Quotes by Clever You write with ease, to show your breeding, But easy writing's vile hard reading. Richard Brinsley Sheridan readingcleverwriting He is the very pineapple of politeness. Richard Brinsley Sheridan pineapplespolitenessclever An aspersion upon my parts of speech! Richard Brinsley Sheridan aspersionspeechclever Our ancestors are very good kind of folks; but they are the last people I should choose to have a visiting acquaintance with. Richard Brinsley Sheridan lastscleverpeople I was struck all on a heap. Richard Brinsley Sheridan clever Because one species is more clever than another, does it give it the right to imprison or torture the less clever species? Does one exceptionally clever individual have a right to exploit the less clever individuals of his own species? To say that he does is to say with the Fascists that the strong have a right to abuse and exploit the weak - might is right, and the strong and ruthless shall inherit the earth. Richard D. Ryder philosophicalstrongclever Rules, whether they govern sexual morality or financial probity, regardless of whether they are justifiable or undesirable, always provoke bold recalcitrants to devise clever, defiant ways to breach them. Richard Davenport-Hines moralitycleverway Now Einstein was a very clever man, with us all his philosophies he shared, He gave us the theory of relativity, which is E equals M C squared. Richard Digance philosophicalcleverphilosophy An education that does not teach clear, coherent writing cannot provide our world with thoughtful adults; it gives us instead, at the best, clever children of all ages. Richard Mitchell cleverwritingchildren The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool. Richard P. Feynman love-lifecleverscience Nowadays, to say that we are clever animals is not to say something philosophical and pessimistic but something political and hopeful - namely, if we can work together, we can make ourselves into whatever we are clever and courageous enough to imagine ourselves becoming. This is to set aside Kant's question "What is man?" and to substitute the question "What sort of world can we prepare for our great grandchildren? Richard Rorty philosophicalcleveranimal We scientists are clever — too clever — are you not satisfied? Is four square miles in one bomb not enough? Men are still thinking. Just tell us how big you want it! Richard P. Feynman clevermenthinking The shell game that we play ... is technically called 'renormalization'. But no matter how clever the word, it is still what I would call a dippy process! Having to resort to such hocus-pocus has prevented us from proving that the theory of quantum electrodynamics is mathematically self-consistent. It's surprising that the theory still hasn't been proved self-consistent one way or the other by now; I suspect that renormalization is not mathematically legitimate. Richard P. Feynman selfgamesclever This person called up and said, You've got to come and take this seminar. It will completely change your life in just one weekend. And I said, Well, I don't want to completely change my life this weekend. I've got a lot of things to do on Monday. Rick Fields clevermondayfunny More than his exterior hit me. I felt warm and safe just being with him. He brought comfort after my terrible day. So often with other people I felt a need to be center of attention, to be funny and always have something clever to say. It was a habit I needed to shake. But with him I never felt like I had to be anything more than what I already was. I didn’t have to entertain him or think up jokes or even flirt. It was enough to just be together, to be so completely comfortable in each other’s presence—we lost all sense of self-consciousness. Richelle Mead flirtingcleverthinking Do what? Come up with a clever pun referencing Jerome's demonic status? The truth is, I usually keep a stash of them on hand and— Richelle Mead truth-iscleverhands There are people who try to figure things out. Often, magic is presented in a way that sets up a challenge that I actually find kind of appalling. You know, "I'm clever, I can do something, and you don't know what it is." And that instills in the audience the idea that, "Yes, I do. You're not that clever." Ricky Jay challengescleverpeople Pol Pot - he rounded up anybody he thought was intellectual and had them executed. And how he told someone was intellectual or not was whether they wore glasses. If they're that clever, take them off when they see him coming! Ricky Gervais sexycleverfunny I asked my mum, who's a very clever psychotherapist, and she says that kids love stories about death; they need it, they need to have stories that deal with death and explain it, as a place to put their fears. Roald Dahl cleverkidsneeds Comedians who are 22 years old can certainly be funny and clever, and be capable of telling jokes - but are they talking about their favorite TV shows, or a particular brand of shampoo? Rob Delaney clevertalkingyears«4849505152535455565758»
