Smart Quotes - Page 15

• For me, I was somebody who was a smart young guy who didn't do very well in school. The basic system of education, I didn't fit in; my intelligence was elsewhere.

  Bruce Springsteen

  School, Guy, Fit

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• Women are smart in business and dumb in love. They won't date outside their zip code, let alone outside the city. They are city snobs.

  Patti Stanger

  Cities, Dumb, Zips

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• When I seemed to be irritable or sad, my father would quote the learned Dr. Knight, and then say, 'Just go to sleep.' Like all smart aleck kids, I thought the advice was silly. But as I've grown older, I've realized just how smart Knight was.

  Ben Stein

  Dad, Father, Silly

  "Ben Stein Wants You To Sleep". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 24, 2011.

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• If you're so smart, let's see you get out of the Army.

  Casey Stengel

  Sports, Army, Ifs

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• Just because I don't have a college degree doesn't mean I am not smart!

  Emma Stone

  Mean, College, Degrees

  "Andrew Garfield And Emma Stone Interview" by Susan Hornik, www.askmen.com.

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• When I saw Wonder Woman being constantly put in positions where she'd get tied up with her own rope, or held hostage, even as a kid, my reaction was 'C'mon, she's too smart for that.'

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Kids, Rope, Wonder Woman

  "Wonder Woman's New Era". Interview with Richard George, www.ign.com. June 29, 2010.

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• Under the right circumstances, groups are remarkably smart - smarter even sometimes than the smartest people in them.

  James Surowiecki

  People, Groups, Sometimes

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• If I go to an awards ceremony, I wear a suit, of course I do. I am proud to be there. If there are young kids looking at pictures of me, I want them to feel that they should long for the opportunity to go somewhere really smart and wear a beautiful suit, rather than to reject that.

  Tinie Tempah

  Beautiful, Kids, Opportunity

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• I mean, if you're being directed very precisely by somebody who has admiration and who's really smart, it's great. If you're being told what to do by a nincompoop - and luckily that hasn't happened very often - it can be very frustrating.

  Kristin Scott Thomas

  Mean, Admiration, Frustrating

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• Remember this, folks - I am a Hillbilly, and I don't always Bet the same way I talk. Good advice is one thing, but smart gambling is quite another.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Gambling, Advice, Way

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness”, p.62, Pan Macmillan

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• Rude people will now & then ask me why I think I know so much about Politics. I tell them it's because I'm Smart... But that is a lie: The real reason is because I'm an incurable Gambling addict.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Real, Lying, Thinking

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness”, p.15, Pan Macmillan

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• There are many harsh lessons to be learned from the gambling experience, but the harshest one of all is the difference between having Fun and being Smart.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Fun, Gambling, Lessons To Be Learned

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness”, p.63, Pan Macmillan

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• Am I going to complain about being typecast as smart? I don't think so.

  Aisha Tyler

  Thinking, Complaining, Typecasting

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• Today, President Obama is making smart investments in clean energy - wind, solar, biofuels - as part of an all-of-the-above energy strategy that supports thousands of jobs, not in the Middle East, but in the Midwest.

  Tom Vilsack

  Jobs, Wind, Support

  Tom Vilsack's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.

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• Johnny Rotten. He's a big fan of mine. I used to see him out in the audience in England and he'd stand up and holler. He's funny. Smart too, and a nice guy. Don't think he's a jerk because he isn't.

  Don Van Vliet

  Nice, Thinking, Guy

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• I was going to be valedictorian in elementary school, but I got into too many fights, and they made me salutatorian. I was smart back in the day. Now I'm just an idiot.

  Marlon Wayans

  School, Fighting, Back In The Day

  Interview with Luis Gomez, www.chicagotribune.com. January 11, 2013.

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• There is nothing like the way people feel after they've seen 'The Intouchables.' They feel amazing. The word of mouth on this film is incredible. It's intelligent-feeling good. You're not insulted by the low-browness or stupidity of some of the humor. It's so smart and terrific.

  Harvey Weinstein

  Intelligent, People, Stupidity

  Interview with Erik Davis, www.fandango.com. July 12, 2012.

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• There are two things that I cannot resist: one is musicals and the other is a spaceship in trouble. But I am smart enough not to combine the two things.

  Joss Whedon

  Two, Trouble, Enough

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• The way my brain processes information is quite odd. I mean, I have Attention Deficit Disorder and another learning disability I can't even spell. I don't even have a high school diploma. I'm smart, but you can't prove it on paper.

  Ron White

  School, Mean, Brain

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• When I think about somebody like Keira Knightley, whom I don't particularly know, I see somebody who is working hard, really trying to challenge herself and make smart choices in spite of people criticising her size and performances.

  Kate Winslet

  Thinking, People, Choices

  Interview to Marie Claire magazine, April, 2009.

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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

  Thinking, People, Southern

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• When you're a liar, a person of low moral fortitude, really any explanation you need to be true can be true. Especially if you're smart enough. You can figure out a way to justify anything.

  Samuel Witwer

  Liars, Needs, Way

  "Sam Witwer on Darth Maul’s ‘Clone Wars’ Fate: ‘He’s Playing a Long Game’". Interview with Christian Blauvelt, www.hollywood.com.

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• It is never smart, even in a strong democracy, to declare some debate off limits. In a weakening democracy it is catastrophic.

  Naomi Wolf

  Strong, Democracy, Limits

  "The threat of a threat" by Naomi Wolf, www.theguardian.com. August 29, 2007.

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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, Science, Want

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• I was raised that way: don't get mad, get smart.

  Andrew Young

  Mad, Way, Raised

  "Post-Racial America? Not Yet, Civil Rights Legend Andrew Young Says" by Devin Dwyer, abcnews.go.com. May 25, 2010.

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