There are people who try to figure things out. Often, magic is presented in a way that sets up a challenge that I actually find kind of appalling. Yo….
You know, the mark of intelligence is realizing when you're making the same mistake over and over and over again, and not hitting your head in the wa….
It i impossible to foresee the consequences of being clever, so you try to avoid it whenever you can..
It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. A handsome woman talks nonsense, you listen and hear not nonsense but cleverness.….
The clever men of Oxford, know all that there is to be knowed but they none of them know one half as much as intelligent Mr. Toad..
Don't believe what the spiritual sharks and clever carnival hustlers tell you about fearless living - they lie..
Most people can tire of a lecture in fifteen minutes, clever people can do it in five, and sensible people don't go to lectures at all..
I'm such a clever Toad..
I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven't seen yet. I want you to try things that no one has ever tried ….
When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean..
The ruling British elite are like animals--not only in their morality, but in their outlook on knowledge. They are clever animals, who are masters of….
I went to school, and I remember that you had to do these tests to find out what set you're in - how clever you are. I put down "Kit Harington," and ….
Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid..
Message? What the hell do you think I am, a bloody postman?.
Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others..
Everybody has a capacity for a happy life. All these talks about how difficult times we live in, that's just a clever way to justify fear and lazines….
We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows..
But Catherine did not know her own advantages - did not know that a good-looking girl, with an affectionate heart and a very ignorant mind, cannot fa….
There was once a man, Harry, called the steppenwolf. He went on two legs, wore clothes and was a human being, but nevertheless he was in reality a wo….
Promoting a film can get tiring but if you find a clever way to promote it, it can be fun. Also, it is not fair to yourself and the film if you don't….
I do wish I could write like some of the American women, who can be clever and heartfelt and hopeful; people like Lorrie Moore and Jennifer Egan. But….