enough for a painter to be a clever craftsman; he must love to 'caress' his canvas, too. Pierre-Auguste Renoir canvasenoughclever«4546474849505152535455»
