Smart Quotes

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a public persona that might be different from what we truly feel inside... everyone wonders if they are good enough, smart enough, pretty enough, no… — Jodi Picoult
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
...the number one reason knitters knit is because they are so smart that they need knitting to make boring things interesting. Knitters are so compellingly… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Your criticism sounds to me as if you have read too many critical books and are too smart in an artificial, destructive, and very limited… — Flannery O'Connor
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
Sometimes you walk past a pretty girl on the street there's something beyond beauty in her face, something warm and smart and inviting, and in… — Jonathan Tropper
I am not shy about admitting my modest talents. For example, I am happy to admit that I am better than average at clever remarks,… — Jeff Lindsay
Clevinger had a mind, and Lieutenant Scheisskoph had noticed that people with minds tended to get pretty smart at times. — Joseph Heller
A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can… — Bertrand Russell
Ritie, don't worry 'cause you ain't pretty. Plenty pretty women I seen digging ditches or worse. You smart. I swear to God, I rather you… — Maya Angelou
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
The principal feature of American liberalism is sanctimoniousness. By loudly denouncing all bad things — war and hunger and date rape — liberals testify to… — P.J. O'Rourke
You're kidding. I thought all geniuses read Latin. Isn't that the international language for smart people?"-Shane (Glass Houses) — Rachel Caine
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 been placed in… — Andy Andrews
It’s obvious you kids are smart-school and good teachers will do that for you-but wisdom is something altogether different. Wisdom can be gathered in your… — Andy Andrews
I am the most unhappy soul alive." "I'd heard it said that fairies have no souls." "Then do I ache, and bleed, and smart, elsewhere;… — Neil Gaiman
Once upon a time there was a girl." "Not a princess?!" "No, definitely not! She was too smart to be a princess. Tough too...Stronger than… — Melissa Marr
Bones has always been smart," I muttered. "His intelligence was just camouflaged under a mountain of p**sy." Cat — Jeaniene Frost
You is kind. You is smart. You is important. — Kathryn Stockett
Clevinger was a troublemaker and a wise guy. Lieutenant Scheisskopf knew that Clevinger might cause even more trouble if he wasn't watched. Yesterday it was… — Joseph Heller
I remember when people used to think I was smart. I remember when people used to think my brain was useful. Damaged by water, sure.… — Sherman Alexie
I know you're smart. But everyone here is smart. Smart isn't enough. The kind of people I want on my research team are those who… — Randy Pausch
Real smarts begin when you quit quoting other people…….. — Chuck Palahniuk
Don't be smart. Smart is only a polished version of dumb. Try intelligence. It will surely see you through. — Terry Pratchett

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