#clever

In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork. ↗

— Wilson Mizner

#clever #existence #footwork #punch #tact

I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones. ↗

— John Peel

#i #make #mistakes #never #ones

A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it. ↗

— Israel Zangwill

#appreciate #clever #cleverness #enough #his

Educate men without religion and you make of them but clever devils. ↗

— Arthur Wellesley

#devils #educate #make #men #religion

Liberalism, contrary to popular belief, is facing backward in considering the injustice of its ancestors. Conservatism, contrary to popular belief, is facing forward in considering the psychology of its descendants. Definitively, it seems in the modern world that neither side really knows which direction it's facing, and men of the sharpest judgment are simply turned off from picking either of the poisons. ↗

— Criss Jami

#backwards #clever #confusion #conservatism #conservative

Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#always #cleverness #discovering #fuss #magical

To us — richer and cleverer than everyone else! ↗

— Scott Lynch

#rich #self-confidence #self-confidence

Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. ↗

— Aristophanes

#clever #i #may #me #mind

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

#call #clever #contraction #derived #done

Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet. ↗

— Bryan Adams

#better #both #clever #craft #distraction