#lever

I had very clever producers, who scheduled it brilliantly, but scheduling it was a nightmare. ↗

— John Crowley

#clever #had #i #nightmare #producers

I was born and brought up in Liverpool with my clever little sister Jemma, who is 14 and wants to be a vet. My mum Jane is an administrator and my dad Peter is a taxi driver. ↗

— Jennifer Ellison

#born #brought #clever #dad #driver

This is my logo for Mouth ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#clever-logo #clover-logos #design #lips #mouth-logo

In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork. ↗

— Wilson Mizner

#clever #existence #footwork #punch #tact

I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones. ↗

— John Peel

#i #make #mistakes #never #ones

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

Even for the very clever it can be like breaking bones to stand back from something that’s been in front of you all your life. ↗

— Paul Hoffman

#bosco #break #cale #clever #even

[On marriage and permanent attachment:] Well, well -- the prizes all go to the women who 'play their cards well' -- but if they can only be won in that way, I would rather lose the game ... [C]lever [women] bide their time -- make themselves indispensable first, and then se font prier [=play hard to get]. Clever -- but I can't do it. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#cleverness #deception #honesty #marriage #men

The last few years had taught her that, bizarrely, there might be more to life than money, heists, and adrenaline. A crazy idea, no kidding, and she wasn't entirely convinced yet, but maybe, just maybe, she could be something more than a thief? ↗

— Greg Cox

#parker #thief #money

Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#always #cleverness #discovering #fuss #magical