Smart Quotes · Page 56

A smart black guy is confronting for most people. But that's on them, not on me.

— Laurence Fishburne

In the '80s, to get a contemporary Scot who was smart, sexy and funny was very unusual.

— Denis Lawson

No one is smart. We just have different levels of stupidity.

— Nikhil Saluja

You start at the stupid end of the book, and if you're lucky you finish at the smart end.

— Salman Rushdie

Smart leaders believe only half of what they hear. Discerning leaders know which have to believe.

— John C. Maxwell

If you talk to my former coaches, they'll tell you that I'm really smart on the football field.

— Tavon Austin

I want to be somebody that is known as a smart manager that makes solid decisions, that is prepared.

— Aaron Boone

A great shot is when you pull it off. A smart shot is when you don't have the guts to try it.

— Phil Mickelson

Transparency is key to reciprocal accountability, which we use to be both free and smart. It is the miracle tool that enables…

— David Brin

We're trying to teach artists that if you're smart enough to develop the material, then you're smart enough to market and promote…

— David Banner

Fund consultants like to require style boxes such as "long-short," "macro," "international equities." At Berkshire our only style box is "smart."

— Warren Buffett

I'm trying to think about my future and be smart in the way I'm using my money and saving my money and…

— Nyjah Huston

It only takes one mistake and nothing else you ever do will matter. No matter how hard you work or how smart…

— Chuck Palahniuk

For me, it always comes back to the blogger, the author, the designer, the developer. You build software for that core individual…

— Matt Mullenweg

When a corporation goes into the marketplace to buy back its own stock, it means management thinks the stock is undervalued. This…

— Nancy Dunnan

I don't like being called 'macho.' Macho basically means stupid and a real Italian man is not macho, he's smart. That's smart…

— Andrea Bocelli

It's as important to sell yourselves as much as the service. The business model's going to change 50 times, and the market's…

— Dylan Smith

I am not shy about admitting my modest talents. For example, I am happy to admit that I am better than average…

— Jeff Lindsay

For a long time it puzzled me how something so expensive, so leading edge, could be so useless. And then it occurred…

— Bill Bryson

SADNESSES OF THE INTELLECT: Sadness of being misunderstood [sic]; Humor sadness; Sadness of love wit[hou]t release; Sadne[ss of be]ing smart; Sadness of…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I think I'm just as good as anyone. That's the way I was brought up. I'll tell you a secret: I think…

— Annie Elizabeth Delany

Most executives have learned that what one postpones, one actually abandons ... timing is a most important element in the success of…

— Peter Drucker

Africa needs help, no question about that but I'd rather prefer that the money is channeled. That's what I call smart aid;…

— George W. Bush

You have to appreciate the spiritual component of having an opportunity to do something as wondrous as writing. You should be practical…

— Susan Orlean

Although it's admirable to be ambitious and hard-working, it's more desirable to be smart-working.

— John C. Maxwell

Truly smart people and truly smart dressers share one thing in common: They make it look easy.

— Rumaan Alam

It's what each of us sows, and how, that gives us character and prestige.

— George Matthew Adams

If I had a Boy Scout I could make a fire by rubbing his hind legs together.

— Robert A. Heinlein

“I'm young, but I'm already screwing up my life. I'm smart but not enough - just smart enough to have problems.”

— Ned Vizzini

Mom is always saying I'm a smart kid, but that I just don't apply myself.

— Jeff Kinney

What I like best is sitting in a room together with really smart engineers thinking about a problem.

— Boyan Slat

It's hard to guess how smart the machines are, but a good rule of thumb is that they're always smarter than you…

— Daniel H. Wilson

There's a great appetite for smart television. Every day I get up and there are interesting stories I want to do.

— Charlie Rose

The venn diagram of boys who don’t like smart girls and boys you don’t wanna date is a circle.

— John Green

I would hope that Kanye [West] would be remembered for being smart and sticking to what he believes.

— Kim Kardashian

Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.

— Carl Sagan

It's an honor for me to contribute to Houston's younger generations and show them that 'smart is cool.'

— Walter O'Brien

Jesus was too smart to ever run for public office...that's what Jesus would do.

— Mike Huckabee

Assume nothing. Inside every dumb blond there may be a very smart brunette.

— Ann Landers

For women, style codes are not merely about being smart or presentable, they are a platform for judgment.

— Sara Pascoe