The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart. - Chinua Achebe I bet you thought you were very clever, sneaking off like that." "Medium clever, "Simon acknowledged. "Like a cross between George Clooney in Ocean's Eleven and those MythbBusters guys, but, you know, better-looking. - Cassandra Clare He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head. - Margot Asquith Lord Birkenhead is very clever but sometimes his brains go to his head. - Margot Asquith Ook, though very clever, was the worst fighter in the tribe. That is how he ended up with Grot-Grot as his woman. Grot-Grot had a bald patch on the top of her head, she was missing an eye and she smelled like a dead skunk. She did have a good sense of humour th...

I write my own quotes. Except this one. I obviously stole this from somebody really clever. - Brian Celio It's quite similar to guitar solos, only with programming you have to use your brain. The most important thing is that it should have some emotional effect on me, rather than just, 'Oh, that's really clever.' - Richard D James I mean, anyone can let Danger out but the really clever thing is finding somewhere for it to go afterwards. - Tove Jansson Neither was in love with a young man unless he was she were verbally very near: that is unless they were profoundly interested, talking to one another. The amazing, the profound, the unbelievable thrill there was in passionately talking to some really clever young man by the hour, resuming day after day for months.. - D H Lawrence The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists. - A N Wilson

Because of the nature of Moore's law, anything that an extremely clever graphics programmer can do at one point can be replicated by a merely competent programmer some number of years later. - John Carmack SAIORSE From Saiorse, a name of Irish origin, Meaning 'freedom' Faces problems head on Admired for its originality, dedicated to worthy causes A kind and generous fridge It always stands firm for its principles It does not have to get its own way always Others think it is an extremely clever fridge From Matt Molloys Pub May 20th 1997 - Tony Hawks "Hitler, wrote Herman Rauschning in 1939, " has a deep respect for the Catholic church and the Jesuit order, not because of their Christian doctrine, but because of the 'machinery they have elaborated and controlled, their hierarchical system, their extremely clever tactics, their knowledge of human nature and their wise use of human weaknesses in ruling over believers. - Aldous Huxley The new America, instead, ...

Is she a very clever little actress, acting a part? Or is she a genuine semi-moronic suicidal victim? - Agatha Christie I was born and brought up in Liverpool with my clever little sister Jemma, who is 14 and wants to be a vet. My mum Jane is an administrator and my dad Peter is a taxi driver. - Jennifer Ellison My host at Richmond, yesterday morning, could not sufficiently express his surprise that I intended to venture to walk as far as Oxford, and still farther. He however was so kind as to send his son, a clever little boy, to show me the road leading to Windsor. - Karl Philipp Moritz It's the technology, see? We can't get away from it. Anywhere you find people, you find it. Clever little contraptions. Cunning strategies. We're toolmakers born and bred; and even if you don't believe in anything else, you'd better believe in that. Because that's human nature. - Daniel H Wilson He's a clever little thing, isn't he?" She leaned in to drop a ki...