#clever

Lord Birkenhead is very clever but sometimes his brains go to his head. ↗

— Margot Asquith

#clever #go #head #his #lord

When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you. ↗

— Irving Layton

#clever #convince #inferiors #one thing #only

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#clever #hated #his #man #more

I think people really appreciate clever commercials, as do I. I think they're very entertaining. You just have to wade through all the garbage. That's one of the reasons people watch the Super Bowl. A lot of them watch it to see the commercials and not the actual game. ↗

— Kevin Nealon

#appreciate #bowl #clever #commercials #entertaining

Clever people master life; the wise illuminate it and create fresh difficulties. ↗

— Emil Nolde

#clever people #create #difficulties #fresh #illuminate

Bush is very clever. When the debate should have been about the deterioration of our cities and the lack of action by government, he sent in his idiot to make an outrageous statement about Murphy Brown. ↗

— Tim Robbins

#action #been #brown #bush #cities

A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

#every #fool #handsome #irresistible #ladies

There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#enough #genius #much #plenty #talent

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. ↗

— Rumi

#cleverness #self #wisdom #world #change

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

— Oscar Wilde

#people #death