Smart Quotes

I guess rebelliousness has been explored in many movies, but what about the smart kids' rebellion? Not just the motorcycle jackets and that kind of rebellion; it's the dorky kid - what could he do?

~ Portia Doubleday

I like smart movies about smart people, and enjoy it when most of the facts are on the table and we can contemplate them together.

~ Roger Ebert

Whatever happened to books? Suddenly everybody's talking about these 100-hour movies called 'Breaking Bad'. People are talking about TV the same way they used to talk about novels back in the 1980s. I like to think I hang out with some pretty smart people, but all they talk about is 'Breaking Bad.'

~ Douglas Coupland

In design as in life, smart can also mean wise, kind, inspiring - and cost-effective. And that has a charm all its own.

~ Nancy Gibbs

The debate that I'm interested in having is with seriously smart people about how we design institutions in the 21st century that will genuinely address problems of poverty and educational underachievement.

~ Niall Ferguson

Positioning the brand and regaining trust are all smart things for us to do and those are the litmus tests for any decisions we make.

~ John Mckinley

You have to trust the people who work with you and hire, but also listen to as many smart people as you can.

~ George Stroumboulopoulos

I didn't grow up identifying with beauty. I grew up thinking I could be smart and funny - those are the things I got feedback on.

~ Lauren Graham

I've never met a funny person who wasn't smart. I've met a lot of dramatic people who were stupid. But I've never met a funny person who wasn't smart.

~ Rob Lowe

I was just a goofy little funny kid, who was always getting sent to the principal. It wasn't serious because I was smart. I wasn't like a true troublemaker, just rambunctious - like, talkative and trying to be funny. That was me in middle-school.

~ J. Cole

I like smart, funny, self-deprecating men.

~ Jules Asner

I turned down 'Some Like It Hot.' See how smart I am? I felt I couldn't bring anything funny to it. The outfit was funny. I don't need to compete with the wardrobe.

~ Jerry Lewis

I love playing smart and tough and having funny lines.

~ Jane Elliot

I'm smart and I can be really funny and interesting and I can go toe-to-toe with anybody in a conversation.

~ Megan Fox

They're great girls. They're very funny, they're very smart, they're fun to be with. They're very lively, as I think people can tell. And you know, they're very confident girls.

~ Laura Bush

I don't think I was funny until college. I lived with some Harvard MD/PhD students - they were so smart, and what I contributed to the house was, I was the funny one.

~ Wendy Liebman

From the boys' point of view, scouting puts them into fraternity-gangs, which is their natural organisation, whether for games, mischief, or loafing; it gives them a smart dress and equipments; it appeals to their imagination and romance; and it engages them in an active, open-air life.

~ Robert Baden-Powell

Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important.

~ Eugene Mccarthy

Forget politics and what their platforms were and everything, because you can take whoever you want to take, but the guy that I liked was Nixon... He was a smart man.

~ Terry Bradshaw

There's a difference between being politically incorrect and boorish. And we've seen that line crossed a dozen times by smart people who've mistaken politics for punditry.

~ Greg Gutfeld

Rude people will now & then ask me why I think I know so much about Politics. I tell them it's because I'm Smart... But that is a lie: The real reason is because I'm an incurable Gambling addict.

~ Hunter S. Thompson

I do not believe that artists or actors and people should be out there like voicing their full-blown opinions on politics because, let's face it, at the end of the day, I'm not that smart of a guy.

~ Kid Rock

The Israelis are very smart about politics and strategy, but there are a few exceptions. One is Lebanon, the other is Gaza, where they were completely inept.

~ Daniel Pipes

In the '50s, too many women, even though they were very smart, they tried to make the man feel that he was brainier. It was a sad thing.

~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg

When I seemed to be irritable or sad, my father would quote the learned Dr. Knight, and then say, 'Just go to sleep.' Like all smart aleck kids, I thought the advice was silly. But as I've grown older, I've realized just how smart Knight was.

~ Ben Stein

In the smart home of the future, there should be a robot designed to talk to you. With enough display technology, connectivity, and voice recognition, this human-interface robot or head-of-household robot will serve as a portal to the digital domain. It becomes your interface to your robot-enabled home.

~ Colin Angle

When you consider that our technology has advanced from the first telephones to smart phones in roughly a century, it's easy to understand why it seems like tomorrow is arriving faster than it ever did.

~ Annalee Newitz

My mom always said, 'Marry someone smarter than yourself, Katee, because No. 1, you're not that smart. And No. 2, then you'll have smart babies.'

~ Katee Sackhoff

I think I grew up with a profound sense of watching people who were good people, who were smart people, who were hardworking people - God, nobody on this Earth worked harder than my mom and dad - and they had very little.

~ Elizabeth Warren

My mom has always been my champion. She was very smart and grounded. She said, 'Save your money. Pay your taxes. Don't put everything in one basket,' but she let me explore and be creative.

~ Queen Latifah

You'll never catch a man if you let him think you are too smart.

~ Anna Held

Athletes and musicians make astronomical amounts of money. People get paid $100 million to throw a baseball! Shouldn't we all take less and pass some of that money onto others? Think about firefighters, teachers and policemen. We should celebrate people that are intellectually smart and trying to make this world a better place.

~ Kid Rock

At its core, bitcoin is a smart currency designed by very forward-thinking engineers. It eliminates the need for banks, gets rid of credit card fees, currency exchange fees, money transfer fees, and reduces the need for lawyers in transitions... all good things.

~ Peter Diamandis

When you're on a series, it's tough to go on and do something else afterward. If you're smart, save your money and you can wait out the bad times, until something else comes along.

~ Michael Dorn

I think I'm pretty smart on what I spend my money on. I still don't have a new car, I drive my old car that I've had forever. But I bought a house in downtown Chicago.

~ Chris O'donnell

If anyone tells you it's impossible to be fabulous and smart and make a ton of money using math, well, they can just get in line behind you - and kiss your math.

~ Danica Mckellar

When a big company lays you off, they often give you a year's salary to 'go pursue a dream.' If you're stupid, you panic and get another job. If you're smart, you take the money and use the time to figure out what you want to do next.

~ Bruce Schneier

Smart financial planning - such as budgeting, saving for emergencies, and preparing for retirement - can help households enjoy better lives while weathering financial shocks. Financial education can play a key role in getting to these outcomes.

~ Ben Bernanke

I don't look at myself as a hero or smart person. I have a seventh-grade education, but I've had a lot of fun.

~ Bobby Heenan

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

~ John Wooden