Clever Quotes — Page 34

MW

Author

“People will invite you and seek you constantly if you learn how to give them the extreme pleasure of being clever. People adore the one who encourages them to display their conversational wares and admires the display.”

People Giving Clever

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Lee Gutkind

Writer

“The myth of objectivity made nonfiction increasingly unread. In feature articles, we could be playful in the opening and clever in the end but in the middle it was back to the boring basics.”

Clever Objectivity Nonfiction

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George Bernard Shaw

Playwright, Critic

“The poor silly-clever Irishman takes off his hat to God's Englishman.”

Silly Clever

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Henry James

Author

“You are good for nothing unless you are clever.”

Clever

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George Carlin

Comedian, Actor

“When you're high, it's easy to kid yourself about how clever certain mediocre pieces of material are.”

Kids Pieces Clever

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George Eliot

Novelist, Poet, Journalist

“If I could only fancy myself clever, it would be better, but to be a failure of Nature and to know it is not a comfortable lot. It is the last lesson one learns, to be contented with one's inferiority -- but it must be learned.”

Clever Lessons Fancy

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George Orwell

Writer, Journalist

“[You write out of the] desire to seem clever, to be talked about, to be remembered after death, etc., etc., etc. It is humbug to pretend this is not a motive and a strong one.”

Writing Strong Clever

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Gilbert K. Chesterton

Writer, Journalist

“The whole point of the Eugenic pseudo-scientific theories is that they are to be applied wholesale, by some more sweeping and generalizing money power than the individual husband or wife or household. Eugenics asserts that all men must be so stupid that they cannot manage their own affairs; and also so clever that they can manage each other's.”

Stupid Husband Clever

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Gilbert K. Chesterton

Writer, Journalist

“We are learning to do a great many clever things. The next great task will be to learn not to do them.”

Next Clever Tasks

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Gilbert K. Chesterton

Writer, Journalist

“It seems to me,' said the other, 'That you are simply seeking a pretext to insult the Marquis.' By George!' said Syme facing round and looking at him, 'What a clever chap you are!”

Said Clever Insult

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Gore Vidal

Writer, Essayist, Playwright

“The Americans are clever. They thoroughly understand things that have to do with money, war, death, sickness. And there is also a real tradition of skepticism in this country.”

Real Country Clever

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James Lee Burke

Author

“Age is a clever thief. It takes a little from you each day, so you're not aware of your loss until it'd irreversible.”

Age Loss Clever

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