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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 just want people to be inspired - not only young girls but young people in general - and I just want them to know they can do anything they want to do, and they are beautiful, and they are...

Quotes by Storm Reid

I can say with pride verging on smugness that I've got two very successful shows that assume their audience is very smart.

Quotes by Steven Moffat

What I'm saying is individuals have better ideas if they're connected to rich, diverse networks of other individuals. If you put yourself in an environment with lots of different perspectives, you yourself are going to have better, sharper, more original...

Quotes by Steven Johnson

When I'm out and about, I'll text or email myself from my phone. A smart phone is a great tool for a writer.

Quotes by Steven Hall

Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked.

Quotes by Steve Wozniak

Number three, we're going to play very smart and we're not going to beat ourselves. If the other team is better than us and they just out execute us and play better then we can live with that, but we're...

Quotes by Steve Spurrier

I'm a middle child, and I have a younger sister who is stunning - just beautiful and smart.

Quotes by Stephnie Weir

I wish I could calculate my way to a bigger audience, but I don't think I'm smart enough. Actually, I don't think anyone is smart enough. Most calculations along those lines fail.

Quotes by Stephen McCauley

The American people voted for a president, Donald Trump, who's very tough, very strong, very aggressive on terrorism, but at the same time smart. At the same time sophisticated. At the same time, heeding the wisdom of our founders who...

Quotes by Stephen Miller

I think I have an incredible group of people that I work with and people I'm inspired by and community I'm inspired by, and I just want to see us all win and continue to grow and flourish and do...

Quotes by Stephan James

I feel like my agents are really amazing and smart.

Quotes by Stephanie Beatriz

A woman can never be too rich or too thin, but until very, very recently, she could be too powerful, for which - if she wasn't smart enough to camouflage herself - she generally paid the price.

Quotes by Stacy Schiff

I think it's cool to be smart, and I think it's sexy to be smart.

Quotes by Stacey Farber

You need to be smart about what you put in your body.

Quotes by Stacy Keibler

Smart beauty is about looking your best and feeling your best and never overpaying for it.

Quotes by Stacy London

Like you don't watch 'Octopussy' or any Bond film for the story. You see it for the smart lines, the glamour, the overall package.

Quotes by Sriram Raghavan

When we talk about 'smart transportation,' it is more than moving cargo from A to B. Digitization within transport and logistics means seamless service to our customers, visibility in the supply chain, and driving a more efficient business.

Quotes by Soren Skou

Alia and Shaheen have a smart father and have got good genes. But it's not fair that people expect them to do as well as their father.

Quotes by Soni Razdan

Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about.

Quotes by Solomon Short

My parents would love to keep me near. They're protective, and they want their little girl home, but I feel that a smart move would be for me to go to college in New York and continue modeling there.

Quotes by Sistine Stallone

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.