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Smart Quotes

On sharp minds, quick wit, and looking clever.

This set leans playful and observational, from a comedian describing brilliant college roommates to a dry one-liner about thrones and humility. For related wit, see Like.

One reason Zipcar succeeded was its branding: cool, hip, smart, urban, fun, innovative. Who wouldn't want to be associated with that?

Quotes by Robin Chase

Primates are super smart and organized just enough to devote their free time to being miserable to each other and stressing each other out.

Quotes by Robert Sapolsky

If you're a gazelle, you don't have a very complex emotional life, despite being a social species. But primates are just smart enough that they can think their bodies into working differently. It's not until you get to primates that...

Quotes by Robert Sapolsky

Even with the best of intentions, even when they're very smart and knowledgeable - as opposed to George W., who is neither - it doesn't seem to matter.

Quotes by Robert Scheer

I was proud of 'House, MD,' and I think it was good for what it was and remarkably smart for a television show. I loved Hugh Laurie and was proud to be by his side that long and to be...

Quotes by Robert Sean Leonard

You have to be smart. The easy days are over.

Quotes by Robert Kiyosaki

Often, in the real world, it's not the smart that get ahead but the bold.

Quotes by Robert Kiyosaki

As the world's 'most dynamic' cities seek to manage their own urban growth, American state and local officials have much to offer. Our mayors can share their experiences in urban design, clean energy projects, Smart Grids, codes for energy efficient...

Quotes by Robert Hormats

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...

Quotes by Robert Baden-Powell

Crows are incredibly smart. They can be taught five things on the drop.

Quotes by Robbie Coltrane

I'm no genius, but I'm real smart in one area - I picked the right mate.

Quotes by Rob Lowe

Somewhere in my callow, misspent youth, I was smart enough to marry my best friend.

Quotes by Rob Lowe

I have only a couple friends, but I've known them since, like, you know, fourth grade or something. I've never changed anything about my little group of friends. I think if you're just smart, and you have the friends who...

Quotes by Rob Kardashian

I am on the lookout for smart scripts and stories where my role has weightage.

Quotes by Rithvik Dhanjani

As a teacher, I've never seen anything like 'Harry Potter.' That's why I smart when people talk about the 'next' 'Harry Potter.' There is no 'next' 'Harry Potter.'

Quotes by Rick Riordan

Traditional economics is based on imaginary creatures sometimes referred to as 'Homo economicus.' I call them Econs for short. Econs are amazingly smart and are free of emotion, distraction or self-control problems. Think Mr. Spock from 'Star Trek.'

Quotes by Richard Thaler

Living in the past is a Jethro Tull album, not a smart poker strategy.

Quotes by Richard Roeper

It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong.

Quotes by Richard P. Feynman

When I'm not working, I like to be comfortable. I do like to dress smart, but comfort is important.

Quotes by Richard Madden

Strong, smart, self-reliant women who don't need men to define them only crop up in the human myth-base in one guise - the Wicked Witch.

Quotes by Richard K. Morgan

Frequently Asked Questions

What angle do these "smart" quotes take?
They look at "smart" from a few angles — sizing someone up by comparison, admiring roommates' intelligence, quoting an anonymous wise saying, and describing how something can look smart on the surface.
Is there a quote comparing someone's intelligence to a child's?
Yes — one quote compares a public figure, Slobodan Milosevic, saying he "was just as smart as a five-year-old," and adds that "Five-year-olds have an uncanny way of getting into your psyche, your self-esteem." It's presented here exactly as that speaker's own comparison.
Is there a quote about living with smart people?
There is. One speaker recalls living with "Harvard MD/PhD students" who "were so smart," while joking that their own role in the house was being "the funny one."
Is there a quote quoting someone else's wisdom?
Yes — one line begins, "Some smart man once said that on the most exalted throne in the world, we are seated on nothing but our own arse," passing along a saying about humility. Find more on our Great quotes page.
Is there a quote about things that look smart but aren't necessarily better?
Yes. One quote observes that virtual relationships "look smart and clean, feel easy to use," when compared with "the heavy, slow-moving, messy real stuff" of real relationships. Browse more on our Good, Like, and Love quotes pages.

One quote pushes back on things that only look smart on the surface, contrasting polished appearances with something more genuine underneath. See also Good and Great.