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118 Smart People quotes by 109 unique authors

When happiness points in one direction while wisdom, truth, integrity, and common sense point in another, that's when really smart people start doing really stupid… — Andy Stanley
Just as many smart people fail in the investment business as stupid ones. Intellectually active people are particularly attracted to elegant concepts, which can have… — Peter Cundill
When someone isn’t smart enough to express their frustration, they use dirty words. Those are words that describe a lack of intelligence. Smart people don’t… — Nouman Ali Khan
The idiot was not a lot of thinking, which is an important move on. Smart people mostly think, consequently never stepped — Bob Sadino
In Europe they call geeks 'smart people,' and frankly I think we live in a culture that doesn't value intelligence enough; so I am very… — James Marsters
There are always more smart people outside your company than within it. — Bill Joy
If your work is so smart that only smart people get it, it's not that smart. — Chris Rock
No matter what you choose, build stuff and be around smart people. — Sam Altman
If risk is the key factor to success and really smart people avoid it, you might not be dumb enough to succeed! — Garrison Wynn
I always enjoy coming to Israel. Israelis are warm, they're energetic people. Forthright. Very smart. I always like smart people. They're nice people, you know.… — Robert De Niro
I got a lot of Ph.D.-types and smart people around me who come into the Oval Office and say, 'Mr. President, here's what's on my… — George W. Bush
The single most important thing a city can do is provide a community where interesting, smart people want to live with their families. — Malcolm Gladwell
The internet tends to make smart people smarter and dumb people dumber. — Ben Casnocha
All in all, I think that out of all musical genres, the world of metal is the most escapist one. Metal is also music for… — Tuomas Holopainen
You've got a lot of very, very smart people standing by waiting for somebody else to do the work. Not a recipe for long-term solvency… — Mike Rowe
I like smart movies about smart people, and enjoy it when most of the facts are on the table and we can contemplate them together. — Roger Ebert
My father and mother are both very smart people and I always felt I was a little short of the mark. So I would compensate… — Michael Weatherly
Writing is not something you can do or you can't. It's not even something that 'other people do' or 'for smart people only' or even… — Jasper Fforde
All you need do is listen to very smart people and sift out the ideas that are unworthy or implausible, and I wouldn't pretend for… — Michael Moritz
You treat a kid with respect and as an adult you talk to them as if they're smart people. But you don't throw at them… — Dave Eggers
I think it's good to meet smart people and talk. — Ron Silver
Teens like a lot of the same things adults do: smart people doing amazing things against awful odds. — Kim Harrison
Congress is full of good, decent, smart people who have devoted their lives to public service. — Jonathan Haidt
Whether or not Twitter makes you stupid, it certainly makes some smart people sound stupid. — Bill Keller
My feeling on therapy is it's a luxury, and if you're fortunate enough to get some smart people to talk to about life, then that's… — Matthew Perry

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