Being Smart Quotes - Page 11

• If you're beautiful, you're led to believe that you can't also be smart.

  Danica McKellar

  Beautiful, Smart, Believe

  "'Wonder Years' star insists smart is sexy" by Katie McLaughlin, www.cnn.com. August 16, 2010.

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• Diversity and independence are important because the best collective decisions are the product of disagreement and contest, not consensus or compromising. An intelligent group, especially when confronted with cognition problems, does not ask its members to modify their positions in order to let the group reach a decision everyone can be happy with. Instead…the best way for a group to be smart is for each person in it to think and act as independently as possible.

  James Surowiecki

  Smart, Thinking, Intelligent

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• There's the belief that we can't be smart enough to write. And certainly censorship of women, too.

  Alice Mattison

  Smart, Writing, Belief

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I want to be efficient and effective in everything I do. I start every day with a protein shake, with my vanilla Almond Breeze, and my kids start their day the same way as well. [Nutrition] is a huge piece of the puzzle. It's not just about working hard and being physical. It's about being smart and mindful of what's going in and out of our bodies. And also taking the time to enjoy things, and to appreciate the process.

  Kerri Walsh

  Smart, Kids, Appreciate

  "37-year-old Olympian explains how she stays so dominant at an age when most athletes retire". Interview with Emmett Knowlton, www.businessinsider.com. March 1, 2016.

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