“I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they're watching one of these food fight shows where journalists sit around and yell and scream at each other, versus serious issue reporting.” PeopleThinkingKnowsEnoughShowsFightingLiteratureIssuesSeriousSmartJournalistScreamVersusSerious Issues Author:Bob Woodward
“If we think that we can secure our country by just talking tough without acting tough and smart, then we will misunderstand this moment and miss its opportunities. If we think that we can use the same partisan playbook where we just challenge our opponent's patriotism to win an election, then the American people will lose. The times are too serious for this kind of politics.” PeopleIfsThinkingKindCountryMomentsUseOpportunityWinningLosesChallengesActingTalkingMissingSeriousSmartToughElectionOur CountrySecureOpponentsPartisansPlaybooks Author:Barack Obama
“The small town smart set is deadly serious about its smartness.” SeriousSmartTownsSmall TownSmartness Book:Buttered Side Down Source: Buttered Side Down
“You could have all the money in the world, but you have to be smart enough knowing how to spend it. I really try to be on that smart money side. Once you make a serious mistake you can suffer five or six years, and I do my best to avoid serious mistakes.” WorldTryingYearsEnoughSufferingSidesMistakeKnowingFiveSeriousSixSmartBeing SmartSerious MistakesSmart Money Author:Mikhail Prokhorov
“I think there ought to be some serious discussion by smart people, really smart people, about whether or not proliferation of things like The Smoking Gun and TMZ and YouTube and the whole celebrity culture is healthy. We've switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics - trying to play a serious part in the world - to a culture that's really entertainment-based. I mean, I know people who can tell you who won the last four seasons on American Idol and they don't know who their [bleeping] Representatives are.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldTryingMeanPlayWholeLastsCultureFourSeriousOughtHealthySmartGunEconomicsSeasonsEntertainmentDiscussionSmokingIdolsRepresentativesYoutubeManufacturingSmart PeopleProliferationReally SmartAmerican IdolFour SeasonsCelebrity Culture Author:Stephen King
“Hugh Laurie was intimidating, but he's the greatest guy. He's so wonderful and smart and funny and serious, and he sets the bar high. So if I was scared, it's because I wasn't measuring up.” IfsGuyWonderfulSeriousSmartScaredBarsIntimidatingMeasuringSmart And FunnyMeasuring Up Author:Peter Jacobson
“I would not use American ground forces in Syria. I think that would be a very serious mistake. I don't think American troops should be holding territory, which is what they would have to do as an occupying force. I don't think that is a smart strategy.” ThinkingShouldUseWould BeForceMistakeSeriousSmartStrategyTerritoryTroopsSyriaAmerican TroopsSerious Mistakes Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think there ought to be some serious discussion by smart people, really smart people, about whether or not proliferation of things like The Smoking Gun and TMZ and YouTube and the whole celebrity culture is healthy.” PeopleThinkingWholeCultureSeriousOughtHealthySmartGunIntelligenceDiscussionSmokingYoutubeSmart PeopleProliferationReally SmartCelebrity Culture Author:Stephen King