Quotes About Astuteness

Supe entonces, con humildad, con perplejidad, en un arranque de mexicanidad absoluta, que estábamos gobernados por el azar y que en esa tormenta todos nos ahogaríamos, y supe que sólo los más astutos, no yo ciertamente, iban a mantenerse a flote un poco más de tiempo.

He didn't seem like the sharpest tool in the shed.

What is commonly called 'women's intuition' is mostly a woman's acute ability to notice small details and changes in the appearance or behaviour of others. It's something that, throughout history, has bewildered men who play around - and are invariably caught.

beware most of clever men who look like fools

And I'm a little mean to people who are dumb. And most people are dumb.

Mio caro, in questa banale faccenda ho nuovamente verificato che a questo mondo l'incomprensione e la pigrizia causano più errori dell'astuzia e della malvagità. O perlomeno, queste ultime sono di certo più rare.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

Common sense is, of all kinds, the most uncommon. It implies good judgment, sound discretion, and true and practical wisdom applied to common life.

It is true I do not suffer fools. I

I lead a simple lifestyle but that doesn't mean I am a foolish simpleton!

You have to be smart as a football player.

Así habló Santa Alia del Cuchillo: «La Reverenda Madre debe combinar las artes de seducción de una cortesana con la intocable majestad de una diosa virgen, manteniendo estos atributos en tensión tanto tiempo como subsistan los poderes de su juventud. Pues una vez se hayan ido belleza y juventud, descubrirá que el lugar intermedio ocupado antes por la tensión se ha convertido en una fuente de astucia y de recursos infinitos.» De «Muad'Dib

O que a tornava superior e lhe dava probabilidade de triunfo, era a arte de acomodar-se às circunstâncias do momento e a toda a casta de espíritos, arte preciosa, que faz hábeis os homens e estimáveis as mulheres.

use your brain as cleverly as you use your hips and mouth.

the smartest man in the world

People are smarter than you might think.

Her quickness of mind was like a hiss, a dart, a lethal bite. And there was nothing in her appearance that acted as a corrective.

Be called an owl, but not a real fool.

A fox is subtlety itself.

Woman is adept at getting money for herself and will not easily let herself be deceived; she understands deceit too well herself.

I do know dumb-ass questions when I see dumb-ass questions.

You must be wise, but not too wise.

The bold are helpless without cleverness.

You have to have your wits about you and think quickly on your feet.