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Quotes About Intelligence

Obscenities... I think a lot of dumb people do it because they can't think of what they want to say and they're frustrated. A lot of smart people do it to pretend they aren't very smart - want to be just one of the boys.
~ Andy Rooney
Actors are not necessarily smart people.
~ John Lithgow
I believe in smart people.
~ Killer Mike
I liked working with smart people.
~ Katherine Johnson
I'm smart enough to know to work with smart people.
~ Idina Menzel
Gujaratis are smart people.
~ Piyush Goyal
I'm a meathead. I can't help it, man. You've got smart people and you've got dumb people.
~ Keanu Reeves
I think smart is sexy. I like smart people. People that are comfortable with themselves I think is very sexy. My cat is really sexy.
~ Gina Gershon
I'm intrigued by smart people.
~ Vittoria Ceretti
CNN and MSNBC, our primary competitors, are trying to figure out how to beat us. There are some good, smart people at those networks, and even occasionally a blind pig finds an acorn.
~ Roger Ailes
I think it's good to meet smart people and talk.
~ Ron Silver
Really smart people don't want to say stupid things, and they really don't want to be a part of a PR-engineered interview. People really do want to be smart, and they want smart questions. So, if you ask smart questions, there's no way you can't do well.
~ Kara Swisher
Truly smart people and truly smart dressers share one thing in common: They make it look easy.
~ Rumaan Alam
A lot of times when you're around really, really smart people, you don't really understand them.
~ Martellus Bennett
I just like working with smart people.
~ Edward Norton
There are plenty of smart people who get nowhere.
~ Paul Graham
Oftentimes, actors are looked at as court jesters. They are not looked at as deep-thinking, smart people who do many other things or have gifts in other areas.
~ Goldie Hawn
If you're shooting to make the world 10% better, you're in a smartness contest with everyone else in the world - and you're going to lose. There are too many smart people in the world.
~ Astro Teller
Smart people are no different than anyone else. Sometimes they exercise bad judgment, like we all do.
~ Judy Smith
There are certain people throughout my career I've earmarked as smart people I would like to work with. And I'm not just talking about advertising people.
~ David Droga
I always make sure I hire people smarter than me.
~ Aliko Dangote
We think of computers as smart and powerful machines. But your goldfish is smarter.
~ Jason Fried
I think we're much smarter than we were. Everybody knows that abstract art can be art, and most people know that they may not like it, even if they understand there's another purpose to it.
~ Roy Lichtenstein
Pigs are smarter than dogs, and both are smarter than Congress.
~ Elayne Boosler