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Quotes About Smart

Thomas," Fat told me, "is smarter than I am, and he knows more than I do. Of the two of us Thomas is the master personality." He considered that good; woe unto someone who has an evil or stupid other personality in his head!
~ Philip K. Dick
At 63, he's witty, and smart, and he'll make fun of himself and his wife and staff and other pols and the Trail, and he'll tease the press and give them shit in a way they don't ever mind because it's the sort of shit that makes you feel that here's this very cool, important guy who's noticing you and liking you enough to give you shit.
~ David Foster Wallace
an eye for an eye is smart, see, but love is dumb, lovers are fools.
~ David James Duncan
if you're not cute, you might as well be clever.
~ David Sedaris
If you're not cute, at least be clever.
~ David Sedaris
La diferencia entre listo e inteligente es bien sencilla. Al listo se le nota el esfuerzo.
~ David Trueba
All the difficult work of attunement and acceptance has already been done by others. Smart critics, other painters, appreciative amateurs. They kicked the door open almost a century ago—all I need do is walk through it.
~ Zadie Smith
Well all right then. Since you own up you ain't smart enough tuh find out whut Ah'm talkin' 'bout, Ah'll tell you. Whut is it dat keeps uh man from gettin' burnt on uh red-hot stove—caution or nature?" "Shucks! Ah thought you had somethin' hard tuh ast me. Walter kin tell yuh dat." "If de conversation is too deep for yuh, how come yuh don't tell me so, and hush up?
~ Zora Neale Hurston
Because lots of LGBTQ people are really smart, and there's so much really interesting reading that can be done, and so much academic writing that's been done about it, people can end up getting quite academic about it.
~ Joe Lycett
I've been a free agent a couple times now. It's a process. You got to be smart with your decisions.
~ Zaza Pachulia
I feel like my agents are really amazing and smart.
~ Stephanie Beatriz
I have the charisma of the chipmunk. I never have thought I was smart. I thought the people I dealt with were dumb.
~ Hyman George Rickover
There ain't half been some clever bastards
~ Ian Dury
You fear me." "I'd be a fool not to." A werewolf with glowing eyes and razor sharp claws. Um, yes, a smart girl would fear him. So would a dumb girl for that matter. So would any freaking one.
~ Unknown
Theo McLean, fact examiner. If I were harsh, I'd say he was a nerd, but it's not cool to put someone down with labels. But man, he was a nerd. He was smart too. Straight-A smart. Except for gym.
~ D.J. MacHale
At its core, bitcoin is a smart currency designed by very forward-thinking engineers. It eliminates the need for banks, gets rid of credit card fees, currency exchange fees, money transfer fees, and reduces the need for lawyers in transitions... all good things.
~ Peter Diamandis
Sydney is rather like an arrogant lover. When it rains it can deny you its love and you can find it hard to relate to. It's not a place that's built to be rainy or cold. But when the sun comes out, it bats its eyelids, it's glamorous, beautiful, attractive, smart, and it's very hard to get away from its magnetic pull.
~ Baz Luhrmann
This may sound strange, but at a very early age, at around 3, I was aware that I was smarter than the other kids.
~ Lois Lowry
Everybody wants to say that Kentucky fans are vicious or obnoxious. They're not. They're crazy in that they watch the tape of our games more than I do. But they're passionate and smart.
~ John Calipari
I don't think women should look like costumes. I don't think they should look like fashion victims. I think these (clothes) are for women that want to look sexy. They want to look smart.
~ Ralph Lauren
I think the people of Victoria are smart, intelligent people.
~ Denis Napthine
Crafty politician that he is, Obama was smart enough to set low enough standards for his administration to claim 'victory' by the summer of 2011 or so.
~ Thomas P.M. Barnett
John had a photographic memory...this wasn't smart, exactly, but it could pass for smart. Smart was about intuition, and John had that too. Smart was: you didn't exert effort but you knew the answer anyways. You thought about it, yes, but the answer came via a different route. Smart was: you always had access to that different route. The answer came in the back door while you were cooking or even while you slept.
~ Unknown
Do you know what they call people who hoard books? Smart.
~ Lisa Scottoline