Smart People Quotes

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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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• 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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• At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.

  Alcuin

  Wise, Men, Stupid People

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• It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies.

  Noam Chomsky

  Leadership, Truth, Lying

  Noam Chomsky (2010). “The Chomsky Reader”, p.60, Pantheon

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

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Wise, Spiritual

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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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• 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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• The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Change, Wisdom

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

  Ziad K. Abdelnour

  Smart, Thinking, People

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• If you're really successful at bullshitting, it means you're not hanging around enough people smarter than you.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Liars, Lying, Mean

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• I can get my head turned by a good-looking guy as much as the next girl. But sexy doesn't impress me. Smart impresses me, strength of character impresses me. But most of all, I am impressed by kindness. Kindness, I think, comes from learning hard lessons well, from falling and picking yourself up. It comes from surviving failure and loss. It implies an understanding of the human condition, forgives its many flaws and quirks. When I see that in someone, it fills me with admiration.

  Lisa Unger

  Strength, Girl, Sexy

  Lisa Unger (2010). “Four Thrillers by Lisa Unger: Beautiful Lies, Sliver of Truth, Black Out, Die for You”, p.69, Crown

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• Your people smarts will prove ten times more valuable than all the book smarts you can't get.

  Barbara Corcoran

  Smart, Book, People

  FaceBook post by Barbara Corcoran from Sep 09, 2014

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• Gratitude is the first sign of a thinking, rational creature.

  Solanus Casey

  Gratitude, Smart, Grateful

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• The world is full of smart, poor people.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Smart, People, World

  FaceBook post by Robert Kiyosaki from Jan 23, 2012

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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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• Being drunk leads smart people to do stupid things, which is what is so interesting.

  Kit Williamson

  Smart, Stupid, People

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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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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• 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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