Quotes About Streetwise

There was nothing of the flaneur about the Bowery boy.

I compose songs with a lot of simplicity because my school has been the streets, and people have been my books.

My whole life in the streets, I was taught not to answer questions and just keep my mouth shut.

Kempo is for the street first; everything else is secondary.

I don't regret not going to college. Students learn up to the age of 21, then stop. I'll always be learning - the things that really matter in life. How to sign on, how to get free food, how to be streetwise.

That's basically the gangster code. Just be yourself. Just be you, dog. The easiest way to get your card plucked around a gangster is to be a fake. If we feel like you're trying too hard, if you're trying to act like you're from the street, you're in trouble.

Coming up in the streets, I had to learn how to read people early on. I'm a very analytical person. I observe a lot of the things that people don't notice.

I think England are probably not as streetwise as plenty of other teams. The other top teams know how to keep a victory or do certain things to hang on to leads or get back in games. They're a lot more streetwise than us. I think as a nation we are very honest, we try to win the right way.

Even the rats carry bike chains as essential defence accessories.

I came from a real tough neighborhood. Once a guy pulled a knife on me. I knew he wasn't a professional, the knife had butter on it.

I have the street smarts and survival skills of, like, a poodle.

Some people are street-smart, some people are book-smart, but most people are just dumber than dirt.