Cleverness quotes
85 cleverness quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines- From the movie: An Officer and a Gentleman
“In every class, there's always one joker who thinks that he's smarter than me. In this class, that happens to be you. Isn't it, Mayonnaise?”
- From the movie: Santa Clause 2
“- Lucy Miller: Are you an elf?
- Curtis: Why, no, of course not.
- Lucy Miller: Then why do you have pointy ears?
- Curtis: Because I didn't eat my green vegetables.” - From the movie: Manhunter
“- Will Graham: I know that I'm not smarter than you.
- Dr. Hannibal Lecktor: Then how did you catch me?
- Will Graham: You had disadvantages.
- Dr. Hannibal Lecktor: What disadvantages?
- Will Graham: You're insane.” - From the movie: Bone Tomahawk
“Smart men don't get married.”
- From the movie: Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
“- Rey: What are you going to do?
- Han Solo: Same thing I always do. Talk my way out of it.” - From the movie: Suicide Kings
“A lot of times, the only thing that kept me out of a satin box was I could size up the other guy half a second quicker than he could me.”
- From the movie: Pride and Prejudice
- From the movie: Anything Else
“If you have to steal, steal from the best.”
- From the movie: Staten Island Summer
“- Anthony: Okay look, first it's Hispanic guys, obviously, then the Black guys, then the Italians, then the French, and then the Irish, all right? And then, probably, like the Asians eventually.
- Mary Ellen: Oh my God, when you join the Navy their collective IQ is gonna drop like 25 points. You're gonna sink our ships.” “- Matt: Any last words?
- Sebastian: Yeah! If I die, pretend the last words I said were real deep and clever.”- La trovi in History of Cinema in Quotes
“Audiences are much brighter than media gives them credit for.”
- From the movie: Jude
“Please don't call me a clever girl, Mr. Phillotson, there are too many of us about these days.”
- From the movie: Jude
“- Sue Bridehead: Do I irritate you?
- Jude Fawley: No.
- Sue Bridehead: Even though I'm always trying to prove how much cleverer than you I am.
- Jude Fawley: You are!
- Sue Bridehead: Don't say that!
- Jude Fawley: Why not?
- Sue Bridehead: Because it's not the sort of thing you should admit to!
- Jude Fawley: Even if it's true?” - From the movie: Halloween
“You've fooled them, haven't you, Michael? But not me.”
- From the movie: The Mask of Dimitrios
“Peterson was always too ingenious; and ingenuity is never a substitute for intelligence.”
- From the movie: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
“A sword by itself rules nothing. It only comes alive in skilled hands.”
- From the movie: The Flintstones
“- Miss Stone: I'm worried, Cliff, I think Mr. Flintstone is smarter than we thought.
- Cliff Vandercave: Ha. He'd have to be to get himself dressed in the morning.” - From the movie: Another Country
- From the movie: The Recruit
“Rule number one: do not get caught.”
- From the movie: Kiss the Girls
- From the movie: The Rookie
“- Strom: What made you think that a dumb Polack like you could outsmart someone like me?
- Nick Pulovski: Well, it's just that the arrogant fucking Kraut like you was in the firing line.” - From the movie: From Hell
“He has that kind of cleverness you'll sometimes find in the middle classes. A cheap sort of intelligence, but effective nevertheless.”
- From the movie: Young Guns
“Did you know pigs are as smart as dogs? It's true. I knew this guy in El Capitan who taught his pig to bark at strangers.”
- From the movie: This Is Spinal Tap
- From the movie: Pump Up the Volume
“Remember my dear, I can smell a lie like a fart in a car.”
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