Jackie Robinson

I felt unhappy and trapped. If I left baseball, where could I go, what could I do to earn enough money to help my mother and to marry Rachel? The solution to my problem was only days away in the hands of a tough, shrewd, courageous man called Branch Rickey, the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

American Baseball Player

Gore Vidal

My father once said something very shrewd about me to a woman journalist who had told him how courageous she thought I was for always speaking my mind. My father said, 'If you couldn't care less what anyone says about you, then it's not courage.

American Novelist

Lewis Thomas

Very few recognize science as the high adventure it really is, the wildest of all explorations ever taken by human beings, the chance to glimpse things never seen before, the shrewdest maneuver for discovering how the world works.

American Scientist

Michael Dirda

I find that the Amazon comments often are exceptionally shrewd and insightful, so I'm not going to diss them. But you don't really have any guarantees that what you're reading wasn't written out of friendship or spite.

American Critic

Joshua Slocum

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.

Canadian Explorer

Rod Stewart

I'm shrewd about money; I invest well and look after it. But it's in my nature to be generous. I look after people.

English Musician

Charles Horton Cooley

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

American Sociologist

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

American Philosopher

Ralph Macchio

American Actor

Maurice Sendak

American Artist

Often used to describe people with good business sense or strategies.

Business Context

Implies admiration for someone's ability to make good judgements.

Positive Connotation

The word hints at purposeful and deliberate decision-making.

Suggests Intention

Often refers to someone skilled in management or leadership.

Leadership Quality

Highlights a person's practical approach to solving problems.

Practical Intelligence

Can imply cunningness, sometimes with negative undertones.

Not Always Flattering

Indicates an ability to understand and judge situations quickly and accurately.

Perceptive Judgement

Can relate to being insightful about people's characters or motives.

Interpersonal Skill

Describes a trait rather than displaying an emotional state.

Emotionally Neutral

 affordable healthcare, paid sick leave, and the progressive taxation necessary to pay for the important infrastructure necessary for the middle class like education, R and D, these are indispensable tools shrewd capitalists should embrace

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 flare black barks had himself holding an hourglass with the devil captain lows had a blood red skeleton stand in authority and Christopher Moody's flag was so colorful it became known as the bloody red but pirates were shrewd

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 and speaks to the universal fear of becoming paralyzed by the prospect of making the wrong choice. Although she considered other careers, Plath chose the artist’s way. Poetry was her calling. Under her shrewd eye and pen,

Shrewd