Quotes About Astuteness

A sense of timing is the mark of a genius.

Having studied politics doesn't necessarily give you political nous.

I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid.

My best attribute is knowing when not to answer stupid questions.

Stupidity is not my favourite thing; I cannot deal with it.

To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man.

A smart model is a good model.

You know what lasts longer than beauty? Being smart.

I've worked all my life not to be a simpleton.

At each sentence my hostess put her head forward, looking at me with an innkeeper's keen scrutiny, a happy compromise between the instinct of a police constable, the astuteness of a spy, and the cunning of a dealer.

The right words are always there, if a man's sharp enough to see them.

Some people are street-smart, some people are book-smart, but most people are just dumber than dirt.

There is never a need to outrun anything you can outwit.

Horse sense is a good judgement which keeps horses from betting on people.

Be wise as serpents, yet innocent as doves.

I'm not dumb enough to call up a bad player.

Smart people don't have the luxury of playing stupid.

A profound common sense is the best genius for statesmanship.

Genius always gives its best at first prudence, at last.

Whatsoever thing confronted her, whatsoever problem encountered her, whatsoever manners became her in novel situations, she understood in a moment. She solved the problem, she assumed the manners, she spoke and acted as the need of the moment required." Andrew Lang, "The Maid of France."

What a wise man can do, that can't be done by someone who's merely clever, is make a right judgement in an unprecedented situation. ?

One thing i hate about being smart is that you notice everything even when someone is trying to fool you.

Tutti questi dèi, tutti questi mortali che lo hanno aiutato. Gli uomini parlano della sua astuzia. Il suo vero talento stava nella sua abilità a prendere dagli altri." (#Odisseo)

Era, encara que no ho semblés, molt més llest que jo, perquè sempre són més llestos aquells que estan disposats a prescindir del nostre consentiment.