Quotes of: Clever-people Keyword

It is impossible for a dove to catch a swallow, for a clever man to catch a genius.

Mehmet Murat ildan

With wives, men hide behind the air of bravado, which is basically a defence mechanism, I think. Clever creatures, women. Very clever.

Les Dawson

When did you get so clever?" "When I realized I wasn't as clever as I thought.

The Infernals

Rock n' roll is dirty, and it's bad, and it's either clever or it's not clever.

Nikki Sixx

Older people, who just happen to have been around longer, may not be cleverer than the young, but they have seen more.

Penelope Keith

People may say that what I do is very clever, but it's not really at all. It's not Swift.

Rory Bremner

The thing is, comedy's gone in a weird direction. People are really into ironic comedy and fakeness and cleverness.

Louis C. K.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Samuel Butler

Think of something clever, witty or profound, keep it short and people may quote you.

Bobby Darnell

I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays.

The Importance of Being Earnest

Stupid man produces noise; clever man produces silence!

Mehmet Murat ildan

It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.

Fannie Hurst

Never treat somebody's cleverness as his life's smartness. Cleverness is to hide the weakness and the smartness is to project the strength of his weakness.

Anuj Somany

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all.

Chinese

Exoticism can give you an edge: it makes people assume you're cleverer than you are and gives you the upper hand.

Kristin Scott Thomas

You have to be clever in how you make money and save it, and clever in how you enjoy your life.

The Secrets of Business

If you're clever enough and creative enough to get a good film made, then you should be clever enough and creative enough to find ways to get it out there, one being something like Jameson First Shot.

Dana Brunetti

A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it.

Israel Zangwill

I was one of five very clever kids, the other kids were cleverer than I was and still are and are very achieving. The girls were always first at everything and I was always 101st!

Anthony Minghella

Pious” is a sword that the clever always use it to eliminate the truth.

The Third World; Country or People

Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be too clever by half. The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters.

John Major