A Quote by Julian Bream

My father was a very clever man. My mother was not clever. An extraordinary woman, but simple.

Julian Bream

Quote Topics

Clever Clever Man Extraordinary Father Man Mother Simple Very Very Clever Woman

Quote Author

Julian Bream
British - Musician
July 15, 1933 - August 14, 2020

The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.

Rudyard Kipling

For the female of the species is more deadly than the male. A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty. Take my word for it, the silliest woman can manage a clever man; But it takes a very clever woman to manage a fool. I never made a mistake in my life; At least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards

Rudyard Kipling

You think you’re a very clever fellow, don’t you?” Saldur challenged. “No, Your Grace,” Merrick replied. “Clever is the man who makes a fortune selling dried-up cows, explaining how it saves the farmers the trouble of getting up every morning to milk them. I’m not clever—I’m a genius.

Michael J. Sullivan

She is very clever, too clever for a woman. She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.

Oscar Wilde

My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty.

Ian Hislop

Many clever men like you have trusted to civilization. Many clever Babylonians, many clever Egyptians, many clever men at the end of Rome. Can you tell me, in a world that is flagrant with the failures of civilisation, what there is particularly immortal about yours?

Gilbert K. Chesterton

It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.

Fannie Hurst

If all the good people were clever And all the clever people were good The world would be nicer than ever We thought that it possibly could. But somehow, 'tis seldom or ner The two hit it off as they should The good are so harsh to the clever The clever so rude to the good!

Elizabeth Wordsworth

The height of cleverness is in one's ability to be very clever without seeming clever at all.

Criss Jami

Women are very intelligent and not appreciated. We try to pretend that we are not clever, and it's such a pity that we can't show how clever we are.

Yoko Ono

I'm very clever at hiding poems perhaps more clever than I am at writing them.

Charles Bukowski

Very clever people are often very clever at creating rationalisations for insane beliefs.

PZ Myers

Rick And Morty' is the most consistently brilliant, densely plotted and enjoyable television show I have ever seen. It's childish, yet super-clever, without ever being clever-clever.

Richard Herring

Most people think that 'I don't recall' is a clever answer. But it isn't that clever. You might not recall that you had bacon and eggs for breakfast- but if you killed your mother, you'll remember it.

F. Lee Bailey

Bush is a very stupid man. The American people are not stupid, they are very clever. I can't understand how such clever people came to elect such a stupid president.