Top 100 Smart As Quotes
#1. As smart as I am, it took a boy stuck in his house to teach me that sometimes it doesn't matter where you are at all. It only matters whos with you.
John Corey Whaley
#2. Of course with John McCain out of the race, George W. Bush has to pick a running mate. Which is kind of a scary proposition when you think about it. I mean his dad picked Dan Quayle, an he isn't as smart as his dad.
Jay Leno
#3. Blogging isn't about publishing as much as you can. It's about publishing as smart as you can.
Jon Morrow
#4. Rome had Caesar, a man of remarkable governing talents, although it must be said that a ruler who arouses opponents to resort to assassination is probably not as smart as he ought to be.
Barbara Tuchman
#6. Our present culture may be largely shaped by this strange idea of isolating children's thought from adult thought. Perhaps the way our culture educates its children better explains why most of us come out as dumb as they do, than it explains how some of us come out as smart as they do.
Marvin Minsky
#7. Let's face it, most of us are not half as smart as we may sometimes think we are
and for intellectuals, not one-tenth as smart.
Thomas Sowell
#8. You're never as smart as you think you are when you are winning and never as dumb as you feel when you are losing.
Michael Hyatt
#9. You're smarter than you look,' I say to Raffe.
'But not as smart as he thinks,' says Howler.
'I can see discipline has broken down during your vacation,' says Raffe.
'Yeah, it's all that lounging on the beach with nothing to do but drink and watch women.
Susan Ee
#10. I sometimes wish I weren't as logical as I am and I wish I weren't as smart as I am, because I'd be happy.
Rush Limbaugh
#11. I couldn't be as charming as my mother or as smart as my father. So I decided to be bad.
Markie Post
#12. As smart as he was, though, I suspect even FDR didn't realize that once you created a bureaucracy, it took on a life of its own. It was almost impossible to close down a bureaucracy once it had been created.
Ronald Reagan
#13. Perceptive. She's as smart as she is beautiful. And probably doesn't think she's either one.
M. Leighton
#14. I don't worry about what everyone wants to see. I make movies that please a writer, director and myself. I always think there are enough people smart as me and sensitive as me.
Saul Zaentz
#15. Take gets beamed back to our servers and skimmed by an algorithm reader, which is a piece of software that's maybe as smart as a puppy. It sits up and barks when something really unusual happens in its field of vision.
Warren Ellis
#16. The danger from computers is not that they will eventually get as smart as men, but that we will meanwhile agree to meet them halfway.
Bernard Avishai
#17. You know, there's something heartsick about parties like this. Look at us. We're all pretending to be smart, as if intelligence were the cure for our anguish.
Charles Baxter
#18. Compose aloud: poetry is a sound. Never explain- your reader is as smart as you. Your reader is not just any reader, but is the rare one with ears in his head.
Basil Bunting
#19. I should do the things that make me feel cool and smart. As I get older, I'm realizing more and more that it doesn't really matter if I'm good at it, it just matters that I try. My own effort, my own willingness, are becoming what's appealing to me.
Lena Dunham
#20. You know," he said, "at some point you're going to realize that being a smart-ass isn't as much about being smart as it is about being an ass." "That's good," I said. "Did you read that in a fortune cookie?
Garth Stein
#21. Maybe you aren't as smart as you think you are, Mr. Stark."
"Nonsense. I'm fucking brilliant. Or haven't you heard?
J. Kenner
#22. My parents were just as smart as I am, just as hard working if not harder; I think my father and grandfather were probably better men, yet I've been able to accomplish things professionally that they were not able to.
Marco Rubio
#23. Texas Governor Rick Perry distanced himself from George W. Bush by saying, 'I went to Texas A&M. He went to Yale.' In other words, his idea of instilling confidence is by saying, 'Don't worry. I'm not as smart as George W. Bush.'
Conan O'Brien
#24. My brother (Bruno Mars) is as smart as he is because a lot of things he's doing, creativity wise, our Dad used to do. Things my father used to do visually and musically. I see a lot of my father's influence in both of us.
Eric Hernandez
#25. She pointed a finger at him. "Smart men don't comment on a woman's eating habits, regardless of how many brownies she can shove in her mouth at one time."
He laughed. "In that case, I guess I'm not as smart as you think I am.
Kait Ballenger
#26. After Gell-Man was done, Amos said, "You know, Murray, there is no one in the world who is as smart as you think you are.
Michael Lewis
#27. As you get older you realize your parents don't look so dumb - and that you're not as smart as you thought you were.
Paul Reiser
#28. Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress.
Seth Godin
#29. The secret of the demagogue is to appear as dumb as his audience so that these people can believe themselves as smart as he is.
Rebecca Goldstein
#30. Trella! You're here," he said with glee.
"Even though I'm not as smart as you, I do know where I am.
Maria V. Snyder
#31. If you make your robot look exactly like Albert Einstein, then the robot better be as smart as Einstein, or its user is going to feel cheated.
Rodney Brooks
#32. The smartest person in the room is never as smart as all the people in the room.
John C. Maxwell
#33. The buffalo beauty contest ultimately
Is the judgement of the buffaloes on beauty
As well as the judgment of the jury
If they are as smart as the buffaloes.
(Honor of grassland)
Siwakarn Patoommasoot
#34. Hearts aren't as smart as heads. Ain't that the truth?
Melissa Foster
#35. There is a tendency of people to try to make you believe only a few people are smart. As a brain surgeon, I know better than that.
Ben Carson
#36. I had read once that dumb people didn't know they were dumb. They thought they were just as smart as anybody else. That was a very unsettling thought. What if I was really dumb and didn't know it?
Dinah Katt
#37. A girl is like a tree? Yeah, and a guy is about as smart as a piece of dead wood infested with termites
Benjamin Alire Saenz
#38. I think Hillary Clinton could do whatever she puts her mind to. I really do. She's incredibly dedicated to public service, she is smart as a whip, and she's effective.
Kamala Harris
#40. Slobodan Milosevic was just as smart as a five-year-old. Five-year-olds have an uncanny way of getting into your psyche, your self-esteem.
Wesley Clark
#41. A laugh burst from Nina's lips. Not as awkward as it must be for you. Honey, please. If you bent around any harder trying to let me know you fucked Lex to try and make me feel bad, you'd be a pretzel. Although you're about as smart as one.
Lauren Dane
#42. The whole foundation of Christianity is based on the idea that intellectualism is the work of the Devil. Remember the apple on the tree? Okay, it was the Tree of Knowledge. You eat this apple, you're going to be as smart as God. We can't have that.
Frank Zappa
#43. People think that just because you're a center, you're not as smart as the guards or the smaller guys.
Patrick Ewing
#44. If something is as smart as you, do you treat it differently if it isn't a human?
Neill Blomkamp
#45. But how does it feel to plug into a system that's say, a million times as smart as a person.
Rudy Rucker
#46. Power leads to more power, no matter what your racket, and not only were they rich and influential but they were smart as hell, too.
Jimmy Hoffa
#47. You will never be as smart as your subconscious.
Jill McCorkle
#48. Showing up underdressed is as smart as standing in the marketplace and shouting you've become an agent for the crown."
"I'd hang myself first. I hate being a female."
"Well until you sprout a beard and cock there you are.
Lynn Viehl
#49. Percy, we're going to Polyphemus' island! Polyphemus is an S-i-k ... a C-y-k ... " She stamped her foot in frustration. As smart as she was, Annabeth was dyslexic, too. We could've been there all night while she tried to spell Cyclops. "You know what I mean!
Rick Riordan
#51. Am I as experienced, or mature, or smart as others CEOs? No probably not, but there's something, I think, very useful about having a founder as the CEO.
Andrew Mason
#52. Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.
Alan Alda
#53. You want to be as smart as you can about being stupid.
Mel Brooks
#54. I can deal with Stalin. He is honest, but smart as hell.
Harry S. Truman
#56. One must, however, not just work hard. One must work smart. As the saying goes, the efficient person gets the job done right; the effective person gets the right job done.
Roger Delano Hinkins
#57. As good and as smart as you may be, no one knows everything. I truly wish I was as smart as I thought I was when I started my first company.
Jay Samit
#58. When you hit a three-run triple, do you really need to get on third base, or do you need to stand on the double? You gotta be as smart as you can.
Bryce Harper
#59. Sam, she was smart as hell. And she knew stuff. Lots and lots of stuff. She also felt stuff. Oh, man, could Sam feel. Sometimes I thought she was doing all the thinking, all the feeling, and all the living for both of us.
Benjamin Alire Saenz
#60. One of the great perks of being an actor is you're only as smart as the job you're in, you know, and you're only as informed as the job you're in, and you do become an expert, and you read all the books, but then there's a part of, like, you move on.
Amy Ryan
#61. Akmon squealed with delight. I knew you were as smart as Hercules! I will call you Black Bottom, the Sequel!
Rick Riordan
#62. You're not as smart as you think you are, but you've got more potential than you could possibly imagine. The secret from the one to other is humility.
Michael Hyatt
#63. Adela you are as smart as a boy." This remark stung, because if it meant that I was as smart as my brothers, I was still destined for idiocy.
Anonymous
#64. If I'm smart as an artist, I wouldn't be a snob and turn it down, because I'd look at it and go, this is great stuff, but I definitely do want to experiment in other genres, or make films in other genres.
James Wan
#65. I bring my dogs on set with me, and my little dog Karoo is smart as a whip. She knows where the craft-services food tables are, so anytime I can't find her, I know she has found her way to that area. She's a funny dog.
Hilary Swank
#66. I try to understand people who aren't as smart as me and not be hateful.
Gary Coleman
#67. When I played with the Knicks, I was just as important or just as smart as any other of the guards I played with. I still had to call out plays, notice schemes, know the systems, do everything they had to do.
Patrick Ewing
#68. I believe that software, and in fact entire companies, should be run in a way that assumes that the sum of the talent of people outside your walls is greater than the sum of the few you have inside. None of us are as smart as all of us.
Matt Mullenweg
#69. When I entered Yale, I had to face two important facts about myself. First, though I could consider myself a smart enough person - I was not quite as smart as I thought I was. Second, I did not know how to do in-depth studying.
Ben Carson
#71. Gluttony and drunkenness have two evils attendant on them; they make the carcass smart, as well as the pocket.
Marcus Aurelius
#72. You're not a loser. You're almost as smart as me, which makes you one of the smartest people on the planet.
Jules Barnard
#73. 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
#74. I want everybody to be smart. As smart as they can be. A world of ignorant people is too dangerous to live in.
Garson Kanin
#76. It seems not to occur to you that I might have had other very smart patients. The difference between them and me is that I'm a psychologist and they are not. I don't have to be as smart as you to help you. I only have to be smart about one thing.
Jonathan Franzen
#77. No one is as smart as all of us. -Seth Godin, author/entrepreneur
Jason Fried
#78. See, we're intellectual equals. I am as smart as your mother, and she is as smart as me. This is a problem. There's no pecking order. A relationship is like anything else. It needs a leader and a follower.
Marjorie Celona
#79. I deal with people like him a hundred times a day. They look at me and naturally assume I'm not as smart as they are. God help us. But think about it, it's a tremendous tactical advantage, not to mention personally liberating, to haveothers think I'm a dummy.
Francisco X Stork
#80. I am not as smart as you. I'm just smarter than you. Where is my Granola Bar, by the way?
Alankrita Verma
#83. Am I not as smart as I believe or am I just human?
Krista Ritchie
#84. I was stupid when I was 17 or 18. My thought process was that I thought that I was legitimately a hyper-genius, and so I wanted to go to the hardest academic school I could to see if I was really as smart as I thought I was.
Tucker Max
#85. Military guys are rarely as smart as they think they are, and they've never gotten over the fact that civilians run the military.
Maureen Dowd
#87. The powers that be don't want athletes or boxers to become as smart as they are.
Bernard Hopkins
#88. They are as smart as they are ruthless. That's why they've been around for all five years.
Joe Reyes
#89. The author respectfully dedicates this book to everyone who is almost as smart as they think they are.
Matthew Woodring Stover
#90. My problem is that people get intimidated by someone big and beautiful like me. They hate to think I can be smart as well.
Dolph Lundgren
#91. You know something,Jacob, I'd hate to be as smart as Jonh. I mean he was really, really smart, and to be that smart means you know all the answers, and when you know all the answers there's no room for dreaming.
Melina Marchetta
#92. Within the covers of a single book are ideas that, if acted upon, have the power to rescript every part of your life. Few things are as smart as investing in becoming a better thinker and developing a stronger mind. Relentless learning is one of the main traits of an open and powerful person.
Robin S. Sharma
#93. I don't know what good it is to know so much and be smart as whips and all if it doesn't make you happy.
J.D. Salinger
#94. If I can fool a bug ... I can surely fool a man. People are not as smart as bugs.
E.B. White
#95. Being in The Fall isn't like being in another group. It isn't a holiday. A lot of musicians are really hard to deal with. They aren't as smart as me.
Mark E. Smith
#96. Being smart as a whip includes knowing when not to crack it.
Vera Nazarian
#97. I'm not comparing Bush to Adolf Hitler - because George Bush, for one thing, is not as smart as Adolf Hitler.
David Clennon
#98. Live boldly. Laugh Loudly. Love Truly. Play as often as you can Work as smart as you are able. Share your heart as deeply as you can reach.
Mary Anne Radmacher
#99. When you see a blonde with great tits and a great ass, you say to yourself, 'Hey, she must be stupid or must have nothing else to offer', which maybe is the case many times. But then again there is the one that is as smart as her breasts look, great as her face looks ... so people are shocked.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
#100. Those people who look so together. They're as insecure as anyone. Maybe more so. You're as smart as any of them.
Blake Nelson
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