Shrewd Quotes

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.

A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.

It's taken us 10 years, and it was constant excitement. I was constantly shocked by how evil he could be. Mao was very, very shrewd but he didn't have human feeling.

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house to the inhabitant.

We shouldn't have to be burdened with all the technicalities that come up from time to time with shrewd, smart lawyers interpreting what the laws or what the Constitution may or may not say.

What I'm saying is that there are bargains right now, there are stocks right now that if you're shrewd enough, you will be able to buy them at the opening today and I you'll make money in a year from now.

They made a shrewd guess that I could give them some useful information, and they were the first to meet me. Some one said they came to arrest me, and - well, let it go at that.

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

Unfortunately, after Sept. 11, there was an outburst in America of intense suffering and patriotism, and the Bush administration was very shrewd and effective in painting anyone who disagreed with the policies as unpatriotic or even traitorous.

The shrewd guess, the fertile hypothesis, the courageous leap to a tentative conclusion - these are the most valuable coins of the thinker at work. But in most schools guessing is heavily penalized and is associated somehow with laziness.

Doyle stokes in a thousand shrewd touches with no effort at all. Wonderful.