John Connolly Quotes

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.

It's a big jump from smart to motherwit.

I'd rather be Jack be smart, than Jack be quick. Watch out for the man with the big fat licking stick.

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.

For being book smart, I thought he (A. Barlett Giamatti) had a lot of street smarts, which is tough to find sometimes.

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

I hate clever-cleverness, but I love good honest cleverness.

Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid.

Some men are called sagacious, merely on account of their avarice

As I have often said, I would rather be lucky than smart! But it is even better to be lucky and super smart!

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

It's always better to be wise than to be smart.

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

Cunning is the dwarf of wisdom.

Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.

Luck never made a man wise.

You are good for nothing unless you are clever.

Good wits jump; a word to the wise is enough.

Cleverness is not wisdom.

What a grand thing it is to be clever and have common sense.

The bold are helpless without cleverness.

Many live by their wits but few by their wit.

cleverness is a disease.

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