“The fatal conceit of intellectuals, he said, is to think that smart people can design an economy or a society better than… — David Boaz Copy Share Image
I started thinking about what I've always been interested in: how people can't see things that are right in front of them.… — Jean Hanff Korelitz Copy Share Image
I have a great affection for people who are intellectually engaged with the world, and who don't treat everything superficially. And I… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Some smart people may not believe themselves better than their peers but simply struggle to understand them and fit into their world.… — Ruby Lionsdrake Copy Share Image
I think musicals are a lowbrow, populist art form. And I don't mean lowbrow in a condescending way at all - they… — George C. Wolfe Copy Share Image
When you think about being contrarian, you have to think about - how is it that smart people will disagree with me, disagree with… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
My colleagues across the aisle in Brooklyn and team Clinton are very smart people. I respect them very much. But they misread… — Kellyanne Conway Copy Share Image
“The problem with smart people is that they like to be right and sometimes will defend ideas to the death rather than… — Scott Berkun Copy Share Image
I would argue that among musicians who work in technology today, the level of technological sophistication probably exceeds that of military programs,… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
Smart people tend to know what is happening in a group situation and how to deal with others in the most effective… — Patrick Lencioni Copy Share Image
“Your goal at the outset is to extract and observe as much information as possible. Which, by the way, is one of… — Chris Voss Copy Share Image
Some of the same self-certified smart people, who preached about mushroom clouds and weapons of mass destruction, are once again trying to… — Lloyd Doggett Copy Share Image
An argument can be logically valid, but unsound in that it contains a false premise and, therefore, leads to a false conclusion… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
When I was trying to figure out why lives have improved so much in the last 300 years, where we've gone from… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Desperation precludes reflection. That is one of the reasons why smart people can get involved in very obviously unworkable relationships. Like addiction,… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
Even very smart people can try to shoehorn new information that just doesn't fit into an existing paradigm.For a long time the… — Elizabeth Kolbert Copy Share Image
The way I've always governed my life as far as fiscal policy goes is I'm smart enough to know that I'm dumb… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
There are smart people on our side of the aisle who have known as early as I did who Obama was and… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I have no idea how it got so big. I was just trying to find something to do while I was living… — George Meyer Copy Share Image
My mom started understanding how many people take advantage of a child, so she hired smart people to protect me in that… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
I think we knew that this would be just like raising the kids together, this would be a fun thing to do… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
It as if you took a lot of very good food and some dog excrement and blended it all up so that… — Douglas Hofstadter Copy Share Image
All you need do is listen to very smart people and sift out the ideas that are unworthy or implausible, and I… — Michael Moritz Copy Share Image
Surround yourself with smart, dedicated people - to build something isn't a one-man show. It's more important to have smart people who… — Niklas Zennstrom Copy Share Image
I've always said that you were too smart to have a profession. Smart people are hopeless in the face of anything actual.… — Heidi Julavits Copy Share Image
I've certainly seen R&D groups, typically funded by large corporations, where they bring together a lot of smart people and nothing happens.… — Edwin Catmull Copy Share Image
“Smart is overrated. Most of the harm done in this world is done by people who fancy themselves smart. And they are—book… — Catherine Ryan Hyde Copy Share Image
I've seen that phenomenally successful people believe they can learn something from everybody. I call them 'mavericks with mentors.' Richard Branson, for… — Brendon Burchard Copy Share Image
I think I grew up with a profound sense of watching people who were good people, who were smart people, who were… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
My father and mother are both very smart people and I always felt I was a little short of the mark. So… — Michael Weatherly Copy Share Image
Well, that's why smart people get tripped up with worry and fear. Worry...fear...is just a misuse of the creative imagination that has… — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
“You can have all A's in life, but whether they make you a successful person or not depends on what you make… — JOHN TASKINSOY Copy Share Image
