Being Smart Quotes

150 Being Smart quotes by 131 unique authors

I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star. — Natalie Portman
I know it sounds weird, but my definition of 'sexy' has changed as I've gotten older. And being smart and informed makes me feel sexier… — Sarah Shahi
For a crowd to be smart, the people in it need to be not only diverse in their perspectives but also, relatively speaking, independent of… — James Surowiecki
There are many harsh lessons to be learned from the gambling experience, but the harshest one of all is the difference between having Fun and… — Hunter S. Thompson
I don't need someone with a hot body. He can be fat or overweight and have a belly. It's very much about style and substance… — Kate Walsh
Being a Southern person and a blonde, it's not a good combination. Immediately, when people meet you, they think of you as not being smart. — Reese Witherspoon
Teachers started recognizing me and praising me for being smart in science and that made me want to be even smarter in science! — Steve Wozniak
I used to go around looking as frumpy as possible because it was inconceivable you could be attractive as well as be smart. It wasn't… — Catherine Zeta-Jones
And in my classes, I will talk most of the time, and you will listen most of the time. Because you may be smart, but… — John Green
Be grateful, be smart, be clean, be true, be humble, be prayerful. — Gordon B. Hinckley
You can be smart and happy or stupid and miserable. . . it's your choice — Gordon B. Hinckley
...Don't feel sorry for me. I'm glad I had a second chance in life like you said to be smart because I learned a lot… — Daniel Keyes
Being smart as a whip includes knowing when not to crack it. — Vera Nazarian
All my friends seem to be smart arses. Don't ask me why. Like many things, it is what it is. — Markus Zusak
I don't know what good it is to know so much and be smart as whips and all if it doesn't make you happy. — J D Salinger
You know, there's something heartsick about parties like this. Look at us. We're all pretending to be smart, as if intelligence were the cure for… — Charles Baxter
All I'm telling you to do is to be smart about it. Know that if this man isn't looking for a serious relationship, you're not… — Steve Harvey
Too pissed off to cry, I said, 'This is only making me hate her. I don't want to hate her. And what's the point, if… — John Green
Don't be smart. Smart is only a polished version of dumb. Try intelligence. It will surely see you through. — Terry Pratchett
Why are you not smarter? It's only the rich who can't afford to be smart. They're compromised. They got locked years ago into privilege. They… — Michael Ondaatje
Among the rich you will never find a really generous man even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The big trouble with dumb bastards is that they are too dumb to believe there is such a thing as being smart. — Kurt Vonnegut
Like when you sit in front of a fire in winter — you are just there in front of the fire. You don't have to… — Desmond Tutu
Her definition of romance was absentminded intimacy, the way someone else's hand stray to your plate of food. I replied: no, that's just friendship; romance… — Kamila Shamsie
The students we saw were all bright, attractive, and polite, and the teachers all seemed to be smart and dedicated, and I began to appreciate… — Jeff Lindsay

Who Wrote These Being Smart Quotes

131 authors contributed a total of 150 Being Smart Quotes, led by these top contributors: