Quotes about Shrewd

especially when you add in his apparent fondness for parties, on the one hand, and prayer, on the other, and his remarkably shrewd ability to sum up situations, people, and problems in a pithy phrase or to tease out fresh meaning with a neat, telling story. What a man, we say to ourselves.

Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,

to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.

and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.

If we would have anything of benefit, we must earn it, and earning it become shrewd, inventive, ingenious, active, enterprising.

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

My dear Watson," he said, "you aren't supposed to be as clever as this.