Smarter Quotes - Page 23

• There is a wonderful intelligence to the unconscious. It’s always smarter than we are.

  Russell Banks

  Wonderful, Unconscious

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• In eras past, mainstream culture was blandly, blindly complacent, so underground music was angry and dissatisfied. But now, mainstream culture isn’t complacent, it’s stupid and angry; underground culture reacts by becoming smarter, more serene. That’s not wimpy—it’s powerful and productive.

  Michael Azerrad

  Powerful, Stupid, Past

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• None of us is smarter than all of us.

  Jim Rohn

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• I didn't marry to have children. I married to have a relationship, and I was blessed with one child. I was an only child, too - my mother was smarter than most women today; she just had me.

  Carmen Dell'Orefice

  Mother, Children, Blessed

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• Your characters should be as smart as you are, if not smarter.

  Tina Fey

  Smart, Writing, Character

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• The Bible was written not to satisfy your curiosity but to help you conform to Christ's image. Not to make you a smarter sinner but to make you like the Saviour. Not to fill your head with a collection of biblicalfacts but to transform your life.

  Howard G. Hendricks

  Curiosity, Helping, Transformation

  Howard G. Hendricks, William D. Hendricks (2007). “Living By the Book/Living By the Book Workbook Set”, p.12, Moody Publishers

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• The Growing Smarter laws now in place compel every community to plan their future growth and allow every citizen the right to be heard when those decisions are made.

  Jane D. Hull

  Law, Community, Decision

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• I want to be older. I actually think there's an incredible amount of self-knowledge that comes with getting older. I feel way better now than I did when I was 20. I'm stronger, I'm smarter in every way, I'm so much less crazy than I was then.

  Jamie Lee Curtis

  Crazy, Thinking, Self

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• I don't think I've gotten any smarter, but your reflexes slow down before you do something stupid when you're older.

  Kris Kristofferson

  Stupid, Thinking, Age

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• At Reed College, I learned very quickly that I didn't know nearly enough. I learned, first, that every student there was as smart as I was, and quite a few seemed smarter.

  John Daniel

  Smart, College, Firsts

  John Daniel (2012). “Rogue River Journal: A Winter Alone”, p.136, Counterpoint

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• I mean, you know, you're not going to change the human animal. And the human animal really doesn't get a lot smarter.

  Warren Buffett

  Mean, Animal, Humans

  "Warren Buffett: I Haven't Seen As Much Economic Fear In My Adult Lifetime". "Charlie Rose", www.cnbc.com. October 1, 2008.

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• Only he [Gordon Gekko] is a lot smarter than [Donald] Trump.

  Rich Fulcher

  Trump

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• Kids today are smarter than we ever were. And they've got computers, too, which is awesome. They're scary to me.

  David Arquette

  Kids, Scary, Today

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

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• I’ve often said that I wish people could realize all their dreams and wealth and fame, so that they could see that it’s not where they’re gonna find their sense of completion. Like many of you, I was concerned about going out into the world and doing something bigger than myself, until someone smarter than myself made me realize that there is nothing bigger than myself. My soul is not contained within the limits of my body, my body is contained within the limitlessness of my soul.

  Jim Carrey

  Dream, People, Soul

  "Jim Carrey Receives Honorary Diploma from Maharishi University of Management". Jim Carrey's commencement speech at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, www.iowasource.com. May 24, 2014.

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• How many times have I been in my therapist's office, saying, "I think I'm smarter than this! I've been down this road! I've learned this lesson!" And she's like, "Yeah, and you're learning it a little bit deeper."

  Daphne Zuniga

  Thinking, Office, Lessons

  "Daphne Zuniga | Actress. Eco Rockstar. Champion for Women. Truth Seeker". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 1, 2013.

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• Today is a new day. A New opportunity to get better stronger faster smarter and closer to your goals and dreams. Take it.

  Joel Madden

  Dream, Opportunity, Goal

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• If you have the ability to work with people smarter than you, always try to be the least smartest person in the room and surround yourself with talent, because iron sharpens iron.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Iron, People, Trying

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

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• It's hard to guess how smart the machines are, but a good rule of thumb is that they're always smarter than you think.

  Daniel H. Wilson

  Smart, Thinking, Machines

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• And why do English people sound smarter than the rest of us? Like they should be awarded the Nobel Prize for a simple greeting?

  Jandy Nelson

  Simple, People, Sound

  Jandy Nelson (2014). “I'll Give You the Sun”, p.101, Penguin

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• My name is George Smoot III, and I AM smarter than a fifth-grader.

  George Smoot

  Names, Fifth, Fifth Graders

  "Nobel physicist Smoot smarter than a 5th-grader" by Tanya Schevitz, www.sfgate.com. January 3, 2010.

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• When I am gone what will you do? Who will write and draw for you? Someone smarter--someone new? Someone better--maybe YOU!

  Shel Silverstein

  Writing, Gone, Draws

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• It would be stupid to confide your entire plan to one person. It’s infinitely smarter to give little pieces of it to each person working with you. That way, if someone betrays you, the loss isn’t too great.

  Veronica Roth

  Stupid, Loss, Giving

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• Denser cities are smarter and more productive

  Richard Florida

  Cities, Productive

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• Just because someone has gone to an elite school and college does not make him smarter than the person who has grown up on street knowledge.

  Vikas Swarup

  School, College, Doe

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• The older I got, the smarter my teachers became.

  Ally Carter

  Teacher, Teachers Day

  "Out of Sight, Out of Time". Book by Ally Carter, March 13, 2012.

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