Being Smart Quotes

150 quotes by 131 authors

If I couldn't be pretty, I decided I would be smart. — Karen Horney
Somebody gets to be smart and somebody gets to be dumb. If we win, it'll be because of the president. And if we lose, it'll… — Karl Rove
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… — Cus D'Amato
I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see kids who are embarrassed to read books.… — Walter Dean Myers
I recognize that many physicists are smarter than I am-most of them theoretical physicists. A lot of smart people have gone into theoretical physics, therefore… — Linus Pauling
You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart,… — John F. Kerry
For those who say you're thinking too big... be smart enough not to listen. For those who say the odds are too small ... be… — Eric Schmidt
Whoever claims to be smart, but does not concentrate on the Hereafter, is lying. — Wahb ibn Munabbih
Charlie and I decided long ago that in an investment lifetime, it's too hard to make hundreds of smart decisions. That judgment became ever more… — Warren Buffett
No matter what your dream is, you can make that dream a reality, ... If you dream about being a millionaire, you can be that.… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
The world bursts at the seams with people ready to tell you you're not good enough. On occasion, some may be correct. But do not… — Keith Olbermann
If I had a daughter, I would tell her certain things. I would tell her that itâ€™s great to be smart, really smart - that… — Kirsten Gillibrand
Wise is what you want to be. Smart is easy compared to wise. — Jerry Seinfeld
The way to win is to work, work, work, work and hope to have a few insights And you're probably not going to be smart… — Charlie Munger
Rather than lose the public because television is here, wouldn't it be smart to adopt television as our instrument? — Adolph Zukor
People are not who they say but rather who their actions reveal them to be....Be smart about it. Don't fall for the bullshit. — Ziad K. Abdelnour
There is something exciting about being in an environment in which it's really cool to be smart. — Freeman A. Hrabowski III
These days people don't search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living, raise families and look… — Ajahn Chah
I really can't complain about actresses who get paid to be dumb. Most of us can't get paid to be smart. — Aaron Allston
Chess is similar to boxing. You need to develop a strategy, and you need to think two or three steps ahead about what your opponent… — Vitali Klitschko

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