Smart Quotes - Page 27

• If he is smart, he will run. He is not.

  R.L. LaFevers

  Running, Ifs

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• Racing is about discipline and intelligence, not about who has the heavier foot. The one who drives smart will always win in the end.

  Garth Stein

  Winning, Feet, Discipline

  Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

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• How am I to dress up in my finery, and go off and away to smart parties, after the sorrow I have seen today?

  Elizabeth Gaskell

  Party, Sorrow, Dresses

  Elizabeth Gaskell (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (Illustrated)”, p.1043, Delphi Classics

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• I have discovered there are only a handful of good ideas in the whole world. You already know them. You have heard them your entire life. Here are some of the main keys to being more successful: Take personal responsibility. Things change, so be flexible. Work smart and work hard. Serve others well. Be nice to others. Be optimistic. Have goals; want something big for yourself. Stay focused. Keep learning. Become excellent at what you do. Trust your gut. When in doubt, take action. Earn all you can. Save all you can. Give all you can. Enjoy all you've got. Above all keep it simple.

  Larry Winget

  Nice, Hard Work, Responsibility

  Larry Winget (2007). “It's Called Work for a Reason!: Your Success is Your Own Damn Fault”, p.19, Penguin

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• I'd like to die listening to a piece of music. I imagine this as so easy, so natural, but naturally it's quite impossible. Notes stab too softly. The wounds they leave behind may smart, but they don't fester. Melancholy and pain trickle out instead of blood. When the notes cease, all is peaceful within me again.

  Robert Walser

  Pain, Blood, Peaceful

  Robert Walser (1990). “Masquerade and other stories”, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr

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• New rules. If you are smart enough to live, you won’t hit Charles’s mate in front of his father.

  Patricia Briggs

  Father, Enough, Mates

  Patricia Briggs (2008). “Cry Wolf”, p.12, Penguin

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• I also had to come tonight to apologize. If you need to go to Mexico to finish this process off, then I understand. I was wrong to criticize you for it or even imply that I had some kind of say in it. One of the greatest things about you is that in the end, you always make smart decisions. Can’t always say the same for myself. Whatever you need to do, I’ll support you.

  Richelle Mead

  Support You, Decision, Needs

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• Adrian smiled and clasped my hands, taking a few steps toward me. "And as for who you are, you’re the same beautiful, brave, and ridiculously smart caffeinated fighter you’ve been since the day I met you.” Finally, he put “beautiful” at the top of his list of adjectives. Not that I should have cared. “Sweet talker,” I scoffed. “You didn’t know anything about me the first time we met.” “I knew you were beautiful,” he said. “I just hoped for the rest.

  Richelle Mead

  Beautiful, Sweet, Hands

  Richelle Mead (2013). “The Indigo Spell: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.183, Penguin

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• I want her to be smart and kind... and I want you to fall in love with her, because you shouldn't spend the rest of your life alone.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Falling In Love, Want, Rest Of Your Life

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• One day when I was fourteen, I told Charlie that I hated Mother. “Don’t hate her, Jo,” he told me. “Feel sorry for her. She’s not near as smart as you. She wasn’t born with your compass, so she wanders around, bumping into all sorts of walls. That’s sad.” I understood what he meant, and it made me see Mother differently. But wasn’t there some sort of rule that said parents had to be smarter than their kids? It didn’t seem fair.

  Ruta Sepetys

  Mother, Wall, Sorry

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• Look, sometimes it’s OK with girls like this, they wanna have fun, and sometimes it’s not because they've got a broken wing and they’re hurt and they’re an easy target. In this case, this particular case, I think that wing is being fixed, my friend, and you gotta make sure that it’s mended and you’re getting in the way of that right now, okay, because she’s sensitive and she’s smart, she’s artistic. This is a great girl, you gotta be respectful to that. Come on, let me walk you to your car, you’re a better guy than this.

  Matthew Quick

  Girl, Hurt, Fun

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• Well I ain't Dr. Phil, but I'm smart," she said. "And your shoes are cuter than his," I said, trying to sound at least semi-normal. "Yeah they remind me of Dorothy's ruby slippers, only mine are wedges 'cause I'm more fashion conscious than she was.

  P. C. Cast

  Fashion, Shoes, Dr Phil

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• Somewhere behind me, Zia yelled, "Hippo!" Which I thought was a little late. She stumbled toward me over the rocking deck, the tip of her staff on fire. Our ghostly pal Setne floated behind her, grinning with delight. "There is it!" Setne shook his diamond pink rings. "Told ya Apophis would send a monster to kill you." "You're so smart!" I shouted. "Now, how do we stop it?

  Rick Riordan

  Fire, Monsters, Pals

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• There's a reason cats were near deity in ancient Egypt. Dogs may be loyal, but cats are smart. This one must recognize our bond. You can take the cat ouf of Egypt, but you can't take Egypt out of the cat. Wow, I should have that embroidered on a pillow or something.

  Kiersten White

  Dog, Cat, Egypt

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• Oh, we are going to be so happy away from all the things that almost got us but couldn't quite because we were too smart for them!

  Zelda Fitzgerald

  Zelda Fitzgerald (2013). “Save Me the Waltz: A Novel”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

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• Mom is always saying I'm a smart kid, but that I just don't apply myself.

  Jeff Kinney

  Mom, Kids, Smart Kid

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• Then the door flew open and Mr. Faulks told us to head over to the gym. I thought that was really smart. Get all of us in one place so the aliens didn't have to waste a lot of ammunition.

  Rick Yancey

  Doors, Waste, Aliens

  Rick Yancey (2013). “The 5th Wave”, p.41, Penguin

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• Being smart can make happiness elusive. Being REALLY smart can help you find it in more places than most.

  Brandon Mull

  Helping, Elusive, Being Smart

  FaceBook post by Brandon Mull from May 24, 2013

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• I don't want to be smart, because being smart makes you depressed.

  Andy Warhol

  Want, Being Smart

  Andy Warhol (2014). “The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again”, p.195, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Sometimes love isn't about being smart. Sometimes it's about being stupid together.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Stupid, Together, Sometimes

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• Girls should never be afraid to be smart

  Emma Watson

  Girl, Should, Being Smart

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• It’s just … everything. There are too many people. And I don’t fit in. I don’t know how to be. Nothing that I’m good at is the sort of thing that matters there. Being smart doesn’t matter—and being good with words. And when those things do matter, it’s only because people want something from me. Not because they want me.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Want Something, People, Matter

  Rainbow Rowell (2013). “Fangirl”, p.175, Pan Macmillan

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• This is the truth. I have been in love. I have been in lust. I’ve made good choices and bad ones, I have been smart and I’ve been stupid. But I have never in my life felt the way I do now, here, with Will.

  Megan Hart

  Stupid, Choices, Lust

  Megan Hart (2013). “Tear You Apart”, p.152, Harlequin

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• Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is coordinated and used.

  Carl Sagan

  Knowing, Judgement, Information

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• The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people.

  Stephen Hawking

  Crazy, People, Dumb

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