122 Quotes About Cleverness

How clever are you, my dear! You never mean a single word you say!

Most people are clever because they don't know how to be honest." William Gaddis, The Recognitions.

I've heard that sarcasm is no substitute for cleverness

I don't know." That was typical Sajaki; like all the genuinely clever people Sylveste had met he knew better than to feign understanding where none existed.

Clever's not enough to hold me - I want characters who are more than devices to be moved about for Effect.

A cat may have nine lives, but a wise person has a hundred.

Cleverness is no guarantee of sensible behavior.

The knowledge of Christ which is produced by man's own cleverness and wisdom is not a rock that can stand firm.

For cleverness and wisdom are as different as are the circuitous passages of a labyrinth and the straight, upward flight of a bird.