Quotes by Clever The most effective way to build a brand is not by spending millions in advertising, but by finding a clever way to keep your name in the press. Barbara Corcoran names clever way Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous. Barbara Ehrenreich favors evolution clever When I try to get clever I fail, so I stick with the basic issues of human life on earth - sex, death, relationships, discovering who you are, being hurt and confused. Barbara Ess hurt clever sex I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. Barbara Mertz scrutiny clever ideas Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody Baron de Montesquieu threat injustice clever Life doesn't reward the naturally clever or strong but those who can learn to fight and work hard and never quit. Bear Grylls hard-work strong clever The clever people at CERN are smashing particles together in the hope that Doctor Who will turn up and tell them to stop Ben Aaronovitch doctors clever people Ryan Stout, a straight-arrow-looking kind of guy, shocks the crowd into laughter with his inventive interplay between innocence and a jarringly twisted point of view. He goes from loony to weirdly logical. With him, it’s more than clever writing; his comedy is based on clear and clever thinking. Ben Fong-Torres laughter clever writing If there is one thing I think I have accomplished, it's that I always thought of myself as a very literal songwriter, and as I look at some of those older records, I don't hear it now the way I did when I was 20. I think it is undeniable that the songs have become more instantaneously descriptive and literal. I'd like the songs to be more storytelling, but also have the turns of phrase within them that would hopefully distance my writing from the pack. I feel like on those older records there are a lot of attempts at clever turns of phrase. Ben Gibbard distance clever song The songwriting of Hall & Oates is deceptively complex. There are a number of key changes that pass you by as you're listening to the song because they're so seamless and clever. Ben Gibbard clever numbers song Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth. Benjamin Disraeli being-yourself clever inspirational A female friend, amiable, clever, and devoted, is a possession more valuable than parks and palaces; and without such a muse, few men can succeed in life, none be contented. Benjamin Disraeli friends clever men Nine-tenths of existing books are nonsense, and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense. Benjamin Disraeli reading clever book If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory. Benjamin Disraeli politics political clever He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. Benjamin Franklin 4th-of-july motivation clever A clever mind is not a heart. Knowledge doesn't really care, wisdom does. Benjamin Hoff clever mind heart "Rabbit's clever," said Pooh thoughtfully. "Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit's clever." "And he has Brain." "Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit has Brain." There was a long silence. "I suppose," said Pooh, "that that's why he never understands anything." Benjamin Hoff humor clever funny Cleverness, after all, has its limitations. Its mechanical judgments and clever remarks tend to prove inaccurate with passing time, because it doesn't look very deeply into things to begin with. Benjamin Hoff clever tao-of-pooh looks Our [American] money system is structurally brittle. It doesn't matter if you put a very clever guy or a stupid guy at the wheel. The clever guy will take a half hour to have an accident, and the stupid guy will take ten minutes. Bernard Lietaer guy stupid clever I didn't like the way I looked, the way I dressed and moved, what I achieved and what I felt I was worth. But there was so much energy in me, such belief that one day I'd be handsome and clever and superior and admired, such anticipation when I met new people and new situations. Is that what makes me sad? The eagerness and belief that filled me then and exacted a pledge from life that life could never fulfill? Sometimes I see the same eagerness and belief in the faces of children and teenagers and the sight brings back the same sadness I feel in remembering myself. Bernhard Schlink teenager clever children «1234567891011»