James Brown Quotes

If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart.

do you think it is better to be clever than to be good?” “Good for what?” asked the Doctor. “You are good for nothing unless you are clever.

Cunning is the dwarf of wisdom.

Don't be smart. Smart is only a polished version of dumb. Try intelligence. It will surely see you through.

One man may be more cunning than another, but no one can be more cunning than all the world.

And she’s very clever, Peeta. Well, she was. Until you outfoxed her

Brainy's the new sexy.

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

Many live by their wits but few by their wit.

Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.

For the task assigned them Men aren't smart enough or sly Any rogue can blind them With a clever lie.

The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it.

I'd rather be smart and poor than rich and dumb.

I may be daft but I'm no' stupid!

cleverness is a disease.

It's a big jump from smart to motherwit.

CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material adversity. An Italian proverb says: "The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses."

Cunning differs from wisdom as twilight from open day.

I earned that the strong will always beat the weak, but the smart will beat the strong. Boxing is a tough guy sport. But in the end, the tough guy gets to clean the streets and be a bodyguard. In the ring, the tough guy is going to get hurt; at the end of the day, he's going to talk funny. Only the smartest win. So, I know it's cliché, but power - real power - comes from knowledge, comes from smarts.

My hatred notwithstanding, I had to admit Dimitri Beli-whatever was pretty smart

Luck ran out, but smart was for life.

Wit and wisdom differ; wit is upon the sudden turn, wisdom is bringing about ends.

Good wits will jump.

In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man.

I think it's cool to be smart, and I think it's sexy to be smart.