Smart Quotes

When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am.

~ Captain Beefheart

We should all feel confident in our intelligence. By the way, intelligence to me isn't just being book-smart or having a college degree; it's trusting your gut instincts, being intuitive, thinking outside the box, and sometimes just realizing that things need to change and being smart enough to change it.

~ Tabatha Coffey

Mr. Speaker, we are a blessed Nation. We have not suffered another attack on our soil since September 11, and we are grateful. We have killed or captured dozens of members of al Qaeda and the Taliban. Our military and intelligence forces are working both hard and smart.

~ Marsha Blackburn

They say somebody's 'street smart.' I feel like, if I got intelligence, it's just a country smart.

~ Dolly Parton

I think intelligence basically can be in a way defined by the possibility of having two opposite ideas living together and at the same time functioning. That's why I think a smart script has two things living in the same place, and they're absolutely contradictory.

~ Alejandro González Iñárritu

For me, I was somebody who was a smart young guy who didn't do very well in school. The basic system of education, I didn't fit in; my intelligence was elsewhere.

~ Bruce Springsteen

Remember to be as smart as you are.

~ Judd Nelson

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

It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing to prove you are ignorant.

~ Don Herold

I love smart and curious people. I value intelligence in my friends and relationships.

~ Kerry Bishe

The way my brain processes information is quite odd. I mean, I have Attention Deficit Disorder and another learning disability I can't even spell. I don't even have a high school diploma. I'm smart, but you can't prove it on paper.

~ Ron White

Just because you have a learning difficulty or difference doesn't mean you aren't smart.

~ Gavin Newsom

If you maintain a healthy diet, or at least are smart about your food choices, you'll still see the pounds come off.

~ Misty May-Treanor

'Style Strategy' is about shopping smart, staying chic and making it all last. It's about showing women how to shop for value without compromising style.

~ Nina García

Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.

~ Yul Brynner

Women always want to be what they're not: If you're the pretty girl, you want to be the quirky girl. If you're the smart girl, you want to be the pretty girl.

~ Jordana Brewster

Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.

~ Natalie Portman

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

~ Erica Jong

How do you give smart, accomplished, ambitious women the same opportunities as men to reach their goals? What about universal preschool and after-school programs? What about changing the corporate mind-set about the time commitment it takes to move up the ladder? What about having more husbands step up and take the major load?

~ Gail Collins

I like women who look like women. I hated grunge. No one's more feminist than me, but you don't have to look as if you don't give a - you know. You can be smart, bright, and attractive aesthetically to others - and to yourself.

~ Catherine Zeta-Jones

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

~ Gail Parent

I don't think women should look like costumes. I don't think they should look like fashion victims. I think these (clothes) are for women that want to look sexy. They want to look smart.

~ Ralph Lauren

Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they'll do wonderful things with them.

~ Steve Jobs

'The Amazing Race' has always been the gold standard of reality television to me. It's smart, it's funny, and it's entertaining as hell.

~ Burnie Burns

I've learned that while I'd be a fool not to stay open to the advice and experiences of the smart, amazing people in my life, I also need to listen to what I have to say.

~ Alicia Keys

I admired shows like 'Six Feet Under.' That was an amazing show. Never boring, always inventive, smart. Loved the characters. Completely original. Those are shows that I admire.

~ Chris Carter

I think our movie, 'Now You See Me,' is an emotional movie rooted in smart and wits and fully amazing actors working perfectly together. It's like a supergroup of musicians.

~ Louis Leterrier

A typical smart phone has more computing power than Apollo 11 when it landed a man on the moon.

~ Nancy Gibbs

The SAT is not perfect. We all know smart, knowledgeable people who do badly on standardized tests. But neither is it useless. SAT scores do measure both specific knowledge and valuable thinking skills.

~ Virginia Postrel

How can smart women be so stupid about men sometimes? Lack of knowledge. It's what men have kept secret for so long.

~ Steve Harvey

I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see kids who are embarrassed to read books. They're embarrassed to have people see them doing it.

~ Walter Dean Myers

Kids are smart. Knowledge is power. Let them figure things out. Don't turn into that grown-up who they won't come to.

~ Lauren Myracle

Dogs really are perfect soldiers. They are brave and smart; they can smell through walls, see in the dark, and eat Army rations without complaint.

~ Susan Orlean

There are many harsh lessons to be learned from the gambling experience, but the harshest one of all is the difference between having Fun and being Smart.

~ Hunter S. Thompson

I don't care how smart a kid you are. The only way you learn what's not right is from experience.

~ Cameron Díaz

I think I draw most inspiration from writers like Richelle Mead and filmmakers like John Hughes. They both really understand the experience of being a teenager and how insistent and intense everything feels, but they're also smart, savvy, and fun.

~ Amanda Hocking

Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.

~ Seth Godin

The stereotypes of feminists as ugly, or man-haters, or hairy, or whatever it is - that's really strategic. That's a really smart way to keep young women away from feminism, is to kind of put out this idea that all feminists hate men, or all feminists are ugly; and that they really come from a place of fear.

~ Jessica Valenti

You can be this super-successful woman who's smart and effective but still feminine. When I worked in finance, I didn't always think that was possible.

~ Ruzwana Bashir

I got into medical school at the University of California in San Francisco and did well. A lot of smart kids in medical school, and believe me, I wasn't not nearly the smartest one, but I was the most focused and the happiest kid in medical school. In 1979, I graduated as the valedictorian and was honored with the Gold Cane Award.

~ Richard Carmona