Quotes About Astute

The duchess was in her way a clever woman, and could see many things. She

Chorus [of Birds]: Man is a truly cunning creature.

It is worth noting the qualities this historian ascribes to them: they were fearless, high-principled, deeply versed in ancient and modern political thought, astute and pragmatic, unafraid of experiment, and—this is significant—"convinced of man's power to improve his condition through the use of intelligence.

Kids are always very savvy. It doesn't take long for a kid to realize when an adult is a loser.

Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them.

I don't get surprised very often to be honest. I'm the kind of person who you couldn't throw a surprise party for because I'd figure it out.

Flat she might be, but not stupid.

The human child—so much cannier at times than the stupefyingly ponderous adult.)

LAURA. Oh, we women are really too clever. CAPTAIN.

Dad's astute knowledge of foreign policy impressed Gorbachev during the time of the Berlin Wall when Dad refused to gloat during the reunification of Germany.

She was more astute than I at seeing the distant cloud of a quarrel when it was still no bigger than a man's hand, and she would usually take the right avoiding action, for when an embrace was over the quarrel was usually over too—for that occasion at least.

Wise, if unromantic.

I am not an idiot, and I'm not a Pollyanna sort of kumbaya type.

It was easy to see that he was clever and well read, but he was also boring.

Astute business people generally do not make their political views widely known, because they realize that about half of their customers agree with them and half do not.

I'm what they call an intelligent hoodlum.

He is far too intelligent to become really cerebral.

Birdman is probably one of the most intelligent music moguls out there.

Ibrahimovic is a very intelligent player and there are very few strikers like him in world football.

Quique Sanchez Flores doesn't talk much but he's very intelligent.

Still, he was being canny, and that was a good thing. All in all, she rather liked her policemen to be wily. It made her feel safer.

perspicacious

Show me how clever you can be, Faith.

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.