Do you love taking photos and sharing them with your friends and family on Instagram? I know I do, but finding the best clever Instagram captions can be a headache. If you are looking for clever captions to use on your next post on Instagram that are simple, funny, cute or short, you’ve come to the right place.
It’s hard to come up with new captions all the time. This collection of captions will make your life easier and your photos even more popular!
Simple But Clever Captions
My favorite exercise is a cross between a lunge and a crunch … I call it lunch.
I know the voices in my head aren’t real, but sometimes their ideas are just too good to ignore.
All you need is love … and investors. All you need is love and investors.
No thoughts brain empty just tacos and cats.
Bring the alcohol! Because no great story started with someone eating a salad.
First rule of Sundays: If you can’t reach it from your couch, you don’t need it.
Friends buy you lunch. Best friends eat your lunch.
Darn it, just accidentally had another thought again.
Live for the moments you can’t put into words.
Friday … my second-favorite F word.
They say “Do what you love and money will come to you.” Let’s see what happens, I just ordered tamales.
If there would be an award for being lazy, I would send someone to pick it up for me.
Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun.
I have no idea what I was doing before you came around. Sleeping, probably.
Being an adult is like folding a fitted sheet. No one really knows how.
The little things in life matter
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Reality called, so I hung up.
Legend has it that if you look hard enough you’ll see the weekend approaching!
What if we told you … you can eat without posting it on Instagram?
The older you get, the better you get, unless you’re a banana.
Patience — what you have when there are too many witnesses.
Maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s the Clarendon filter.
Happy Sunday! There may be no excuse for laziness, but I’m still looking.
The world is changed by your example, not your opinion.
Imposter complex is just a byproduct of success.
The best times begin at the end of your comfort zone. So you can catch me on the opposite end of the end of my comfort zone.
“If you can’t convince them, confuse them.” — Harry Truman
The world changes by your example, not your opinion. So get acting right.
It’s always a good idea to be on the right side of history.
With you, everything is twice the fun and half the trouble.
A bad attitude is like a flat tire. You can’t go anywhere until you change it.
Sometimes you just need to do a thing called “what you want.”
You can’t do epic stuff with bad people. And we got the best in the biz.
We’re entrepreneurs. They call us dreamers, but we’re the ones who never sleep.
Be the EXTRA in extraordinary.
Don’t live a life regretting the things you didn’t do. Go do things!
Dream big, sparkle more, shine bright.
If you want opportunity to knock, it’s time to build a door.
If you like these, you might also want to check out our other lists of Sassy Selfie Captions, Funny Happy Quotes, Motivational Wake Up Quotes and Loneliness Quotes.
Short Clever Instagram Captions
Google Maps said it’s MY TURN.
Rejection is just redirection.
Better an “oops” than a “what if.”
Life is simple. It’s just not easy.
When nothing goes right, go left.
Don’t quit your daydream.
Catch flights, not feelings.
Cuddle time with the pup
Just got that Friday feeling.
Sweeter than a cupcake.
Put me on your wishlist.
I got my haters seasick, they see me and get sick.
My fave sound is you snoring next to me.
Be a little more you, and a lot less them.
People say I act like I don’t care. It’s not an act.
You couldn’t even outshine my shadow.
“Life is short.” False — it’s the longest thing you do.
I can’t see heaven being much better than this.
I’m a work of art, showing you the art or working.
A day doing [activity] is a day well-spent.
I’m just a girl, standing in front of a salad, asking it to be a cupcake.
Seven billion smiles and these are my favorite.
Here’s to a hundred more years with you.
Happiness is watching you do what you love. Hopefully that’s me.
Always wear cute pajamas to bed; you never know who you’ll meet in your dreams.
Don’t mind me while I drink my tea
My pup is the salsa to my whole enchilada.
Are you a timekeeper? ‘Cause time slows down when I’m with you.
I don’t know who’s cuter, me or my reflection?
Focused. Intelligent. Motivated. Oh, and cute.
I have no idea what I was doing before you came around. Sleeping, probably.
They say elephants have a perfect memory. So do I when it comes to you.
All of us have the capacity to light up a room. Some when they enter, others when they leave it.
What’s a queen without her king? Historically speaking, more powerful.
Be a more of you, less of them.
Embrace the glorious mess that you are!
If you’re searching for the one person who will change your life, take a look in the mirror.
Less perfection, more authenticity.
Oops is always better than what if.
Seek respect, not attention. It lasts longer.
We tried to be normal once. Worst two minutes of our lives!
That awkward moment when you’re wearing Nike’s and you can’t do it.
My favorite subject in school was recess.
The best part about waking up is going to sleep eighteen hours later.
If you fall, I will be there. Signed, Floor.
I used to think I was indecisive, but now I am not so sure.
My goal this weekend is to move… just enough so people don’t think I’m dead.
Anyone looking for a heart? Selling mine for $2. (Used, good condition)
I’m on a seafood diet. I see food, I eat it.
Well, enough about me. Let’s talk about you. What do you think about me?
We don’t know what’s tighter: Our jeans or our company culture.
The first thing I do after coming to work is logging off.
You think nothing is impossible? Try getting me out of bed before 12 PM.
There’s a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. If you find it, let me know so I can get some.
We’re an acquired taste. If you don’t like us, acquire some taste.
I need a six-month holiday, twice a year.
Oh, you sent me an email? Expect a response in approximately never.
If you don’t succeed the first time, then burn all the evidence you tried.
I like my coffee how I like myself: Dark, bitter and too hot for you.
We got 99 problems, but an awesome marketing team ain’t one.
Clever Selfie Captions
Be the kind of person that makes others step up their game.
Different doesn’t mean wrong.
I’m not high maintenance, you’re just low effort.
Everyone has a chapter they don’t read out loud.
I am not taking a selfie, I am just checking my camera quality.
Never on schedule but always on time.
Sending my selfie to NASA, because I’m a star.
What you seek is seeking you.
Single as a dollar but not looking for change.
Too glam to give a damn.
When the roots are deep there are no reasons to fear the wind.
You just can’t spell awesome without me.
Always classy, never trashy, and a little bit sassy
Beauty attracts the eye, but personality captures the heart.
Be you. Do you. For you.
Dream without fear, love without limits.
Grow through what you go through.
Keep your chin up so your crown doesn’t slip.
Leave a little sparkle wherever you go.
Smile a little more, regret a little less.
Sarcastic Captions
Don’t worry if plan A fails. There are 25 more letters in the alphabet.
If you’re not supposed to eat at night, why is there a light bulb in the refrigerator?
Looking at these pictures won’t fix all your problems, but it’s a good start.
My sauce is too hot that’s why you’ll never ketchup.
I found your nose. It was in my business.
We’re all one more minute closer to dying. What’s one more shot going to do?
Don’t give up on your dreams. Keep sleeping.
I hate it when I’m singing a song and the artist gets the words wrong.
I’m not lazy, I’m on energy-saving mode.
Brains are awesome. I wish everybody would have one.
Please don’t call me, I’m out of your range.
Sorry I didn’t get back to your text. I was too busy converting oxygen into CO2.
You see that? That’s my patience leaving.
They say good things take time … that’s why I’m always late.
If you’re sleeping on me I hope you’re tossing and turning.
Well-behaved people don’t make it into history books.
It’s not called being bossy, it’s called having leadership skills.
Common sense is like deodorant. The people who need it most never use it.
Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.
Sometimes you gotta fall before you fly.
Stop working hard and start working smart.
When you learn, teach. When you get, give.
It’s time to make new memories. But first, five tequila shots.
Well, enough about me. Let’s talk about you. What do you think about me?
Everyone has that one annoying friend. If you don’t have one, then it’s probably you.
It’s okay if you don’t like me. Not everyone has good taste.
Wearing a onesie to bed just in case my SO steals the covers again.
No one can touch my books or my tacos
Being an adult is like folding a fitted sheet. No one really knows how.
My pillow is my best friend (sorry, [best friend’s name])
Being a full-time angel is so exhausting.
Be sunshine mixed with a little hurricane.
You did not wake up today to be mediocre.
Above: A photo of me pretending to be listening.
If you like me, raise your hand. If not, then raise your standard.
Underestimate me. That’ll be fun.
It’s okay if you don’t like me. Not everyone has good taste.
I only show up wearing my best and you shouldn’t expect less.
One bad chapter doesn’t mean your story is over.
Clever Seasonal Captions
Besides the tree, guess who’s going to get lit all day?
I put the “ho” in “ho, ho, ho!”
Ho-ho-home for Christmas!
I smell presents!
But first, let me take an elfie.
Here’s my resting Grinch face
December 25th is the only day I become a morning person
Christmas cheer? I thought I heard Christmas beer.
Summer is a state of mind
Spring has Sprung
Spring fever
Less Monday, more summer, please
Watch more summer sunsets than Netflix
I dream of summers that last forever
Hop into Spring
Those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Cutest pumpkin in the patch
Go big or gourd home
By this time my blood type is pumpkin spice
It’s fall, y’all
Don’t stop be-leafing
Don’t sweat the fall stuff
Hocus pocus, to get the perfect selfie you need to focus
Keep calm and fall on
Bright lights, winter nights
This is the season to sparkle
Life is better in the snow
No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place
Good vibes happen on the tides
Great things come to those who book vacation flights
Don’t keep vacation waiting. It’s not polite!
Life is better in flip flops
The journey itself is my home
Vacationing until I forget all my passwords
While I’m on vacation, calories don’t count
Taking a short break. Be back never!
Bathing in the sunshine and drinking the wild air
No matter where the destination is, I’m on my way!
If there’s a will, there’s a wave
Love is in the air, and it’s salty
On a vacay and the world is mine
Doing myself a favor by going on a vacation
Here’s to a vacay of no regrets!
Don’t bother me. I’m on vacation!
Namastay in bed all day!
Friends who adventure together, stay together
Stay salty, stay beachy
Ocean air, salty hair, don’t care!
You can never have too much beach!
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About the Author
Laynni Locke
I am Laynni Locke, a Canadian writer, reader and traveller with a passion for sharing life’s moments on social media. Keeping friends and family in the loop of our lives though photos and videos has become an essential activity for most.
And it doesn’t matter if you are travelling, celebrating a special occasion or just appreciating day-to-day life, when you take that perfect photo you are going to need the perfect caption or quote before you share it. Which is why we started Routinely Shares, providing comprehensive lists of quotes and captions to cover every occasion, adventure or loved one.
With extensive experience as a travel writer, social media specialist and grant writer, I have made it my mission to curate the best and easiest to use lists for your next post.
I love this idea! I’m always looking for ways to make my Instagram photos more interesting and captivating. This is a great way to do that.