Smart Quotes - Page 30

• I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law.

  David Dinkins

  Funny, Witty, Stupid

  "The Rise of the Project Workforce: Managing People and Projects in a Flat World" by Rudolf Melik, (p. 57), August 24, 2007.

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• She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.

  Gail Parent

  Happiness, Laughter, Joy

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If Einstein was so smart how come people only call you 'Einstein' when you do something really stupid ?

  Brian Regan

  Stupid, Science, People

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• Working hard, and being thoughtful, and generous, and smart; it's a path to a better life.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Inspirational, Motivational, Suicide

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• Be fast on the field physically, but play slow mentally. Basically, play hard but play smart.

  Kevin Leveille

  Sports, Play Hard, Fields

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• In grade school I was smart, but I didn't have any friends. In high school, I quit being smart and started having friends.

  David Spade

  Funny, School, Quitting

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Nobody cares that you're smart and nobody cares that your kids don't have bruises.

  Jim Jefferies

  Drinking, Kids, Bruises

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• There will be a rain dance Friday night, weather permitting!

  George Carlin

  Funny, Friday, Clever

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• I never had any thought the whole week. I figured my caddie [Jerry Beard] knew the course a lot better than me, so I put out my hand and played whatever club he put in it. I'd say, "How hard do I hit it?" He'd tell me and I'd swing. The guys who come down here once a year and try to get smart with Mr. Jones' course are the dumb ones.

  Fuzzy Zoeller

  Golf, Swings, Hands

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• Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Inspiring, Stay Strong, Giving Up

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• I had lunch the other day with my niece, Emma, and she said, 'You're so smart, Aunt Julia.' And I wanted to say, 'I'm not smart - I'm 41! You're 17!'

  Julia Roberts

  Niece, Aunt, Lunch

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• I know the Virginia players are smart because you need a 1500 SAT to get in. I have to drop bread crumbs to get our players to and from class

  George Raveling

  Basketball, Silly, Player

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• We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.

  Florence Nightingale

  Excellence, Littles, Done

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• It's what each of us sows, and how, that gives us character and prestige.

  George Matthew Adams

  Character, Giving, Prestige

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• You know what they want? They want obedient workers. Obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork. And just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, the reduced benefits, the end of overtime and vanishing pension that disappears the minute you go to collect it. And now they're coming for your Social Security money. They want your f**kin' retirement money. They want it back so they can give it to their criminal friends on Wall Street.

  George Carlin

  Running, Retirement, Jobs

  "Life Is Worth Losing". Documentary, Comedy, 2005.

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• If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay attention to the Independent Spirit Awards.

  Annie Proulx

  Independent, Years, Awards

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• He (God) is not looking for smart people, because He is the smart one. All he wants are people simple enough to trust him.

  Jim Cymbala

  Christian, Simple, People

  Jim Cymbala (2010). “Fresh Wind Fresh Fire: What Happens When God's Spirit Invades the Hearts of His People”, p.154, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Creative individuals tend to be smart, yet also naive at the same time... Creative individuals have a combination of playfulness and discipline, or responsibility and irresponsibility.

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  Responsibility, Creativity, Discipline

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• After I played him for the first time, I said 'Let's see. He's four or five inches taller. He's 40 or 50 pounds heavier. His vertical leap is at least as good as mine. He can get up and down the floor as well as I can. And he's smart. The real problem with all this is I have to show up.

  Bill Russell

  Basketball, Real, Four

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• When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions. If I don't believe it, then they don't need me on the court. I've just got to believe that in my heart.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Believe, Heart

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• Worship power - you will feel weak and afraid, and you will need ever ore power over others to keep the fear at bay. Worship your intellect, being seen as smart - you will end up feeling stupid, a fraud, always on the verge of being found out.

  David Foster Wallace

  Stupid, Feelings, Needs

  "'Plain Old Untrendy Troubles and Emotions'". September 19, 2008.

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• For those who say you're thinking too big... be smart enough not to listen. For those who say the odds are too small ... be dumb enough to give it a shot. And for those who ask, how can you do that?... look them in the eyes and say, I'll figure it out.

  Eric Schmidt

  Leadership, Eye, Thinking

  "40 Things to Learned From Eric Schmidt Speech at Uc Berkeley". piepeaceblog.wordpress.com. January 02, 2017.

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• A smart mother suggests that her child bring an apple to his teacher; a smarter mother suggests that he bring a couple of aspirins.

  Evan Esar

  Education, Mother, Teacher

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• I would rather have a lucky general than a smart general.... They win battles, and they make me lucky.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Winning, Luck, Battle

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• Well, he's got a much bigger circus to play with, and he has a lot more financing available, and he has a lot more time available. I think that makes a huge difference. I think he instinctively knows how to make films and all the different ways that you can make stuff. He's very gadget-wise, and he's very smart about all the different things that are available to a filmmaker nowadays, and he makes very good use of them. He has a theater in his house, for God's sake. It has proper curtains on it and everything. It's pretty wild.

  Michael Madsen

  God, Wise, Thinking

  Interview with Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. April 14, 2004.

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