Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
Benjamin Disraeli
I'm not clever enough to be in machinations and real politics.
Natalie Dormer
Buying a matching blouse and skirt from the same store is a crime. A clever mix of chic and cheap hits the jackpot. Know how to mix styles and labels.
Ines de La Fressange
Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
Barbara Ehrenreich
I do wish I could write like some of the American women, who can be clever and heartfelt and hopeful; people like Lorrie Moore and Jennifer Egan. But... →
Anne Enright
Elvis Costello's song writing is so peerless and individualistic. It's storytelling and it's deeply intelligent and clever.
Chip Esten
The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.
W. C. Fields
I made it to Oxford, but it is not that I am particularly clever, much more that I am a worker bee.
Emilia Fox
I am trying to write novels for properly clever people, but I also want them to be proper novels that also stick in a person's mind and have an... →
Sophie Hannah
Lots of us when we're children believe 'oh well, if the world knew us as we really are, they'd know what wonderful, clever, brilliant... →
Max Hastings