115 quotes found
“Voldemort is playing a very clever game. Declaring himself might have provoked open rebellion. Remaining masked has created confusion, uncertainty, and fear.”
“What I stand for is what I stand on.”
“When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.”
“Beneath the rubato of the day abided a stern pulse beating on, ineluctable, unforgiving, whereby whatever was evaded or put off now had to be made up for later, and at a higher level of intensity.”
“Cleverness isn't always true nor is the truth always clever.”
“Life without any wonder left in it is flat and stale.”
“When did you get so clever?""When I realized I wasn't as clever as I thought.”
“The failure mode of clever is asshole.”
“Well, Watson, what do you make of it?'Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and I had given him no sign of my occupation.'How did you know what I was doing? I believe you have eyes in the back of...”
“Part of me wanted to give him a piece of my mind. He didn't get it as a whole, so I will keep my peace.”
“What's the point in having a mind if you don't use it to make judgements?”
“You don't need luck. You are powerful, clever, and fearless.”
“At that level through out the 18th century, another vision of admirable behavior persisted. The mob did not want the smooth conformable man, the slick hypocrite who could so politely maneuver his w...”
“People always knock what's new but I love the modern Internet, where cleverness is currency. Social media is a cleverness meritocracy. We're living in it.”
“I saw how greatly he suffered the requirement of being clever. It separated him from his soul, and it didnt get him anything other than a living.”
“I won't be stuck in traffic 'til I see how rugged my path isAnd right now I'm loving how fast my troubles are fastingNo they don't bother me oh realizing I'm psychopathicA wild beast, baby I'm glad...”
“Wisdom at the mountain-foot sees farther than intelligence at the mountaintop.”
“Simple is clever. Complicated just means you havent been clever enough to reduce it to its essence.”
“You learned something right? Make it part of your life right away! You heard something clever? Internalize it instantly! You heard something beautiful? Add it to your life philosophy at once!”
“I think that at that time none of us quite believed in the Time Machine. The fact is, the Time Traveler was one of those men who are too clever to be believed: you never felt that you saw all round...”
