Quotes About Astuteness

I love the intellectual type. They know everything and suspect nothing.

MyÅ›lÄ™, ?e mÄ…dro?? to tylko spryt wypatroszony z odwagi. WolaÅ'abym by? sprytna ni? mÄ…dra.

Let's just be smart this time. I'm looking for smart.

You'd be surprised, you can do a lot more damage with your brains than with your fists.

You don't get things past librarians.

terms of the specifics, you're going to be saying things like: "We're the number-one this … we're the fastest-growing that … we're the foremost experts in this … The chairman of the board, a man named so?and-so, is one of the most astute minds in the entire XYZ industry … He's accomplished X … he's accomplished Y … and he's built this company around one thing above all: [whatever that is].

Cleverness is not wisdom.

I'm not an idiot.

I'm lucky that my best strength as a wrestler has always been my brain.

It's not difficult to appear bright, don't worry. The main thing is never to show obvious ignorance of anything. You prevaricate, avoid the difficulty, steer clear of the problem and then catch other people out by using a dictionary. All men are stupid oafs and ignorant nincompoops.

wits strong and clear

I'll trade glib for common sense any day.

Miss Holmes smiled. She had dimples. Of course she did—the Good Lord went to ridiculous lengths to make sure that one of the finest minds in existence was housed in a body least likely to be suspected of it.

A king or despot can maintain his power if he is astute in internal politics and successful externally. If he is quasi-divine, his dynasty may be prolonged indefinitely. But the growth of civilisation puts an end to belief in his divinity; defeat in war is not always avoidable; and political astuteness cannot be an invariable attribute of monarchs. Therefore sooner or later, if there is no external conquest, there is revolution, and the monarchy is either abolished or shorn of its power.

Remember to be as smart as you are.

I am intelligent, little do y'all know.

Oh, yeah. I know Dizzy. For years he's been my buddy way, way, way back. Dizzy is one of the most astute guys and one of the most learned guys in the world and knows exactly what he's doing musically.

Yeah, I'm very smart.

adroitly that there was

Me no read. Look how smart me is.

Intelligence is worthless without common sense.

TO be practical not merely means to steal when everybody steals but to act with wits and wisdom...

But for my own example, I'd never believe one little kid could have so much brains!

So, being Artavasdus, instead of diving for cover and shitting himself like any normal human being, or me, he stood there, watched carefully and took notes.