“One of the great perks of being an actor is you're only as smart as the job you're in, you know, and you're only as informed as the job you're in, and you do become an expert, and you read all the books, but then there's a part of, like, you move on.” KnowsBookJobsMovingActorsLike YouSmartExpertsPerks Author:Amy Ryan
“Write a smart joke and people want to talk about it and keep the dialogue going. Also, if you can make someone laugh, it's a pronouncement that they like you on some level.” PeopleIfsWantWritingLevelsLaughingLike YouSmartJokesDialogueMake Someone Laugh Author:Lizz Winstead
“So much interviewing these days is about the presenter - I?m a clever boy, I?m going to be smart with people; or it?s a trivial - how do you like your eggs boiled?” PeopleBoysLike YouSmartCleverThese DaysEggsClevernessBeing SmartPresenter Author:Michael Parkinson
“If we continue to show young girls that they are being compared to other girls, we’re doing ourselves a huge disservice as a society. I surround myself with smart, beautiful, passionate, driven, ambitious women. Other women who are killing it should motivate you, thrill you, challenge you and inspire you rather than threaten you and make you feel like you’re immediately being compared to them. The only thing I compare myself to is me, two years ago, or me one year ago.” IfsFeelsShouldYearsTwoShowsBeautifulYoungGirlChallengesInspireHugeLike YouSmartYears AgoKillingPassionateDrivenCompareTwo YearsSurroundAmbitiousThrillOther GirlDisserviceTwo Years AgoKilling ItAmbitious Women Author:Taylor Swift
“The public does not like you to mislead or represent yourself to be something you're not. And the other thing that the public really does like is the self-examination to say, you know, I'm not perfect. I'm just like you. They don't ask their public officials to be perfect. They just ask them to be smart, truthful, honest, and show a modicum of good sense.” KnowsDoeSelfShowsAsksPerfectHonestLike YouSmartOfficialsTruthfulExaminationMisleadNot PerfectGood SenseBeing SmartI'm Not PerfectSelf-examinationPublic Officials Author:Ann Richards
“The most impersonal seeming audiences eventually just say such intimate, smart, wise, amazing, totally surprising, funny things. It's empowering, in the sense of feeling like you're a part of something really important.” ImportantFeelingsAudienceWiseLike YouSmartIntimateEmpoweringSurprisingFunny ThingsSeeming Author:Gloria Steinem
“Theoretically, the human is supposed to be the smart one. Well, if we are, then we need to be able to adjust to fit the situation rather than just think "Well this is how you work with horses. I've done this on 500 just like you."” IfsThinkingNeedsHumansWellsDoneAbleSituationLike YouFitSmartHorseSupposed To Be Author:Buck Brannaman
“My mom's always saying really smart things... like, you probably heard this one, 'Why buy the cow when the milk has HPV?' Wish I'd listened to that one.” WishHeardLike YouMomSmartMy MomMilkCowsReally Smart Author:Amy Schumer
“Don't let anyone make you feel like you're not good enough, smart enough or cool enough. Do your own thing.” FeelsEnoughLike YouSmartGood EnoughNot Good Enough Author:Benji Madden
“I just want to say that um, I'm just really, really shocked at like how nice our world is because it's just so nice. Like oh my God! Like, the other day, like I was sitting there and I saw these magazines and they said I was pregnant, and like, it's so true. Like America, believe everything you read. Because, like, you're smart and I'm stupid. Like for real. Come on y'all.” WorldWantBelieveSaidRealAmericaSawsNiceStupidLike YouSmartSittingMagazinesOur WorldPregnantThey SaidShockedWere Pregnant Author:Britney Spears
“It's not like you get up in the morning on the first day of shooting and say, 'I'm so smart today I'm going to determine every choice I make from now until a year and a half from now.' So it changes. You gain insights. The movie bucks you.” YearsFirstsTodayChoicesHalfMorningLike YouSmartGainsDetermineInsightGet UpShootingBucks Author:Robert Schwentke
“Practice to look stupid, practice to look like you are not good enough or smart enough where you couldn't do things right and get over it anyway. The truth of the matter is we are all going to feel that way.” WayFeelsLooksMatterEnoughPracticeStupidLike YouSmartOver ItGood EnoughGet OverNot Good Enough Author:John Assaraf
“I don't know why there's not more activism today. I do think that your generation is twenty times smarter than our generation ever was, but the problem with being smart like you guys is that it can lead you really easily to being cynical, and cynicism is actually a pacifying attitude.” ThinkingKnowsProblemTodayGuyAttitudeGenerationsLike YouSmartTwentiesActivismCynicalCynicismSmarterBeing SmartOur Generation Author:Bill Ayers
“When I say a girl like me, I bet you think I'm just talking about being fat. How dare you fat-shame me? You think I'm talking about being black? Racist. What makes you think I'm not talking about being smart? What? You don't think a fat, black girl can be smart or something? Fat-shaming racists like you make me sick.” ThinkingGirlBlackLike YouSmartSickDareRacistMake You ThinkBeing SmartBlack Girl Author:Gabourey Sidibe