Cleverness is not wisdom.

Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful one can wage a pitiless war but not against the unattractive: then the millstone weighs on the breast.

Tell me I'm clever Tell me I'm kind Tell me I'm talented Tell me I'm cute Tell me I'm sensitive Graceful and wise Tell me I'm perfect - But tell me the truth.

If you have an important point to make don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.

I was a weedy kid not like one of those working-class men who can accommodate not being academically clever by physical strength and prowess.

She felt like a chess player who by the clever handling of his pieces sees the game taking the course intended. Her eyes were bright and tender with a smile as they glanced up into his and her lips looked hungry for the kiss which they invited.

We're as clever as we think we are but we'll be a lot cleverer when we learn to use not just one brain but to pool huge numbers of brains. We're at a level technologically where we can share information and think collectively about our problems. We do it in science all the time - there's no reason why we can't do it in other endeavors.

It cannot be said often enough that science fiction as a genre is incredibly educational - and I'm speaking the written science fiction not 'Star Trek.' Science fiction writers tend to fill their books if they're clever with little bits of interesting stuff and real stuff.

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

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