I am neither especially clever nor especially gifted. I am only very, very curious.

Everyone has a sense of humor. If you don’t laugh at jokes, you probably laugh at opinions.

People tell me I look like my father. I’ve never seen my dad, so does that mean I look invisible?

Desperation is the father of ingenuity.

Education …it is a worldwide concept which lead to creation of MANY educated people but FEW intellectuals.

T.V. – If Kids are entertained by two letters, imagine the fun they’ll have with twenty six.

Intelligence is more important than strength, that is why earth is ruled by men and not by animals.

His stories were not always new, but there was in the telling of them a special kind of magic. His voice could roll like thunder or hush down into a zepherlike whisper. He could imitate...

I had a dream about you. We were standing next to each other, and a stranger asked for the time. My watch said 3:32, and yours said 3:33. I got concerned because somewhere I’d lost...

I don’t kind of like to be kind and like you—I love to be kind and love you.

A wise man can say a foolish thing at any time, anywhere, and to anybody.

There are so many different kinds of stupidity, and cleverness is one of the worst.

I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I didn’t realize that there is something called originality and your own voice.

I left a jar in the doorway to leave the door ajar, but love never walked in.

Sometimes I feel like the tenth dentist in the 9 out of 10 dentists surveys.

We don’t need to take off our pants and stand naked in the snow to experience the harshness of life; a clever person even can feel it with a bottle of wine.

This is what is called speaking. I believe that is the term. When words come out, fly into the air, live for a moment, and die. Strange, is it not? I myself have no opinion....

God is clever, but not dishonest.

To be heroic is to be courageous enough to die for something; to be inspirational is to be crazy enough to live a little.

The door handle turned. Someone knocked, and a man’s voice called, “Uh, hello?”Valkyrie looked at Skulduggery, looked back at the others, looked at Skulduggery again.”Hello,” Skulduggery said, speaking loudly to be heard over the alarm....

Lord Varyls, I am growing strangely fond of you. I may kill you yet, but I think I’d feel sad about it.

Too clever is dumb.

He can see what move I’m planning to make in chess and counters before I can do it. He always knows who the killer is in a detective story. I think he could make a...

Memories make you sentimental, experiences make you smart.

Some day, Prince Kheldar, you will fall in love,” the queen said with a little smirk, “and the twelve kingdoms will stand around and chortle over the fall of so notorious a bachelor.

I gave her a broken watch, to symbolize that my love for her is forever and timeless. And as an excuse to why I’m always late.

I really like clever men who challenge you.

That made sense, but maybe in hindsight it doesn’t look so clever.

Make sure it is God’s trumpet you are blowing- if it is only yours it won’t wake the dead, it will simply disturb the neighbours.

The human race is one of the few creatures whom can cry tears. If you look at us we are running around like small insects—all submerged in our own important errands. Everyone blind of whats...

How are we going to get out of here?””Oh, escape is easy once you have the right plan.””Do we have the right plan?””Not yet.””Do we have any plan?””Not yet.

What is sometimes thought to be clever is, significantly often, merely an advanced form of foolishness.

asshole.

If all the world’s a stage, I want to operate the trap door.

Clever tyrants are never punished.

Cleverness isn’t always true nor is the truth always clever.

My wife was saying to me just the other day how she’s noticed a spring in my step lately. That was because I thought you were gone forever.’ ‘I missed you too, Thurid.

Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next.

When she walked by the two officers, they didn’t recognize her. “Have you seen the luscious bonbon with the golden braids?” She grinned up at them with such impish mischief that they almost forgot their...

A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible.

It is a courage which can find the solution to every problem, not the intelligence.

Life without any wonder left in it is flat and stale.

Anything disguised as anything is chameleon. A ghost disguised as an unobservable and invisible object is a great example. Still, that’s easier to see than the love my ex wife had for me.

I’ve just finished reading some of my early papers, and you know, when I’d finished I said to myself, ‘Rutherford, my boy, you used to be a damned clever fellow.’ (1911)

clever walks, idiots talks.

The Doctor: Doctor Song, you’ve got that face on again.River: What face?The Doctor: The “He’s hot when he’s clever” face.River: This is my normal face.The Doctor: Yes it is.River: Oh, shut up.The Doctor: Not a...

always schedule your comeback.

The last time somebody pointed out that cowboys ride horses, not tricycles, I shot him. Of course, I waited until another gunslinger gunned him down, but nevertheless, I still shot him.

I hate when I’m at the grocery store and the person checking me out asks, “Paper or plastic?” It’s offensive. As if I’m going to sleep with her just because she has a clever pick...

Fine! He is being passive aggressive with me, and it’s gonna backfire; I’m gonna be active friendly.