Smart Quotes

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Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they… — Randall Munroe
Adults constantly raise the bar on smart children, precisely because they're able to handle it. The children get overwhelmed by the tasks in front of… — Haruki Murakami
I must say, though, that a man who has staked his whole life on the card of a woman's love and who, when that card… — Ivan Turgenev
Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers and wonder why they're here. If they like their… — Stephen Chbosky
its no surprise to me that anyone hardly tells the truth about how they feel. The smart ones keep to themselves for good reason. Why… — Henry Rollins
You know, ogres only sound stupid. Most are pretty smart." "And it's a shallow person who judges anyone by the way they sound. I'm so… — Tamora Pierce
A chorus of tough southern belles whispered, You need a loyal husband around here. Loyal to you, loyal to your family, loyal to your land.… — Deborah Smith
There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others. — Brandon Mull
What I need is someone who will make me do what I can. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
They all trying to say something with music that you can't say with plain talk. There ain't really no words for love or pain. And… — Gloria Naylor
You can be smart and happy or stupid and miserable. . . it's your choice — Gordon B. Hinckley
Age certainly hadn't conferred any smarts on me. Character maybe, but mediocrity is a constant, as one Russian writer put it. Russian writers have a… — Haruki Murakami
No one expected you to amount to much," she told me. "Lori was the smart one, Maureen the pretty one, and Brian the brave one.… — Jeannette Walls
...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
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. — Stephen Covey
They love their hair because they're not smart enough to love something more interesting. — John Green
Years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say, "In this world, Elwood, you must be" - she always called me Elwood -… — Mary Chase
I’m not, like, that smart. — Paris Hilton
No, everybody's gotta learn, nobody's born knowin'. That Walter's as smart as he can be, he just gets held back sometimes because he has to… — Harper Lee
Being smart as a whip includes knowing when not to crack it. — Vera Nazarian
It is far better to endure patiently a smart which nobody feels but yourself, than to commit a hasty action whose evil consequences will extend… — Charlotte Bronte
Self-awareness is probably overrated. A complex, self-regulating system doesn't need it in order to be successful, or even smart. — David Brin
I've always said that you were too smart to have a profession. Smart people are hopeless in the face of anything actual. They are terrible… — Heidi Julavits

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