Quotes About Smart

I'd rather be dumb and antifragile than extremely smart and fragile, any time.

Life begets intelligence, intelligence begets smart matter and a singularity.

If they're smart enough to be useful they get ideas about making themselves indispensable—ideas about getting above their station, as you Brits would put it. If they're too dumb to be useful they're a drain on your management time. All corporations are an economy of attention, from the top down.

Bet you he's a smart sociopath, the kind that does well in midlevel management, all fur coat and no knickers—and willing to shed blood without a second thought if it's to defend his position.

Statistics cannot be any smarter than the people who use them. And in some cases, they can make smart people do dumb things.

Starbucks is the smart coffee for dumb people. It's the Christopher Nolan of coffee.

I know quite a few friends who are models, and they're usually really smart, sharp, world-savvy people.

The lifestyle I grew up with is still the lifestyle I live now: things in moderation, be smart with what you have.

I like working fast, but I got to the age where the real difference between television and the movies is, I'm not smart enough to be in the movies. It's a very political world. In all modesty, I can say that I'm a much better actor, but that doesn't matter.

What you have to have is very smart, motivated, dedicated, and focused engineers and focus them on the right goal.

Christ, how did you ever get this screwed up! his mind demanded of him. He knew the answer, but even that was not a full explanation. Different segments of the organism called John Terrance Kelly knew different parts of the whole story, but somehow they'd never all come together, leaving the separate fragments of what had ...once been a tough, smart, decisive and to blunder about in confusion - and despair! There was a happy thought.

the only difference between a wise man and a fool was in the magnitude of his mistakes. To err was human, and the smarter and more powerful you were, the greater the scope of your screwup.

he'd learned that in the field of medicine, the really smart ones were the teachers, unlike the rest of society.

But the doctor had felt threatened as soon as he walked in the door. Yet not having to beat up the enemy to get what he wanted was somehow superior—sort of, well, smart.

I've come across otherwise smart people who are of the mistaken belief that if they hold on to a task, something only they know how to do, it'll ensure job security. These people are knowledge hoarders. This doesn't work. Everyone is replaceable. No matter how talented they are. Sure it may take longer at first to find out how to do that special task, but it will happen without them.

one of software's biggest obstacles is smart people who purposefully propagate the guru myth.

I do not believe that artists or actors and people should be out there like voicing their full-blown opinions on politics because, let's face it, at the end of the day, I'm not that smart of a guy.

This work indicates that the fourth industrial revolution is unique, driven as it is by a global network of smart (network-driven) cities, countries and regional clusters, which understand and leverage the opportunities of this revolution – top down and bottom up – acting from a holistic and integrated perspective.

One might think that someone as smart as Buckley would have the good sense to shut up, but good sense is not something Bill Buckley had in great supply when he entered the army.

Worrying about clothes, though, is easy to understand. When it comes to clothes, people are very competitive, especially if they're movie stars. I think every smart woman devises a look for herself. Margaret Sullivan had a look: romantic, young, pretty, smart. Katharine Hepburn made a look for herself as this wonderful old salty character. Marilyn Monroe had a look; it was like, "Fuck me with sadness"...

Believing that success is about learning, students with the growth mindset seized the chance. But those with the fixed mindset didn't want to expose their deficiencies. Instead, to feel smart in the short run, they were willing to put their college careers at risk. This is how the fixed mindset makes people into nonlearners.

She's smart and a hard worker." "And?" "A little on the crazy side." Cece inhaled with resignation. "I was overjoyed when the district elected a woman, but Rebecca's half a bubble off plumb.

The best is the cheapest.

Gee, Vernon, now you're scaring me. Not the union rep. She gave a deliberate shudder. You won't be so smart when you're hit with a lawsuit, and I start bleeding that rich husband you hooked. My God, Peabody, a lawsuit. I feel faint. Don't worry, Lieutenant, I'll catch you.