Smart People Quotes

• The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Change, Wisdom

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• You don't learn from smart people,
  you learn from idiots.
  Watch what they do, and then don't do it!

  Rudolf Wanderone

  Smart, People, Watches

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• A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Wise, Spiritual

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• The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

  Charles Bukowski

  Faith, Confidence, Stupid

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• Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

  Bill Gates

  Inspirational, Success, Teacher

  Bill Gates, Nathan Myhrvold, Peter Rinearson (1996). “The Road Ahead”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated

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  Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Wise, Wisdom

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.153, B&H Publishing Group

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• The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people.

  Stephen Hawking

  Crazy, Smart, People

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• Smart people think. Brave people talk. Great people act.

  Ziad K. Abdelnour

  Smart, Thinking, People

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• Smart people sometimes get stupid, but stupid people never get smart.

  Don Winslow

  Smart, Stupid, People

  Don Winslow (2012). “The Kings of Cool: A Prequel to Savages”, p.19, Simon and Schuster

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  Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Life, Happiness, Happy

  Ernest Hemingway (2014). “Garden of Eden”, p.95, Simon and Schuster

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• A man only learns by two things; one is reading and the other is association with smarter people.

  Will Rogers

  Smart, Book, Communication

  "The Will Rogers Book".

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• Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.

  Brandon Mull

  Leadership, Real, Mistake

  Brandon Mull, Brandon Dorman (2007). “Fablehaven”, p.152, Simon and Schuster

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• I love experienced people. I love people who are phenomenally talented. I love people who've worked so hard and been so courageous and are the leaders in their fields. For me to meet somebody like that and learn from them and share words with them -to me that's magic.

  Michael Jackson

  People, Leader, Magic

  FaceBook post by Michael Jackson from Mar 21, 2013

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• In the real world, the smartest people are people who make mistakes and learn. In school, the smartest people don't make mistakes.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspirational, Business, Real

  FaceBook post by Robert Kiyosaki from Nov 05, 2011

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• The most intelligent people disguise the fact that they are intelligent. Wise men do not wear name tags. The more people talk about their own skills, the more desperate they are—their work should speak for itself.

  Tsugumi Ohba

  Wise, Work, Intelligent

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• My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

  Jane Austen

  Inspiring, Clever, Ideas

  Persuasion ch. 16 (1818)

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• If your work is so smart that only smart people get it, it's not that smart.

  Chris Rock

  Smart, People, Ifs

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• If you can be funny, it means you're intelligent. Your brain is working fast.

  Amber Valletta

  Mean, Intelligent, Brain

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• People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Sep 22, 2016

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  You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

  Erica Jong

  Love, Witty, Women

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• Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked.

  Steve Wozniak

  Work, Smart, Doors

  Saturday keynote speech, The Fifth HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth) Conference, July 10, 2004.

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• The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Success, Confidence

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• No matter what you choose, build stuff and be around smart people.

  Sam Altman

  Smart, People, Matter

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• If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?

  Scott Adams

  Funny, Smart, Stupid

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• An intelligent person hires people who are more intelligent than he is.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Intelligent, People, Persons

  FaceBook post by Robert Kiyosaki from May 30, 2012

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