Smart Quotes · Page 105

Of course a lot of the journalists hated Nixon, but they were always blown away by how smart he was.

— Roger Stone

Usually the wacky people have the breakthroughs. The smart people dont.

— Burt Rutan

I'm a smart tackler.

— Patrick Chung

“He asked about the newspaper strike, and true to form, he couldn't understand why both parties didn't simply communicate with each other…

— Mitch Albom

A person who speaks cleverly is witty; one who asks questions is smart.

— Terry Carr

I love playing a smart person and not that blonde deadpan.

— Carly Chaikin

Loving people, and allowing yourself to be loved, was only worth the risk if the odds were in your favor, but they…

— Nick Hornby

Some smart man once said that on the most exalted throne in the world, we are seated on nothing but our own…

— Wendell Mayes

Some dead people said smart stuff.

— Bob Saget

The government of Mexico is terrific. I don't blame them for what's happened. I don't blame them for taking advantage of the…

— Donald Trump

These were people... who built redwood decks on their mobile homes and have no idea that smart-aleck Yankees think that is somehow…

— Rick Bragg

Harvard freshmen are smart, interested, and excited, and it's fun hearing their different perspectives and stuff that they will share.

— Lisa Randall

“Some people have the license to sin: Soldiers, to kill; politicians, writers, priests, businessmen, married man and women, to lie; and married…

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

I really like 'Shameless' because it brings up important issues, but we get to talk and laugh and look at something that's…

— Justin Chatwin

Your whole life doesn't have to be one long, smart monologue.

— Jim Sarbh

I'm not really book-smart.

— Eminem

I love to have the people watching [The Office ] just because it's fun to have people watching, but our fans are…

— John Krasinski

Don't ever criticize yourself. Don't go around all day long thinking, 'I'm unattractive, I'm slow, I'm not as smart as my brother.'…

— Joel Osteen

Roddy actually was in the business longer then I was and started sooner than I did, and Roddy was a smart guy.

— Paul Orndorff

Let me be more aggressive: we are largely better at doing than we are at thinking, thanks to antifragility. I’d rather be…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I ran for president. I ran for governor twice. And I've been the governor now for nearly seven years. I find that…

— Chris Christie

Living in the past is a Jethro Tull album, not a smart poker strategy.

— Richard Roeper

Listen real hard to the smartest guy in the room before you go trying to prove how smart you are.

— Lee Clow

“Wisdom is realizing that one resource was never meant to accomplish just one thing.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

This is not the wisdom of the crowd, but the wisdom of someone in the crowd. It’s not that the network itself…

— Steven Johnson

When happiness points in one direction while wisdom, truth, integrity, and common sense point in another, that's when really smart people start…

— Andy Stanley

I don't feel too comfortable talking about politics and media as I feel like I don't sound too smart.

— Andrew VanWyngarden

...most entrepreneurial types are free-wheelers who like to do a variety of things and do not enjoy routine tasks. But a smart…

— Larry Burkett

When I was younger, I was full of smart things to say about all my books.

— Richard Flanagan

I love smart commercial fiction. Susan Isaacs, for example and the readers who interest me are, in the preponderance, women. I am…

— Anonymous

Shakespeare was a smart dude. He was the president of Rome.

— Adam DeVine

We should never forget that in the smartphone, the smart part is us creators.

— Jean-Michel Jarre

I should practice what I preach. It's a lot easier to show and teach people how to love themselves than it is…

— Pandora Boxx

In areas where they are simply incompetent, smart executives don’t make decisions or take actions. They delegate.

— Peter Drucker

The best places to live, work, and visit are those places that are willing to uphold their standards in the face of…

— Ed McMahon

I loved it. I just thought I wanted to stay in college forever. I came to New York all by myself; I…

— Alice Smith

Knowledge talks, wisdom listens. Only the wisest and the stupidest of men never change.

— Anonymous

One day when I was fourteen, I told Charlie that I hated Mother. “Don’t hate her, Jo,” he told me. “Feel sorry…

— Ruta Sepetys

A smart manager will establish a culture of gratitude. Expand the appreciative attitude to suppliers, vendors, delivery people, and of course, customers.

— Harvey Mackay

I'm arrogant enough to tell you that I'm smart enough to have scored higher on my Scholastic Aptitude Test than any US…

— Jim Goad