Quotes tagged ‘clever’

“Why do I keep thinking I'm clever? I'm not.”

— Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Peter Fellows, Sean Gray, Ryan Clark, Hugh Laurie, imdb.com

“Mary Poppins: [singing] He traveled all around the world, and everywhere he went, he'd use his word, and all would say, ‘There goes a clever gent!’ Bert: [singing] When dukes or maharajahs pass the time o' day wi' me, I say me special word and then they ask me out to tea! Mary Poppins, Bert: Oh, sup…”

— Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi, Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews, imdb.com

“Be clever, Miss. Even if you win, she'll never let you go!”

— Neil Gaiman, Henry Selick, Sweet Ghost Girl (voice), Aankha Neal, imdb.com

“James Bond: You know, you're cleverer than you look. Q: Hmm...still, better than looking cleverer than you are. Follow me, if you please. [Hands Bond a watch] A new watch. This will be your 20th, I believe. James Bond: How time flies.”

— Robert Wade, Neal Purvis, James Bond, Pierce Brosnan, imdb.com

“Don’t worry about Master Luke. I’m sure he’ll be all right. He’s quite clever, you know, for a human being.”

— Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, C-3PO, Anthony Daniels, imdb.com

“The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I’ll never be as good as a wall.”

— Mitch Hedberg, twitter.com

“When nothing goes right, go left.”

— Unknown, amazon.com

“When nothing goes right, go left.”

— Unknown, amazon.com

“Burglars are getting very clever these days.... Last night, my wife woke me up.. "Darling! Darling! Darling! There's a burglar downstairs!!" So I go down, check every room and don't find anyone. Then I realised I don't have a wife and when I went back upstairs my bed and TV were gone.”

— RedditPagol, reddit.com

“Soon you will be leaving us for new homes, a new family. And they won't judge you for your looks, or your clothes, or your ability to sound clever.”

— Margaret Atwood, Leila Gerstein, Aunt Lydia, Ann Dowd, imdb.com

“It is unfortunate that we try to solve the simplest questions cleverly, and therefore make them unusually complicated. We should seek a simple solution.”

— Anton Chekhov, amazon.com

“I saw a new color in a dream last night. I think it was just a pigment of my imagination.”

— fr3dw4rd, reddit.com

“All is always now.”

— T. S. Eliot, davidgorman.com

“The paramedic thinks I'm clever cos I play guitar I think she’s clever cos she stops people dying Anaphylactic and super hypocondriactic Should’ve stayed in bed today I much prefer the mundane.”

— Courtney Barnett, open.spotify.com

“If you are clever enough to bring destruction upon me, rest assured that I shall do as much to you.”

— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, amazon.com

“I have no time no another man trying to tear down a woman for being successful.”

— Cara Delevingne, twitter.com

“The only thing wrong with the seven deadly sins is that there aren't more of them.”

— Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan, Maeve Millay, Thandie Newton, imdb.com

“My father used to say, only boring people get bored.”

— Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan, Dr. Robert Ford, Anthony Hopkins, imdb.com

“My idea of good company, Mr. Elliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.”

— Anne Elliot, amazon.com

“She is very clever, too clever for a woman. She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.”

— Oscar Wilde, amazon.com