802 Quotes About Clever

I have no great quickness of apprehension or wit which is so remarkable in some clever men, for instance Huxley

The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you

Hitherto acceptable norms of human conduct do not apply. If the United States is to survive, long-standing American concepts of 'fair play' must be reconsidered. We must develop effective espionage and counterespionage services and must learn to subvert, sabotage and destroy our enemies by more clever, more sophisticated, and more effective methods than those used against us. It may become necessary that the American people be made acquainted with, understand and support this fundamentally repugnant philosophy.

What gets measured gets managed.

I asked my mum, who's a very clever psychotherapist, and she says that kids love stories about death; they need it, they need to have stories that deal with death and explain it, as a place to put their fears.

The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.

There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.