Quotes About Cleverness

However a man who was honest and clever was always, ALWAYS more difficult to scam than someone who was both dishonest and clever. Sincerity. It was so difficult , by definition, to fake.

That's Australia. She's not dim-witted, she just has trouble remembering to be smart.

Yes. Fortunately, before I died, I put a plan into motion. I can't remember it, but I'm certain that it was brilliant." "You know, I've said something similar myself on occasion, after a night of drinking." Kelsier rubbed his chin. "I'm free too.

No, my friend," Wit said, standing up. "I've abandoned my real name. But when next we meet, I'll think of a clever one for you to call me. Until then, Wit will suffice—or if you must, you may call me Hoid. Watch yourself; Sadeas is planning a revelation at the feast tonight, though I know not what it is. Farewell. I'm sorry I didn't insult you more.

The human mind was very clever at tricking itself, at keeping the despair of inevitability at bay.

I don't think I pity her. She doesn't strike me as a girl that suggests compassion. I think I envy her... I don't know whether she is a gifted being, but she is a clever girl, with a strong will and a high temper. She has no idea of being bored...Very pretty indeed; but I don't insist upon that. It's her general air of being someone in particular that strikes me.

do you think it is better to be clever than to be good?" "Good for what?" asked the Doctor. "You are good for nothing unless you are clever.

You are good for nothing unless you are clever.

Under all his culture, his cleverness, his amenity, under his good-nature, his facility, his knowledge of life, his egotism lay hidden like a serpent in a bank of flowers.

If you want to find wilier race by common sense, then you have just narrowed your searching area.

Emotion will always win over coolness and cleverness. It's when a scene works emotionally and it's cool and clever, then it's great. That's what you want.

I have a clever and devious plan.

A stupid person can make only certain, limited types of errors; the mistakes open to a clever fellow are far broader. But to the one who knows how smart he is compared to everyone else, the possibilities for true idiocy are boundless.

I always know how to play this game. It's about being smart.

Look, the American people are smart.

Everybody can be smart.

Remember to be as smart as you are.

I hate to be smart.

I think to be a successful comic, you have to be exceptionally smart and exceptionally perceptive.

I do believe all actors are smart.

I believe in smart people.

I'm a little smarter than most.

He's no idiot, in fact he's a genius... and that's as far from an idiot as you can get without reaching madness.

I love the idea of a movie hero in a thriller who is able to get ahead by just his brilliance, and not with a gun or by being an action hero.