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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.

I wasn't a smart kid in terms of numbers, but, I told them, 'I'm a thoughtful, responsible guy.'

Quotes by Richard Hanna

Most smart companies should make themselves media companies. That means they put out their own information.

Quotes by Richard Edelman

'MacGyver' of course, that's probably my favorite show of all time because it was a guy who was so, so smart and could use his wits, and his technical know-how could get him out of any situation.

Quotes by Rhys Darby

Our focus is to continue to pioneer branded entertainment online and consider opportunities as they come. We're smart enough to know that we can't bite the hand that feeds us and neglect our Internet presence.

Quotes by Rhett McLaughlin

We assumed the customers were smart and that they'll buy what they like, not what the ads tell them to buy.

Quotes by Renzo Rosso

I am incredibly bad at predicting the future; I am only smart enough to observe the present and listen to my intuition about tendencies.

Quotes by Rem Koolhaas

I was always really smart in school. My whole family is smart. We have 'Jeopardy' challenges and have Scrabble tournaments.

Quotes by Remy Ma

When we think about online learning, it's such 'early days.' Bill Gates is a wildly smart insightful guy. Yet, even a guy as smart and insightful as that, 30 years ago can say things like, 'Who's every going to need...

Quotes by Reed Hastings

Being a Southern person and a blonde, it's not a good combination. Immediately, when people meet you, they think of you as not being smart.

Quotes by Reese Witherspoon

I like Kendrick as an artist. He's witty and he's smart when he's spitting in his lyrics. And he's crafty.

Quotes by Redman

At school, nobody thought I was smart and I became smart. Nobody wanted to be my friend and then I had lots of friends.

Quotes by Rebel Wilson

If I'm really considering doing film from now on then that is the smart thing to do, or you can go either way. You can just do the same character over and over again and make a different comedy like...

Quotes by Ray Romano

I never had the opportunity to play a Latino character that is seen in a heroic, smart way.

Quotes by Ray Santiago

At the end of the day, a television, a computer, or a smart phone is just a device through which one can access content. The content itself is what matters, not the device.

Quotes by Ray William Johnson

The file is a gzipped tar file. Your browser is playing tricks with you and trying to be smart.

Quotes by Rasmus Lerdorf

I had some great English teachers. One of my favorite - her name was Linda Janoff - was wonderful and so irreverent and so smart and encouraging.

Quotes by Ransom Riggs

I don't want to ever write a book that seems like it's pandering to younger people or talking down to people who I know are very smart.

Quotes by Ransom Riggs

Without our emotions, we can't make smart decisions.

Quotes by Rana el Kaliouby

I've been fortunate to work with some really smart people. Larry Page is an extremely smart guy, most probably one of the smartest people I've worked with.

Quotes by Ram Shriram

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.

Quotes by Ralph Lauren

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.