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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  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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• The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Change, Wisdom

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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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• It's really wonderful to work in an environment with a lot of smart people.

  Marissa Mayer

  Smart, People, Wonderful

  "Marissa Mayer: Six life lessons from Yahoo CEO" by Rose Hoare, www.cnn.com. July 19, 2012.

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• Obscenities... I think a lot of dumb people do it because they can't think of what they want to say and they're frustrated. A lot of smart people do it to pretend they aren't very smart - want to be just one of the boys.

  Andy Rooney

  Smart, Thinking, Boys

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• I think there ought to be some serious discussion by smart people, really smart people, about whether or not proliferation of things like The Smoking Gun and TMZ and YouTube and the whole celebrity culture is healthy.

  Stephen King

  Smart, Gun, Thinking

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• I'm a meathead, man. You've got smart people, and you've got dumb people. I just happen to be dumb.

  Keanu Reeves

  Smart, Men, People

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• I think smart is sexy. I like smart people. People that are comfortable with themselves I think is very sexy. My cat is really sexy.

  Gina Gershon

  Sexy, Smart, Cat

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• For a long time it puzzled me how something so expensive, so leading edge, could be so useless. And then it occurred to me that a computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match.

  Bill Bryson

  Stupid, Smart, Technology

  "Notes from a Big Country" / "I'm a Stranger Here Myself", Book by Bill Bryson, 1998.

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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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• I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures. Why do good people sometimes act evil? Why do smart people sometimes do dumb or irrational things?

  Philip Zimbardo

  Smart, Hero, Unusual Things

  "Emperor of the Edge". Interview with Christina Maslach, www.psychologytoday.com. September 1, 2000.

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• In Europe they call geeks 'smart people,' and frankly I think we live in a culture that doesn't value intelligence enough; so I am very proud in saying that I am a geek.

  James Marsters

  Smart, Thinking, Europe

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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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• I have surrounded myself with very smart people.

  Dolly Parton

  Smart, People, Very Smart

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• I have great people, smart people that are around me and we love the challenge. I guess it's like climbing a mountain or building a building. It's a challenge but you love every challenge that it brings or presents itself.

  Ice Cube

  Smart, Climbing, People

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• Smart people are a dime a dozen. What matters is the ability to think different... to think out of the box.

  Walter Isaacson

  Smart, Thinking, What Matters

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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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• 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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• People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Sep 22, 2016

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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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• I love experienced people. I love people who are phenomenally talented. I love people who've worked so hard and been so courageous and are the leaders in their fields. For me to meet somebody like that and learn from them and share words with them -to me that's magic.

  Michael Jackson

  People, Leader, Magic

  FaceBook post by Michael Jackson from Mar 21, 2013

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

  Alcuin

  Wise, Men, Stupid People

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