Being Smart Quotes - Page 2

• The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

  Ayn Rand

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Being smart spoils a lot of things, doesn't it?

  Thomas Harris

  Smart, Spoil

  Thomas Harris (2009). “The Silence of the Lambs”, p.22, Macmillan

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• One of the most stupid things to do is to pretend you are smart. When you pretend to be smart, you are at the height of stupidity.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspirational, Smart, Stupid

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• You should be smart enough to know that you don't know everything. But you have to believe in yourself. I certainly do.

  Diane Kruger

  Smart, Believe, Enough

  "Meet Diane Kruger, Our Style Icon". Interview With Josh Patner, www.glamour.com. January 31, 2011.

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• For those who say you're thinking too big... be smart enough not to listen. For those who say the odds are too small ... be dumb enough to give it a shot. And for those who ask, how can you do that?... look them in the eyes and say, I'll figure it out.

  Eric Schmidt

  Leadership, Smart, Eye

  "40 Things to Learned From Eric Schmidt Speech at Uc Berkeley". piepeaceblog.wordpress.com. January 02, 2017.

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• I wish my name was Brian because maybe sometimes people would misspell my name and call me Brain. That's like a free compliment and you don't even gotta be smart to notice it.

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Hilarious, Witty

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• To be smart, spend carefully. To be wise, save regularly. To be genius, give extravagantly.

  Chip Ingram

  Wise, Smart, Giving

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• My message is: You don't have to give up being popular, fun, or fashionable in order to be smart; they can go hand and hand. Doing math is a great way to exercise your brain; being smart is going to make you more powerful in life.

  Danica McKellar

  Fun, Powerful, Giving Up

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• You have to be smart enough to see the world for yourself and honest. The whole book-publicity thing is not really honest, at base.

  Ethan Canin

  Smart, Book, World

  Source: www.identitytheory.com

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• 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 each other. In other words, you need people to be thinking for themselves, rather than following the lead of those around them.

  James Surowiecki

  Smart, Independent, Thinking

  "The Wise Way to Crowdsource a Manhunt". www.newyorker.com. April 23, 2013.

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• If our brains were simple enough to be understood, we wouldn't be smart enough to understand them.

  David Eagleman

  Smart, Simple, Brain

  David Eagleman (2011). “Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain”, p.233, Vintage

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• People are already p*ssed off at me because I'm athletic and beautiful; to be smart in addition to that... it's like, too much.

  Gabrielle Reece

  Beautiful, Smart, People

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• Being smart in the arts is the same as being smart in engineering is the same as being smart in writing is the same as being smart in anything, really. It's the ability to manipulate all the pieces of the puzzle in your mind, try to fit them together, and when they don't fit quite right... you sand the edges/corners and make them all fit.

  Gerald Jay Sussman

  Art, Writing, Engineering

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• 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

  Teacher, Smart, Science

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• I have to say, I'm really not that attractive. Until I met my husband, I could not get a date.

  Tina Fey

  Husband, Diamond In The Rough, Attractive

  Interview with Lia Haberman, E! Online, October 4, 2002.

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• Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.

  Yul Brynner

  Funny, Girl, Witty

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• When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.

  Norm Crosby

  Funny, Hilarious, Smart

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• I never cut class. I loved getting A's, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart is cooler than anything in the world.

  Michelle Obama

  Smart, Cutting, Class

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• I want girls to feel the confidence you get from being smart.

  Danica McKellar

  Girl, Smart, Want

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• Yeah, it's tough being smart and sexy, too. I have to say, I'm really not that attractive. Until I met my husband, I could not get a date. I promise you it's true. My husband Jeff Richmond saw a diamond in the rough and took me in.

  Tina Fey

  Sexy, Husband, Smart

  E! Online Interview, October 04, 2002.

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• In grade school I was smart, but I didn't have any friends. In high school, I quit being smart and started having friends.

  David Spade

  Funny, Smart, School

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I don't think I ever got proper credit about being smart about the game.

  Rickey Henderson

  Smart, Thinking, Games

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• I want girls to feel the confidence you get from being smart. They get so many messages that tell them the most important thing is to be beautiful.

  Danica McKellar

  Beautiful, Girl, Smart

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• Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• 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

  Smart, Thinking, People

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