#cleverness

I kept bugging them about making it more upscale, because I felt Abby, through her cleverness and business sense, was a character who would move up. And that's what she did. ↗

— Donna Mills

#because #bugging #business #business sense #character

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few. ↗

— Stendhal

#fear #few #founded #many #religions

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. ↗

— A.A. Milne

#cleverness #humor #piglet #understanding #winnie-the-pooh

We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl ten times its size to drive it off its territory. But above all of them ranked the chickadee because of its indomitable spirit. ↗

— Tom Brown, Jr.

#attack #be patient #because #cleverness #courage

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

— Israel Zangwill

#appreciate #clever #cleverness #enough #his

Cleverness is not wisdom. ↗

— Euripides

#cleverness

Limits have to be set on how far one can simply use the... cleverness that we have to make changes. ↗

— Leon Kass

#cleverness #far #how #how far #limits

Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness. ↗