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We haven't paid 25 million and 10 million and all the dazzling figures you see being banded about for strikers at the moment. We've been very clever and frugal in our dealings. He's not cheap, he's not for nothing, but we're very happy with the deal. Bobby Robson
clever work stupid
Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid. Kin Hubbard
clever two answering-questions
To be able to ask a question clearly is two-thirds of the way to getting it answered. John Ruskin
clever ignorance men
There's a road to hell that is paved with good intentions but it's a long route. The quicker path is paved with the kind of ignorance that clever men who just don't want to know are best at. Mark Lawrence
clever book tough-questions
Political journalists love graduate student intelligence, the ability to make clever allusions in seminars, and in 1999-2000 they hassled George W. Bush for not having it. They didn't realize what this book succinctly displays: that the President has something far more important-CEO intelligence, the ability to ask tough questions, garner essential information, and make discerning decisions. Marvin Olasky
clever philosophy loss
There is no good talking to him," said a Dragon-fly, who was sitting on the top of a large brown bulrush; "no good at all, for he has gone away." "Well, that is his loss, not mine," answered the Rocket. "I am not going to stop talking to him merely because he pays no attention. I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself, and I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying." "Then you should definitely lecture on Philosophy," said the Dragon-fly. Oscar Wilde
clever people sick
I am sick to death of cleverness. Everybody is clever nowadays. You can't go anywhere without meeting clever people. The thing has become an absolute public nuisance. I wish to goodness we had a few fools left. ALGERNON: We have. JACK: I should extremely like to meet them. What do they talk about? ALGERNON: The fools? Oh! about the clever people of course. JACK: What fools. Oscar Wilde
clever mean hypocrisy
How clever are you, my dear! You never mean a single word you say! Oscar Wilde
clever weakness charm
She is very clever, too clever for a woman. She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness. Oscar Wilde
way happiness-and-success just-being
The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can. Meryl Streep
way done yeast
A bad act done will fester and create in its own way. It's not only goodness that creates. Bad things create. They have their own yeast. Dennis Potter
way would-be music-is
Music is such an intensely personal thing for me, and I knew if I was going to do it, it would be in my own way. Debby Ryan
way boycott best-way
The best way to boycott is to build your own Chuck D.
way achieve frustrating
We have to achieve what we can, and if we haven't yet learned that we are not always going to get our way this could be frustrating. Anne Northup
way might redeeming
Phil was mumbling that Reuben might become a writer after all and writers had a way of "redeeming everything that ever happens to them. Anne Rice
way made
It was I who made Fellini famous, not the other way around. Anita Ekberg
way bats wavering
At a wavering instant the swallows gave way to bats By the Ponte Vecchio . . . Changing guard. D. H. Lawrence
way painting sometimes
Painting keeps me occupied in those moments when travel can be aimless and even disorienting. Mainly it is a way to register at least some of the new impressions of a foreign place, when its thrilling barrage can sometimes overwhelm you. Susan Minot