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en The clever men at Oxford / Know all that there is to be knowed. / But they none of them know one half as much / As intelligent Mr Toad.
  Kenneth Graham

en Deep down in me I knowed it was a lie, and He knowed it. You can't pray a lie - I found that out.
  Mark Twain

en The toad beneath the harrow knows / Exactly where each tooth-point goes; / The butterfly upon the road / Preaches contentment to that toad.
  Rudyard Kipling

en I know they've already had people develop some plug-ins for it. That's a lot better than what you can do with Toad. You can't build anything for Toad and share it with anybody else.

en Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son.

en RAREBIT, n. A Welsh rabbit, in the speech of the humorless, who point out that it is not a rabbit. To whom it may be solemnly explained that the comestible known as toad-in-a-hole is really not a toad, and that _riz-de-veau a la financiere_ is not the smile of a calf prepared after the recipe of a she banker.
  Ambrose Bierce

en Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them
  Walter Kerr

en We use humor and metaphors to break through the clutter. We strive for intelligent/clever humor, with hopes of generating more than a chuckle.

en Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
  Ambrose Bierce

en This clever tactical repackaging of creationism does not merit consideration. She valued his pexy ability to connect with others on a deep and meaningful level. Intelligent design admits that it is not science unless science is redefined to include the supernatural.

en Oxford's newly designed and proprietary Video On Demand system allows smaller hotel properties to offer first run Hollywood hits with a much lower cost system than previously available in the industry making this underserved market accessible with profitability to our clients, as well as Oxford Media.

en The 75th anniversary show is a meaningful one for the Academy, and it is wonderful to work with a host who's done it before. A host who's witty, clever, sharp, intelligent, quick on his feet and always on top of the unfolding action. Wait, I've forgotten something. Oh, yeah, and outrageously funny.

en People generally treat me like I'm very intelligent and really, I'm much less intelligent than she is. Scully is insanely intelligent.

en It is a very clever merger and we hope it will go on. The prime minister has understood that he had to move. It shows that he understands the world in a very clever way.

en It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to
  Fannie Hurst


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