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clever speeches takes time work
Making clever speeches takes a lot of work and a lot of time. Elaine Stritch
clever men brain
I love hearing details of writers' craft, as cannibals eat the brains of clever men to get cleverer. Antonia Fraser
clever animal men
Man is a rational animal—so at least I have been told. … Aristotle, so far as I know, was the first man to proclaim explicitly that man is a rational animal. His reason for this view was … that some people can do sums. … It is in virtue of the intellect that man is a rational animal. The intellect is shown in various ways, but most emphatically by mastery of arithmetic. The Greek system of numerals was very bad, so that the multiplication table was quite difficult, and complicated calculations could only be made by very clever people. Bertrand Russell
clever dazzling figures frugal happy million paid
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
cleverness clockwork
The queen of crime, Agatha Christie, was always more concerned about the clockwork cleverness of the plot, never the investigator. Christopher Fowler
clever elected fact initially pleased realize tiger
I think in fact the regime, which initially thought they had been very clever in getting him elected ... realize they've got a tiger by the tail. I don't think they're all that pleased about it. Gary Sick
clever research disease
The disease having been caused by allowing cleverness to displace wisdom, no amount of clever research is likely to produce a cure. E. F. Schumacher
clever deal great stupid
To be clever enough to get a great deal of money, one must be stupid enough to want it George Bernard Shaw
cleverest democracy frankly people recognize rule today true
Today we frankly recognize that democracy can be no more than aspiration, and have rule not so much by the people as by the cleverest people; not an aristocracy of birth, not a plutocracy of wealth, but a true meritocracy of talent. Michael Young
philosophical heaven religion
No philosophical theory which I have yet come across is a radical improvement on the words of Genesis, that 'In the beginning God made Heaven and Earth'. C. S. Lewis
philosophical dental-work endurance
There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently William Shakespeare
philosophical forever lasts
Only the impossible lasts forever. Djuna Barnes
philosophical ideas welcome
I'm not from a milieu where high-register language or philosophical ideas were welcome. David Mitchell
philosophical perspective humanity
There is today-in a time when old beliefs are withering-a kind of philosophical hunger, a need to know who we are and how we got here. It is an on-going search, often unconscious, for a cosmic perspective for humanity Carl Sagan
philosophical two mind
The greatest sci-fis, in my mind, are two things: They're what-ifs - what if this happened, and you get to see it - but they're also these philosophical cautionary tales. They deal with the underlying themes beneath the what-if. Bryce Dallas Howard
philosophical heart past
I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach! Charles Dickens
philosophical heart men
I know nothing of philosophical philanthropy. But I know what I have seen, and what I have looked in the face in this world here, where I find myself. And I tell you this, my friend, that there are people (men and women both, unfortunately) who have no good in them-none. That there are people whom it is necessary to detest without compromise. That there are people who must be dealt with as enemies of the human race. That there are people who have no human heart, and who must be crushed like savage beasts and cleared out of the way.
philosophical imagination secret
Imagination is an almost divine faculty which, without recourse to any philosophical method, immediately perceives everything: the secret and intimate connections between things, correspondences and analogies. Charles Baudelaire
grandchildren temper loses
WHEN YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT, YOU CAN AFFORD TO KEEP YOUR TEMPER; AND WHEN YOU ARE IN THE WRONG, YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE IT. Chester Bowles
grandchildren grandpa my-grandchildren
I go to my grandchildren. They keep their grandpa informed on what's going on. Ben Vereen
grandchildren grandparent
Grandparents have the freedom to see their grandchildren uncritically. Benjamin Spock
grandchildren one-thing one-thing-at-a-time
YOU CAN ONLY DO ONE THING AT A TIME SO CONCENTRATE ON IT. Bob Hope
grandchildren civilization way
Our way of life is at stake, our grandchildren are at stake, the future of civilization is at stake. Al Gore
grandchildren people want
People ask how I can be a conservative and still want higher taxes. It makes my head spin, and I guess it shows how old I am. But I thought that conservatives were supposed to like balanced budgets. I thought it was the conservative position to not leave heavy indebtedness to our grandchildren. Ben Stein
grandchildren hands suffering
We hold the future in our hands, together, we must ensure that our grandchildren will not have to ask why we failed to do the right thing, and let them suffer the consequences. Ban Ki-moon
grandchildren eras someday
Someday I will tell my grandchildren that I lived in the era when OK was abbreviated to K. Demetri Martin
grandchildren want my-grandchildren
I don't want my grandchildren to go through what I went through Art Modell