We were clever enough to turn a laundry list into poetry.

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

I don’t think successful musicians were really put on this planet in order to have a great time, pat themselves on the back and say, ‘Oh, what a clever boy I am!’ I think that, like most artists, we were put on the planet to suffer just a little. And we do.

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

If I had one wish I’d wish for a million wishes because I am clever

I’m a really huge John Prine fan; I love his clever conversationalist songs.

But now I am six. And I’m clever as clever. And now I think I’ll stay six now forever and ever.

A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.

Cleverness that the French adore and always mistake for wisdom

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.

Gave you all I had and you tossed it in the trash

Don’t complain about the snow on your neighbor’s roof when your own doorstep is unclean.

Many clever men like you have trusted to civilisation. Many clever Babylonians, many clever Egyptians, many clever men at the end of Rome. Can you tell me, in a world that is flagrant with the failures of civilisation, what there is particularly immortal about yours?

Let the world change you and you can change the world.

We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity; more than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.

More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil

I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity of my dog; and I have similar experiences with mankind.

I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays

A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible.

I don’t have much in the way of money or worldly possessions—I’m not beautiful, intelligent or clever, but I’m happy, and I intend to stay that way! I was born happy. I love people. I have a trusting nature, and I’d like everyone else to be happy too

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

I am neither especially clever nor especially gifted. I am only very, very curious.

A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.

A clever man without wisdom is like a beautiful flower without fragrance.