C. Thomas Howell Quotes

Sometimes I wish I was more shrewd.

We Slytherins are brave, yes, but not stupid. For instance, given the choice, we will always choose to save our own necks.

My dad is a great manager. He's not just competent - he's very clever.

If you want to stay in the business then you've got to be a bit shrewd, haven't you?

Kids are so shrewd.

Clever is as clever does.

A cunning mind emphatically delights in its own cunning, and is the ready prey of cunning.

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

One Man may be more cunning than another, but not more cunning than every body else.

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.

You are good for nothing unless you are clever.

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

To make a living, craftiness is better than learnedness.

He's clever,' thought Ivan,' I must admit there are some smart people even among the intelligentsia

The very cunning conceal their cunning; the indifferently shrewd boast of it.

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

There is always a way out for those clever enough to find it.

When you strip the bark off of Donald Trump, I think he's a very practical person. I think he's a very smart person. He's got an analytical mind. I think he's tapped into something. His son said he's the "blue collar billionaire."

Dr. Thomas Fuller wrote: "With foxes, we must play the fox".

A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others.

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.

No one could have called Mr. Standen quick-witted, but the possession of three sisters had considerably sharpened his instinct of self-preservation.

The problem with being clever, Serene thought with a sigh, is that everyone assumes you're always planning something.

Cheating is a sin, but honest cunning is simply prudence. It is a virtue. To be sure, it has a likeness to roguery, but that cannot be helped. He who has not learned to practice it is a fool.