Smartest Quotes

Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.
Will Rogers

Good, Money, Learning

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Smart, Sure, Pick

Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth.
Will Rogers

Learning, Why, Earth

I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest.
Paul McCartney

Leader, Older, Definitely

I was never the smartest guy in the room. From the first person I hired, I was never the smartest guy in the room. And that's a big deal. And if you're going to be a leader - if you're a leader and you're the smartest guy in the world - in the room, you've got real problems.
Jack Welch

Real, Person, Leader

Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn.
Burt Bacharach

May, Learn, Knowing

Today's smartest advertising style is tomorrow's corn.
William Bernbach

Today, Tomorrow, Style

In the time it takes to heat a TV dinner, Clinton had convinced me that he was the smartest person in the room and that I was the center of his attention. In the next 25 years, I would see countless others fall just as quickly to the Clinton Touch.
Ron Fournier

Time, Person, Others

When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then the smartest person in the world. One by one my delusions got shut down. Now I just see myself as the lamest guy in the world.
Jack Black

Person, Down, Thought

Bill Gates wants people to think he's Edison, when he's really Rockefeller. Referring to Gates as the smartest man in America isn't right... wealth isn't the same thing as intelligence.
Larry Ellison

America, Same, Wealth

The America that we knew as the smartest place on the planet is gone with the wind.
Ben Stein

America, Place, Wind

I'm rarely asked to play the smartest man in the room.
Gary Oldman

Play, Room, Asked

I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is to take a medication if it helps, but don't do only that. You also need to train your mind.
Daniel Goleman

Mind, Emotions, Train

When I say things that sound insane, like only the smartest million people should have the right to vote, well, I mean that.
Adam Carolla

Mean, Vote, Sound

One of the smartest things you can do on 'Chopped' is to take one of those ingredients and make a pickle out of it, because almost every dish benefits from that. I'm feeling like those intuitions are becoming more natural.
Ted Allen

Feeling, Almost, Natural

What I do know is that traditional gender roles are very real and flipping the norm is difficult for even the strongest, funniest, smartest men.
Patti Stanger

Men, Real, Difficult

It doesn't matter if you're the smartest person in the room: If you're not someone who people want to be around, you won't get far. Likewise for helping those in line behind you. I take seriously my role as a mentor to young female filmmakers - I make sure my time is tithed.
Melissa Rosenberg

Time, Someone, Person

The Economist is undoubtedly the smartest weekly newsmagazine in the English language. I always look forward to its quirky year-end double issue.
Eric Alterman

Forward, Language, English

You can wish as hard as you like but all that really matters is the shape you're in on the day of the race. I've always felt these really big races aren't necessarily won by whoever is the fastest. They're won by the athlete who is the smartest and in the best shape on the day.
Paula Radcliffe

Best, Hard, Wish

To prepare adequately for the challenge of global warming, we must acknowledge both the good and the bad that it will bring. If our starting point is to prove that Armageddon is on its way, we will not consider all of the evidence, and will not identify the smartest policy choices.
Bjorn Lomborg

Good, Bad, Challenge

I have been surrounded by some of the smartest, brightest, most caring lawyers, by agents who are willing to risk their lives for others, by support staff that are willing to work as hard as they can.
Janet Reno

Work, Hard, Others

Probably the best caddies are the smartest ones and the ones that are switched on mentally more than some of the others maybe.
Lee Westwood

Best, Others, Maybe

The smartest thing we can do to create high-wage jobs and grow our economy is to keep our focus on education.
Bill Richardson

Education, Focus, Keep

I think Jews are the smartest people in the world.
Rob Reiner

Keeping your private life as private as possible is the smartest thing.
Kate Mara

Life, Possible, Private

I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things.
Walter Mosley

Science, Loved, Fiction

My smartest move was joining Google. It wasn't obvious at the time that it would be a good decision. A lot of people, many of my friends, advised me against it.
Susan Wojcicki

Time, Good, Decision

For instance, Clinton who was unquestionably the smartest of the bunch I talked to - both the ones who made it and didn't. He had a great interest in policy.
Robert Scheer

Great, Made, Both

Another person who's smarter than I. What a relief to not have to be the smartest guy anymore.
Dave Winer

Person, Another, Guy

The last president we had was the smartest guy anyone could remember and he did the dumbest thing anyone has ever seen in the White House so go figure.
Harry Shearer

Remember, Last, Anyone

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