Quotes by Clever There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he's absolutely free to choose. William M. Bulger wisdomcleverinspirational A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible. William Makepeace Thackeray successfulcleverbeauty Novels are sweets. All people with healthy literary appetites love them-almost all women; a vast number of clever, hardheaded men. William Makepeace Thackeray cleversweetmen Let us people who are so uncommonly clever and learned have a great tenderness and pity for the poor folks who are not endowed with the prodigious talents which we have. William Makepeace Thackeray talentcleverpeople I cannot see the war as historians see it. Those clever fellows study all the facts and they see the war as a large thing, one of the biggest events in the legend of the man, something general, involving multitudes. William Saroyan clevermenwar It is never wise to try to appear to be more clever than you are. It is sometimes wise to appear slightly less so. William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw wisdomwiseclever In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork. Wilson Mizner talentbattleclever They were so clever finding ways to get me the ball. They had to do more than just give up open shots. They had to avoid fouls and pass me the ball in traffic. Wilt Chamberlain giving-upbasketballclever The aboriginal peoples of Australia illustrate the conflict between technology and the natural world succinctly, by asking, 'What will you do when the clever men destroy your water?' That, in truth, is what the world is coming to. Winona LaDuke technologyclevermen I have never been clever enough - or egotistical enough to spend 300 pages dipping into the sludge of my own subconscious. Winston Graham pagesenoughclever All dogs look up to you. All cats look down on you. Only the pig looks at you as an equal Winston Churchill catdogclever Any clever person can make plans for winning a war if he has no responsibility for carrying them out. Winston Churchill responsibilitycleverwar Bessie Braddock: "Winston, you're drunk. Churchill: "Bessie, you're ugly. But tomorrow I shall be sober. Winston Churchill uglydrunkclever If you want to make enemies, try to change something. Woodrow Wilson christian-inspirationalchangeclever By being so long in the lowest form [at Harrow] I gained an immense advantage over the cleverer boys. . . . I got into my bones the essential structure of the ordinary British sentence - which is a noble thing. Naturally I am biased in favor of boys learning English; I would make them all learn English: and then I would let the clever ones learn Latin as an honor, and Greek as a treat. Winston Churchill learningcleverlatin I wish I could think of a positive point to leave you with. Will you take two negative points? Woody Allen smartcleverfunny Fancy living in one of these streets, never seeing anything beautiful, never eating anything savoury, never saying anything clever! Winston Churchill fancycleverbeautiful I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how well I know. It has no decency, respects no law or convention, shows no mercy. It goes for your weakest spot, which it finds with unerring ease. It begins in your mind, always. One moment you are feeling calm, self-possessed, happy. Then fear, disguised in the garb of mild-mannered doubt, slips into your mind like a spy. Yann Martel selflawclever Twas a clever quibble. Here, a garment for it. William Shakespeare garmentsclever Women are very intelligent and not appreciated. We try to pretend that we are not clever, and it's such a pity that we can't show how clever we are. Yoko Ono intelligentclevertrying«5960616263646566676869»
