Smart Quotes - Page 19

• Like when you sit in front of a fire in winter — you are just there in front of the fire. You don't have to be smart or anything. The fire warms you.

  Desmond Tutu

  Winter, Fire, Fronts

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• 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

  Running, Military, Thinking

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• Hugh consoled me, saying, "Don't let it get to you. There are plenty of things you're good at." When asked for some examples, he listed vacuuming and naming stuffed animals. He says he can probably come up with a few more, but he'll need some time to think.

  David Sedaris

  Animal, Thinking, Example

  David Sedaris (2000). “Me talk pretty one day”

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• I like you a lot. Because you’re funny and smart and because you seem to like me. I know that’s not a good reason, but I can’t help it; if a girl likes me I tend to like her back [...] I like you for all this stuff but I also kind of like you for the cuts on your face—

  Ned Vizzini

  Girl, I Like You, Cutting

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• What is this?' 'A Smart Car' It looked like an SUV took a dump and out came the Smart Car

  Simone Elkeles

  Car, Suvs, Dump

  Simone Elkeles (2011). “Rules of Attraction”, Simon and Schuster

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• So tell me, do you want Simi to be your family? (Simi) Yes, Simi, I would like to be your family. (Gallagher) Good. You’re such a smart Dark-Hunter.(Simi)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Dark, Want, Hunters

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• You know what i can't understand? You have all these people telling you all the time how great you are, smart and funny and talented and all that, i mean endlessly, i've been telling you for years. So why don't you believe it? why do you think people say that stuff, Em? Do you think it's a conspiracy, people secretly ganging up to be nice about you?

  David Nicholls

  Nice, Believe, Cheer Up

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• "You are fairly smart," I said after a while. "You are fairly good at compliments," he answered.

  John Green

  Compliment, Said

  "The Fault in Our Stars". Book by John Green, January 10, 2012.

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• Addicts, as a group, generally score far above average o intelligence tests. Why? You tell me. I guess maybe we're smart enough to have figured out how shitty things are and we decide addiction is the only way to deal with it.

  James Frey

  Average, Addiction, Groups

  James Frey (2004). “A Million Little Pieces”, p.208, Anchor

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• The educated man pictures a horde of submen, wanting only a day's liberty to loot his house, burn his books, and set him to work minding a machine or sweeping out a lavatory. 'Anything,' he thinks, 'any injustice, sooner than let that mob loose.' He does not see that since there is no difference between the mass of rich and poor, there is no question of setting the mob loose. The mob is in fact loose now, and--in the shape of rich men--is using its power to set up enormous treadmills of boredom, such as 'smart' hotels.

  George Orwell

  Book, Men, Thinking

  George Orwell (2012). “Down and Out in Paris and London”, p.86, Lulu.com

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• No matter how smart she appeared, she was fragile at her core.

  Mitch Albom

  Matter, Fragile, Core

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• Boo-hoo. Help me, I'm a girl. What kind of modern woman are you? A smart one.

  Eoin Colfer

  Girl, Modern Woman, Helping

  Eoin Colfer (2010). “Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex”, p.249, Penguin UK

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• Normally seven minutes of another person's company was enough to give her a headache so she set things up to live as a recluse. She was perfectly content as long as people left her in peace. Unfortunately society was not very smart or understanding.

  Steig Larsson

  Long, People, Giving

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• Maybe the Merlin was right. Maybe its better to look stupid but strong, than it is to look smart but weak, I don't know. I'm not sure I want to believe that the world stage bears that strong a resemblance to high school.

  Jim Butcher

  Strong, Stupid, Believe

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• And pity--people who inspire it in you are actually very powerful people. To get someone else to take care of you, to feel sorry for you--that takes a lot of strength, smarts, manipulation. Very powerful people.

  Deb Caletti

  Sorry, Powerful, People

  Deb Caletti (2010). “The Secret Life of Prince Charming”, p.79, Simon and Schuster

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• when your time came, it came, and that was that. You might say something smart on your way out, but you might just as easily say something stupid.

  Mitch Albom

  Stupid, Might, Way

  Mitch Albom (2009). “Tuesdays With Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson”, p.116, Hachette UK

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• He doesn’t look very smart,” Diesel said. “He’s not even giving me the finger.” “Can monkey’s do that?” Hal asked. Carl gave him the finger. “Cool!” Hal said.

  Janet Evanovich

  Giving, Looks, Monkeys

  Janet Evanovich (2009). “Plum Spooky”, p.322, Macmillan

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• Ranger picked up and there was a moment of silence as if he was sensing me at the other end, taking my body temperature and heart rate long distance. “Babe,” he finally said. “Do you know the slum apartment building Bobby Sunflower owns on Stark?” “Yes. It’s on the same block as his funeral home.” “That’s the one. I’m going in to look for someone. If you don’t hear from me in a half hour maybe you could send someone to check.” “Is this a smart thing to do?” “Probably not.” “As long as you know,” Ranger said. And he disconnected.

  Janet Evanovich

  Block, Distance, Home

  Janet Evanovich (2010). “Sizzling Sixteen”, p.20, Macmillan

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• The students we saw were all bright, attractive, and polite, and the teachers all seemed to be smart and dedicated, and I began to appreciate the benefits of a private school education. If only I'd had the opportunity to attend a place like this, who knows what I might have become? Perhaps instead of a mere blood-spatter analyst who slunk away at night to kill without conscience, I could have become a doctor, or a physicist, or even a senator who slunk away at night to kill without conscience. It was terribly sad to think of all my wasted potential.

  Jeff Lindsay

  Teacher, School, Opportunity

  Jeff Lindsay (2010). “Dexter Is Delicious: Dexter Morgan (5)”, p.67, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• Why are man hole covers around?" If you don't knwo the answer to the questions, you're not smart enough to work at microsoft

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Men, Microsoft, Answers

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• The thing about love is that we can't control whether we get it, but we can control whether we give it. And each feels as good as the other. Your heart doesn't know if it's loving a man, a book, or a puppy. If your heart were that smart, it would be your brain.

  Lisa Scottoline

  Book, Heart, Love Is

  Lisa Scottoline, Francesca Serritella (2015). “Truly Funny Stories Vol. 1: Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog and My Nest Isn't Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space”, p.277, St. Martin's Press

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• A geek is like a dork. Someone who’s on the fringe, who you wouldn’t want to hang out with. A nerd is someone too weird and smart to fit in with the masses. Like me.” “You’re not a nerd!” “It’s okay. I know who I am. I consider it a compliment. I like when people tell me I’m weird.” I cram four Cheez Doodles into my mouth. “I mean, why be normal?

  Susane Colasanti

  Mean, Who I Am, People

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• I've always believed that a person is smart. It's people that are stupid.

  Marilyn Manson

  Stupid, People, Persons

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• Ut cum spiritu postrema sacramentum dejuremus," he chanted. "Et hostes ornamenta addent ad ianuam necem." "You just...finished the prophesy,"Rachael stammered. "-An oath to keep with a final breath/And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death. How did you-" "I know those lines." Jason winced and put his hands to his temples. "I don't know how, but I KNOW that prophecy." "In Latin, no less," Drew called out. "Handsome AND smart.

  Rick Riordan

  Latin, Doors, Hands

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• I was asked once,'your a smart man,why arnt you rich?I replied 'your a rich man,why arnt you smart?

  Jacque Fresco

  Men, Rich, Smart Man

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