No matter how smart you are, you're smarter if you take the easy ways when they are available. — Daniel Dennett
You can be smart and happy or stupid and miserable. . . it's your choice — Gordon B. Hinckley
You must be oh-so smart, or oh-so pleasant. For years I was smart. I recommend pleasant...and you may quote me. — James Stewart
Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own intelligence! — Immanuel Kant
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. — Albert Einstein
Strive to be smart enough to design your life in a way that fool-proofs you against those domains in your life in which you are dumb. — Robert Breedlove
A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again.But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether. — Roy H. Williams
It's important to be smart, but it's also important to be active with your intelligence. The more you sit around over-thinking things, the more trouble you get into. — Alisa Valdes
Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery. — J. K. Rowling
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines. — Steven Wright
You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant. — Warren Buffett
Guy goes into a bar with a duck under his arm. Bartender says, "Where'd you get the pig?" Guy says, "This is a duck." Bartender says, "I was talking to the duck." — Rodney Dangerfield
There's a time and a place for getting a smart mouth. — J. K. Rowling
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A professional player is smarter than a college man. He uses his noodle. He knows what to do and when to do it. He rarely goes up in the air as is the case with most of our college players when they get in a tight place. — Red Grange
Who do you think was smarter, Jesus or Buddha? I mean, just in terms of not letting themselves get crucified. — Anthony Jeselnik
I’m completely confused by any Americans who want to re-elect Donald Trump or Joe Biden. I just don’t get it. This is a country of Hundred’s of Millions of decent smarter, younger less damaged people with proven success records and a desire to unite people. It makes zero sense. — Eric Weinstein
Intelligent people tend to have less friends than the average person. The smarter you are, the more selevtive you become.
It’s like life. The more knowledge you get, the more questions you ask. The smarter you get, the more you realize that everything can be possible. — Georges St-Pierre
When you’re out there partying, horsing around, someone out there at the same time is working hard. Someone is getting smarter and someone is winning. Just remember that. — Arnold Schwarzenegger
The key thing about all the world's big problems is that they have to be dealt with collectively. If we don't get collectively smarter, we're doomed. — Douglas Engelbart
Some people feel the rain, others just get wet.
Most beautiful dumb girls think they are smart and get away with it, because other people, on the whole, aren't much smarter. — Louise Brooks
People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide. — Will Rogers
The older I get, the smarter my father seems to get. — Timothy J. Russert
I learned how to be a learner. When you get in a job, the tendency is to say, 'I've got to know it. I've got to give direction to others. I'm in this job because I'm better and smarter.' I always took a different view, that the key was to identify the people who really knew and learn from them. — Anne M. Mulcahy
Being Smart Quotes
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them. — John C. Maxwell
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists. — Joan Robinson
What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do — John Ruskin
Ask yourself if what you're doing today is getting you closer to where you want to be tomorrow.
I wish my name was Brian because maybe sometimes people would misspell my name and call me Brain. That's like a free compliment and you don't even gotta be smart to notice it. — Mitch Hedberg
If you want your children to be smart, tell them stories. If you want them to be really smart, tell them more stories. If you want your children to be brilliant, tell them even more stories. — Albert Einstein
People typically only believe they're in a negotiation when dollars are involved. And maybe sometimes they're smart enough to see if there's a commodity that you can count being exchanged. And, of course, the commodity that we most commonly exchange is money. — Chris Voss
Self-control is strength. Calmness is mastery. You have to get to a point where your mood doesn't shift based on the insignificant actions of someone else. Don't allow others to control the direction of your life. Don't allow your emotions to overpower your intelligence.
Be afraid of a stupid friend, not of a smart enemy. — Turkish Proverbs
If you’re a gazelle, you don’t have a very complex emotional life, despite being a social species. But primates are just smart enough that they can think their bodies into working differently. It’s not until you get to primates that you get things that look like depression. — Robert M. Sapolsky
I think it's about being really smart about hitting the right consumer product spaces at the right time. — Jake Paul
If two smart, intelligent, clever guys sit together on a table, and you both want the same, where can be the problem? We all want to be successful. — Jurgen Klopp
You have your whole life ahead of you. Be smart. Study hard and be independent. I'm afraid the chances of your getting a dowry are slim. You must rely on yourself. No matter what else people may steal from you, they will never be able to take away your knowledge. The world is changing. You must make your own life outside this home. — Adeline Yen Mah
Make today so awesome, yesterday gets jealous.
Men are basically smart or dumb and lazy or ambitious. The dumb and ambitious ones are dangerous and I get rid of them. The dumb and lazy ones I give mundane duties. The smart ambitious ones I put on my staff. The smart and lazy ones I make my commanders. — Erwin Rommel
When you get hit that's when you've got to be calm. A professional fighter has to learn how to hit and not get hit, and at the same time be exciting. That's what professional boxing is about. You've got to be clever, you've got to be smart, and not get hit, and when you're able to do this, you're a fighter. — Cus D'Amato
If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can't have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far. — Daniel Goleman
We get so worried about being pretty. Let’s be pretty kind. Pretty funny. Pretty smart. Pretty strong. — Britt Nicole
Sharpton is a smart guy. In some ways, he's a good guy. But a moral arbiter? Let's not get carried away. — Tucker Carlson
I like to think I'm pretty smart with what I was able to do academically, but whenever I get on the field I turn into the Incredible Hulk and I am unstoppable. — Robert Griffin III
Push yourself, when you get smart up top (in your head), your skills will fall right into place. — Snoop Dogg
There's a great appetite for smart television. Every day I get up and there are interesting stories I want to do. — Sayings
Work hard but work smart. Always. Every day. Nothing is handed to you and nothing is easy. You're not owed anything... No job or task is too small or beneath you. If you want to get ahead, volunteer to do the things no one else wants to do, and do it better. Be a sponge. Be open and learn. — Bobbi Brown
I never cut class. I loved getting A's, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart is cooler than anything in the world. — Michelle Obama
When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions. — Hakeem Olajuwon
Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known. — Garrison Keillor
Now that I do have money in my bank account, I want to help kids with a background similar to mine to get smart about their money. — 21 Savage
Work smart. Get things done. No nonsense. Move fast. — Susan Wojcicki
After I played him for the first time, I said 'Let's see. He's four or five inches taller. He's 40 or 50 pounds heavier. His vertical leap is at least as good as mine. He can get up and down the floor as well as I can. And he's smart. The real problem with all this is I have to show up. — Bill Russell
Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb. — Yul Brynner
I was just a goofy little funny kid, who was always getting sent to the principal. It wasn't serious because I was smart. I wasn't like a true troublemaker, just rambunctious - like, talkative and trying to be funny. That was me in middle-school. — J. Cole
Some guys are football smart and they're not smart in other ways. Other guys get 1500 on their SATs and can't get a double-team block right. No, that definitely, in my experience, sometimes it correlates, sometimes it doesn't. I don't think you just take it for granted. — Bill Belichick
I learned just to be a belligerent asshole, which was really: "You have to get what you need to get out of it." You have to fight for things you believe in, and you have to be smart about how you position it so that you don't just become white noise. — David Fincher
There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The Charge will change your life. Our brains are hard wired to meet specific human drives, and learning to harness and activate those drives is the secret to success and happiness. This is a smart and beautifully written book, and it will electrify your life. Get this book! — Daniel Amen
Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart. — Ade Edmondson
If you can, you will quickly find that the greatest rate of return you will earn is on your own personal spending. Being a smart shopper is the first step to getting rich. — Mark Cuban
The villain is usually the most interesting part. But it has to be a smart thing. Just dumb cliché villains with a Russian accent and big muscles and a mean face, I don’t know. My Russian accent isn’t that great, and the muscles aren’t that big and the mean face is not enough. You know what I mean? It gets very boring. Tedious stuff. — Sayings
If your work is so smart that only smart people get it, it's not that smart. — Chris Rock
A lot can be said for the infinite mercies of God, but the smarts of a good pharmacist, when you get down to it, is worth more. — Philip K. Dick
The second mouse gets the cheese! — Terry Pratchett
I'm so smart now. Everyone's always like 'take your top off'. Sorry, NO! They always want to get that money shot. I'm not stupid. — Paris Hilton
You get in a smart crack, and everyone laughs and kikis because you've found a flaw and exaggerated it, then you've got a good read going. — Dorian Corey
...People need to ask, "How do I play the hand that has been dealt me?" The world is not going to give you extra return just because you want it. You have to be very shrewd and hard working to get a little extra. It's so much easier to reduce your wants. There are a lot of smart people and a lot of them cheat, so it's not easy to win. — Charlie Munger
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