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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.

Some smart man once said that on the most exalted throne in the world, we are seated on nothing but our own arse.

Quotes by Wendell Mayes

I think one problem we've had is that people who are smart and creative and innovative as engineers went into financial engineering.

Quotes by Walter Isaacson

Smart people are a dime a dozen. What matters is the ability to think different... to think out of the box.

Quotes by Walter Isaacson

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.

Quotes by Walter Dean Myers

I've known Bezos for decades, since the very early days of Amazon, so it's no surprise to me that he's smart or willing to make big bets.

Quotes by Walt Mossberg

I'm intrigued by smart people.

Quotes by Vittoria Ceretti

The next generation did not seem to be smart enough to realise that you have to work to be at the top and to stay at the top. You can have talent, but if you do not work hard it's...

Quotes by Viv Richards

A smart contract is a mechanism involving digital assets and two or more parties, where some or all of the parties put assets in, and assets are automatically redistributed among those parties according to a formula based on certain data...

Quotes by Vitalik Buterin

It's so easy to make an Asian person the doctor, the lawyer, the smart kid in school. What's harder is challenging the norm and hiring Asian actors to play your Average Joe.

Quotes by Vincent Rodriguez III

If you're making a statement just to poke, people can see that. If you're making it to say something genuinely, people can understand that as well. They are smart enough to see the difference.

Quotes by Vikramaditya Motwane

Censorship is a stupid thing. There should be certification, and not censorship. People are smart enough to understand that if a film is meant for kids, then kids will watch it and if a film is meant for adults, only...

Quotes by Vikramaditya Motwane

My brother was really smart, and I definitely had a little ADD - I was very creative and active - and my mom thought, 'Why should I send them to school when they can work at a higher level at...

Quotes by Vanessa Ray

I like to work smart and make music that people want to hear - just finding ways to not get on people's nerves when I'm coming through their ears.

Quotes by Valee

My parents support and trust me a lot. They know I would never do anything that will be wrong for me and even if it is, they know I would be smart enough to own up and take a stand...

Quotes by Vaani Kapoor

My perspective comes in part from being a New York black lady, in part from being an engineer. I know I'm smart and have opinions worth being heard.

Quotes by Ursula Burns

It's all about training smart.

Quotes by Tyson Gay

A smart model is a good model.

Quotes by Tyra Banks

Do people think women from Bollywood aren't smart?

Quotes by Twinkle Khanna

Ludacris is a very smart individual. He's about his business. Everything is business with him. So I learned a lot about making deals from him.

Quotes by Two Chainz

Billy Tauzin is one of the most interesting people in Washington. He is smart, funny, and interesting.

Quotes by Tucker Carlson

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.