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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.

Number one, that it is smart to communicate and negotiate with your enemy instead of just waging war with bombs and weapons of mass destruction.

Quotes by Theodore C. Sorensen

I like information. I love when smart people make me think of something in a new way.

Quotes by Terry Francona

I feel Teddy Bridgewater is an accurate passer. He's a leader who wants to make everyone else around him better. Someone who's a hard worker, someone who smart with the football and takes care of the football. Someone who competes...

Quotes by Teddy Bridgewater

Honestly, for me, I'm a businessman but I'm a smart businessman.

Quotes by Teddy Bridgewater

Working together with our exceptional leadership team, our Ministry of Health was empowered to make smart investments that could unlock our potential by producing long-lasting health and economic benefits for all.

Quotes by Tedros Adhanom

I was born on TV, meaning that's where I caught my break. So that's where I always have to be smart and revisit that medium as much as I can.

Quotes by Taylor Hicks

I don't think people are fools, and I think they deserve a good attitude and smart entertainment.

Quotes by Tatyana Tolstaya

As the number of things connected to the global network increases - from data, voice, video, and smart devices to new breeds of applications - the opportunities to realize much greater value from networked connections also increase exponentially.

Quotes by Tae Yoo

Yeah, I'm very smart.

Quotes by Sylvia Browne

I heard one story about an octopus in a home tank who would get out, cruise around the house, take knick-knacks, and drag them back to its tank. Like a dog! They're so smart that there are octopus enrichment handbooks...

Quotes by Sy Montgomery

More and more companies are updating their leave policies to reflect an understanding that being family-friendly is a smart investment in their workforce and America's future.

Quotes by Suzan DelBene

I'm not suggesting that microbial cellulose is going to be a replacement for cotton, leather or other textile materials. But I do think it could be quite a smart and sustainable addition to our increasingly precious natural resources.

Quotes by Suzanne Lee

Our government has made infrastructure upgrade and the creation of smart cities major national priorities.

Quotes by Sushma Swaraj

RGV, as a filmmaker, is very smart.

Quotes by Sushmita Sen

Work smart. Get things done.

Quotes by Susan Wojcicki

I have such admiration for Whoopi Goldberg as an actress and a general smart person.

Quotes by Susan Isaacs

I think I am a smart aleck because I grew up close enough to Boston, and most people from Massachusetts talk fast, and I have a little bit of a wiseacre, and I think I'm a little bit like that.

Quotes by Sunita Williams

Nest is one vertical implementation of a set of smart products for the home. But we will support other people's smart products for the home.

Quotes by Sundar Pichai

It's a world of multiple screens, smart displays, with tons of low-cost computing, with big sensors built into devices. At Google, we ask how to bring together something seamless and beautiful and intuitive across all these screens.

Quotes by Sundar Pichai

'Matilda' is my favorite movie of all time. It's so funny. It's about this girl who's so independent and smart, and she has to learn how to get through all these challenges she faces, and she gets through them all...

Quotes by Storm Reid

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.