There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent.
J. B. Priestley

There is no bore like a clever bore.
Samuel Butler

There is no essential difference between the material of comedy and tragedy. All depends on the point of view of the dramatist, which, by clever emphasis, he tries to make the point of view of his audience.
George P. Baker

They were so clever finding ways to get me the ball. They had to do more than just give up open shots. They had to avoid fouls and pass me the ball in traffic.
Wilt Chamberlain

This is very clever. They have created a system to cheat.
Charles Davenport

Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way round, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise.
Adolf Hitler

To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

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.
Will Durant

To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man.
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

Too clever is dumb.
Ogden Nash

TV - a clever contraction derived from the words Terrible Vaudeville. However, it is our latest medium - we call it a medium because nothing's well done.
Goodman Ace

We are obliged to regard many of our original minds as crazy at least until we have become as clever as they are.
Georg C. Lichtenberg

What a grand thing it is to be clever and have common sense.
Terence

What clever man has ever needed to commit a crime? Crime is the last resort of political half-wits.
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
Abraham Joshua Heschel

When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
Irving Layton

Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke.
Ambrose Bierce

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
Naguib Mahfouz

You lose your anonymity just like a helium balloon with a string. Therefore people are going to have their own opinion and they're going to write in whatever clever manner they desire.
Kim Basinger