Quotes about smart

I'm lucky to have my dad in my life. He's very brilliant, I think he's really a smart man, and he's a kind guy.

There's a rising tide of environmental awareness and activism among consumers that's going to continue to swell in the 21st century. Smart companies will get ahead of that wave and ride it to success and prosperity. Those that don't are headed for a wipeout.

Something I've realized lately, to my shock, is that I am an optimist, in that I think humans are almost infinitely capable of self-change and self-modification, and that we really can build the future that we want if we're smart about it.

A brain is a society of very small, simple modules that cannot be said to be thinking, that are not smart in themselves. But when you have a network of them together, out of that arises a kind of smartness.

If eviction has these massive consequences that we all pay for, a very smart use of public funds would be to invest in legal services for folks facing eviction.

Smart businesses do not look at labor costs alone anymore. They do look at market access, transportation, telecommunications infrastructure and the education and skill level of the workforce, the development of capital and the regulatory market.

For example, for me, my brother helped me get a manager, which I don't take for granted. It's tough getting a manager, let alone one that actually cares about you and is smart. But from there, no one's going to cast me just because I'm James Franco's little brother.

If you want to achieve things in life, you've just got to do them, and if you're talented and smart, you'll succeed.

I wonder if I ever thought of an ideal reader... I guess when I was in my 20s and in New York and maybe even in my early 30s, I would write for my wife Janice... mainly for my poet friends and my wife, who was very smart about poetry.

It's better to get smart than to get mad. I try not to get so insulted that I will not take advantage of an opportunity to persuade people to change their minds.

I wasn't smart enough to read relationship books when I was coming up. I learned everything the hard way.

The American people are smart. They've gotten sick of the predictable hyperpartisan talking points and canned anger.

It seems to me that smart people seem to know things and wise people know how to use what they know. Smart is a big help to a man wise is a big help to lots of men.

Every question leads to new answers, new discoveries, and new smarter questions.

The point that I think myself to be so terribly clever is the precise point at which I am beginning to think myself to be god-like, which causes me to become God-less.

It is incorrect to assume that you cannot find any good in the point of view directly opposite yours.

A smart model is a good model.

We reach for the same brand not because we trust its quality but because we want to reassure ourselves that we made a smart choice the last time we bought it.

The true genius of a Woman is her subtle flair in creating the illusion that you are the smart one

Smart radiation researchers use radiation resistance health techniques in order to offset the known biological harm of their toxic radiation exposures.

The long term health effects from utility company smart meters present a far greater risk to the general population than terrorism in the USA.

Her tears fell abundantly--but her grief was so truly artless, that no dignity could have made it more respectable in Emma's eyes--and she listened to her and tried to console her with all her heart and understanding--really for the time convinced that Harriet was the superior creature of the two--and that to resemble her would be more for her own welfare and happiness than all that genius or intelligence could do.It was rather too late in the day to set about being simple-minded and ignorant; b

What I see especially among the Navajos and the Zunis and the Hopis is a culture of people who have been smart enough to learn a lesson that we're awfully slow to get... They know that being rich doesn't have any damn thing to do with how much money you've got. It's got to do with are you happy and are you content.

It's not in the interests of the self-serving government to educate the masses to the point where they are smart enough to see through the bullshit - because then people will be too smart to vote for them again.

You may be smart, talented, and hardworking but if you do not know about an opportunity, you do not get that opportunity. At our offices, we are solving this problem for millions.

If stupidity were a gift, only a few would have it.

Just really, really believe in what you're trying to do. Don't let people alter that. Let people advise you and lead you down paths to make smart business decisions. But trust your instinct and trust that overwhelming drive that made you put all your dreams and everything on the line.

For me, bomber jackets are smart, but they are also street and have a lot of attitude.

I don't think people are fools, and I think they deserve a good attitude and smart entertainment.

This is what we call smart power. Using every possible tool and partner to advance peace and security. Leaving no one on the sidelines. Showing respect even for one's enemies. Trying to understand, in so far as psychologically possible, empathize with their perspective and point of view. Helping to define the problems, determine the solutions.

No matter how popular you are as a stand-up - you can go out and fill a 10,000-seat arena and be smart and funny - it's delicate to host an awards show and know where your place is and know that it's not about you, that it's about the people who are nominated, and respect that, but at the same time have your moment to show them who you are.

Liberals are some of the most arrogant, condescending smart alecks, but they're just pure ignorant, and they fit the bill of people who have no love and no respect for the founding of this country.

There are smart people on our side of the aisle who have known as early as I did who Obama was and should have been saying 'I hope this guy fails' right along with me. There should have been opposition to this guy all along.

Hire sales people who are really smart problem solvers, but lack courage, hunger and competitiveness, and your company will go out of business.

The problem is that at a lot of big companies, process becomes a substitute for thinking. You're encouraged to behave like a little gear in a complex machine. Frankly, it allows you to keep people who aren't that smart, who aren't that creative.

A smart manager will establish a culture of gratitude. Expand the appreciative attitude to suppliers, vendors, delivery people, and of course, customers.

Fortunately, we have a lot of really smart women in the business.

I think I've got my business notions and my sense for that sort of thing from my dad. My dad never had a chance to go to school. He couldn't read and write. But he was so smart. He was just one of those people that could just make the most of anything and everything that he had to work with.

Remind people that profit is the difference between revenue and expense. This makes you look smart.

This is a business. Be smart. Choose wisely.

I've dated girls that aren't, this is gonna sound so horrible, that aren't super smart, but they still are super confident, and that's more what I've been attracted to is the confidence and the sense of humor.

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.

I don't need someone with a hot body. He can be fat or overweight and have a belly. It's very much about style and substance and humor, interest, curiosity and really being smart.

A woman who knows that she doesn't have to get all decked out to look good is sexy. A woman who can make you feel smart with her conversation skills is also sexy. I believe the sense of humor is important.

I've always thought my strengths were I'm smart, and I have a good sense of humor. I definitely struggle with feeling confident.

Edward Norton and I have known each other awhile. I just think he's the real deal, supremely talented and smart. He's got a great sense of humor.

I don't really have a type. I don't want to be a cliche. But personality is a big thing for me. You can find cute guys all over. But he's got to have some sort of sense of humor, which is so hard to find in a guy. He's got to be a bit smart.

My father was a dreamer - my hero. He was a smart, tough guy from Poland, a cutter of lady's handbags, an old socialist-unionist who always considered himself a failure. His big line was: 'Don't end up like me.'

The cool thing about Kyle Killen, he writes really defined characters. I was a big fan of 'Awake' and also 'Lone Star.' I just think that he's a really, really special writer, and complex and deep, and a really smart dude.

It is so cool to think that there are two female, Indian actresses on prime-time American network television who are considered attractive and funny and smart.

If you're looking for ways of getting quick communication, maybe texting is the way to go. People can't walk these days without having one hand balancing a smart phone. If that's the way people are going to live, it is the case that something that vibrates in their hand is going to get their attention more quickly than an email.

Rey is so strong. She's cool and smart and she can look after herself. Young girls can look at her and know that they can wear trousers if they want to. That they don't have to show off their bodies.

One of my intentions with 'Rookie' is for the girls reading it to know that they are already cool enough and smart enough and pretty enough.

I really like 'Shameless' because it brings up important issues, but we get to talk and laugh and look at something that's really important that's a problem, like alcoholism and bad parenting. It's done in a funny, smart way.

I think it's cool to be smart, and I think it's sexy to be smart.

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.

I'm proud to be part of the fabric that inspires the next generations to remain curious and remember that 'smart is cool.'

The science can tell you that the thousands of pseudo-scientific parenting books out there - not to mention the 'Baby Einstein' DVDs and the flash cards and the brain-boosting toys - won't do a thing to make your baby smarter. That's largely because babies are already as smart as they can be smarter than we are in some ways.

The dumb-manager theory of business problems just didn't hold water for me. There had to be a deeper reason why smart people would make decisions that lead to failure.

There's something brave and touching about game girls of all ages keeping themselves smart in hard times - one thinks of those wonderful women during World War II drawing stocking seams in eyebrow pencil up the back of legs stained with gravy browning because nylons were so hard to get hold of.

I think people are sexy when they have a sense of humor, when they are smart, when they have some sense of style, when they are kind, when they express their own opinions, when they are creative, when they have character.

I think it's because it's so different and it takes risks. Plus, it's really smart humor. It gives the audience credit in terms of not needing to tell them when to laugh. I love that about the show. There's no laugh track.

John Lennon, who was a good friend of mine, he had one of the best senses of humor of any human being. And Keith Richards, fantastic sense of humor. They were smart, sharp. They had their own thoughts on matters.

You are not just a funny person or just a journalist. Most people are hybrids of having a smart opinion and a great sense of humor.

I think up until the point when we started in the business, which was in the early '70s, most of the humor was political. The smart humor was political satire.

I've had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.

The smartest thing I ever said was "Help Me!"

A smart husband buys his wife very fine china so she won't trust him to wash it.

After pleasant scratching comes unpleasant smarting.

I am not the smartest or most talented person in the world but I succeeded because I keep going and going and going.

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.

I've had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.

The smartest thing I ever said was "Help Me!"

A smart husband buys his wife very fine china so she won't trust him to wash it.

After pleasant scratching comes unpleasant smarting.

I am not the smartest or most talented person in the world but I succeeded because I keep going and going and going.

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.

I've had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.

The smartest thing I ever said was "Help Me!"

A smart husband buys his wife very fine china so she won't trust him to wash it.

After pleasant scratching comes unpleasant smarting.

I am not the smartest or most talented person in the world but I succeeded because I keep going and going and going.

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.

I've had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.

The smartest thing I ever said was "Help Me!"

A smart husband buys his wife very fine china so she won't trust him to wash it.

After pleasant scratching comes unpleasant smarting.

I am not the smartest or most talented person in the world but I succeeded because I keep going and going and going.

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.

I've had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.

The smartest thing I ever said was "Help Me!"

A smart husband buys his wife very fine china so she won't trust him to wash it.

After pleasant scratching comes unpleasant smarting.

I am not the smartest or most talented person in the world but I succeeded because I keep going and going and going.

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.

I've had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.

The smartest thing I ever said was "Help Me!"

A smart husband buys his wife very fine china so she won't trust him to wash it.

After pleasant scratching comes unpleasant smarting.