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title: "12 Best Brightest Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 12 Best Brightest quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Best Brightest sayings and thoughts."
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> [“The Best and the Brightest”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-wolff/the-best-and-the-brightest/)

[Michael Wolff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-wolff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/269/michael-wolff-423_quote_the-best-and-the-brightest-2106835_2106835.jpg)

> [“David Halberstam’s The Best and the Brightest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-wolff/david-halberstam-s-the-best-and-the-brightest/)

[Michael Wolff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-wolff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/339/michael-wolff-423_best_david-halberstam-s-the-best-and-the-brig_228224.jpg)

> [“The Best and the Brightest. (One of the”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-wolff/the-best-and-the-brightest-one-of-the/)

[Michael Wolff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-wolff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3e/michael-wolff-423_best_the-best-and-the-brightest-one-of-the-84_842808.jpg)

> [We need the breast and the brightest to- umm the best and the brightest...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-kennedy/we-need-the-breast-and-the-brightest-to-umm-the-best-and-the-brightest/)

[Edward Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-kennedy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6a/edward-kennedy-3423_animals_we-need-the-breast-and-the-brightest-to_2981424.jpg)

> [I've always felt I perform best under the brightest lights and the biggest moments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caleb-plant/i-ve-always-felt-i-perform-best-under-the-brightest-lights-and-the/)

[Caleb Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caleb-plant/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/caleb-plant-5583_always_i-ve-always-felt-i-perform-best-under-th_1536549.jpg)

> [We need the best and the brightest to go into public service.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-plame/we-need-the-best-and-the-brightest-to-go-into-public-service/)

[Valerie Plame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-plame/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edc/valerie-plame-5250_best_we-need-the-best-and-the-brightest-to-go_3042468.png)

> [Stop teaching students that they are the best and the brightest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-maister/stop-teaching-students-that-they-are-the-best-and-the-brightest/)

[David Maister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-maister/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f8/david-maister-24034_education_stop-teaching-students-that-they-are-the_1598069.jpg)

> [The best and brightest don't go into politics. The best and brightest are at Goldman Sachs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/the-best-and-brightest-don-t-go-into-politics-the-best-and-brightest/)

[P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2e/p-j-o-rourke-184_best_the-best-and-brightest-don-t-go-into-pol_2285751.png)

> [The best and brightest are not exactly clamoring to jump aboard the Trump bandwagon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-blinken/the-best-and-brightest-are-not-exactly-clamoring-to-jump-aboard-the/)

[Antony Blinken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-blinken/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bf/antony-blinken-6122_bandwagon_the-best-and-brightest-are-not-exactly-c_2587891.jpg)

> [I'm not the best. I'm not the brightest, but we all have our problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-tomic/i-m-not-the-best-i-m-not-the-brightest-but-we-all-have-our-problems/)

[Bernard Tomic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-tomic/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f2/bernard-tomic-7361_best_i-m-not-the-best-i-m-not-the-brightest-b_1752960.jpg)

> [ “he \[Robert Lovett\] knew that those whose names were always in print, who were always on the radio and television, were there… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/he-robert-lovett-knew-that-those-whose-names-were-always-in-print-who/)

[David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f17/david-halberstam-9032_brightest_he-robert-lovett-knew-that-those-whose-n_2263185.jpg)

> [On the Left, the best and brightest go into politics - Barack Obama is the epitome of the perfect leftist. On the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/on-the-left-the-best-and-brightest-go-into-politics-barack-obama-is/)

[Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dad/ted-cruz-487_barack_on-the-left-the-best-and-brightest-go-in_2338266.jpg)

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