“I wasn't always a revolutionary, I used to live life like a criminal even though I was going through high school or college, or the fact that I was smart, had no bearing on that. People can have intelligence all the way but have no direction. Not all criminals are idiots.” PeopleWayFactsSchoolUsedCollegeSmartHigh SchoolCriminalsIdiotLive LifeRevolutionary Author:Immortal Technique
“Everyone feels awkward, everyone feels uncomfortable, everyone gets older, everyone gets lonely, everyone gets sick, everyone eventually dies. You’re at the Aspen Ideas Fest, and you have these really smart, really accomplished people who pretend like they’ve somehow figured out a way to bypass the human condition. We live in this culture where there are so many things that want us to pretend that we’re not truly human.” PeopleWayWantFeelsHumansIdeasDiesCultureConditionsSmartLonelySickUncomfortableAccomplishedHuman ConditionAwkwardWant UReally SmartBypassAspens Author:Moby
“I think the record-buying public know what they like, and when people are trying to pander to them, I think they know it. They want the genuine article, so if we try to sort of "dumb down" for the mass public, I think they're too smart for that, and would recognize us as fakes. It seems like the bands that do crossover do so really on their own terms, and they just find that their terms just kind of make a big dove-tail with the masses.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantTryingKindBigsSeemsTermRecordsBandMassSmartGenuineDumbFakeBuyingArticlesTailsDoveCrossover Author:Ira Kaplan
“Michelle Obama is Superwoman. What can't she do? That's why people love her. She can be on the Supreme Court and anywhere else she wants. She can be the president. She's history and she'll stay history because she is so amazingly smart and together.” PeopleWantTogetherPresidentSmartCourtSupremeSupreme CourtSuperwoman Author:Samuel L. Jackson
“I have the charisma of the chipmunk. I never have thought I was smart. I thought the people I dealt with were dumb.” PeopleSmartDumbCharismaChipmunks Author:Hyman Rickover
“Some [people] are really smart. You know who you are. Some [people] are really thick. Unfortunately, you don't know who you are.” PeopleKnowsSmartWho You AreThickReally Smart Author:Ricky Gervais
“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
“Some PhD physicists write software or work for hedge funds, but physics still has a problem with having very smart people but not enough opportunities.” PeopleWritingStillsEnoughProblemOpportunitySmartPhysicsFundSoftwarePhysicistSmart PeopleVery SmartPhdsHedge Fund Author:Stuart J. Russell
“From the day Microsoft was started, the only constraint to our growth has been attracting ah, more great programmers, very smart, committed, ah, people. And so we're always on... on the look for ah, that kind of person.” PeopleLooksKindPersonsHas BeensGrowthSmartCommittedConstraintsMicrosoftProgrammersVery Smart Author:Bill Gates
“Cormac McCarthy is my favorite author in the world. I love him so much. There's one book that informs me more than The Road - it's called Suttree. That book is a huge influence on me. I'm not smart enough to emulate him, but he inspires me. He never infiltrates my writing directly. He writes incredibly intelligently about people that are marginalized.” PeopleWorldWritingBookEnoughInfluenceInspireHugeSmartMy FavoriteEmulateI Love HimMarginalized Author:Matt de la Pena
“Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they'll do wonderful things with them.” PeopleIfsGivingImportantTechnologyWonderfulSmartToolsIntelligenceWonderful ThingsWhat's ImportantInformation TechnologyImportant Jobs Author:Steve Jobs
“Too, some of my teachers helped me to navigate those books, showed me the maps and paths and secret decoder rings - people like Linda Kintz and Forest Pyle and Mary Wood and Diana Abu Jaber. They didn't treat me like a messy writer girl in combat boots who had infiltrated the smart people room. They treated me like I deserved to be there, potty mouth and all, they helped make a space for me to rage and ride my own intellect. That's why I'm saying their names out loud.” PeopleBookGirlNamesMy OwnSpaceRoomsSecretPathTeacherSmartMouthsTreatsWoodsIntellectRageRingsForestsTreatedLoudMapsCombatBootsMaryMessyNavigateSmart PeopleDianaPottyCombat BootsPotty Mouth Author:Lidia Yuknavitch
“I think that technology is much more mysterious to the people using it than, say, the automobile was. This isn't an original observation, but a lot of the smart devices people rely on now really do feel like magic to a lot of us.” PeopleThinkingFeelsTechnologyMagicSmartOriginalsMysteriousObservationRelyDevicesAutomobile Author:Charlie Jane Anders
“My donkeys are Jack and Don Quixote. They're very smart, very cautious. Much of what people consider stubbornness in donkeys is actually cautiousness.” PeopleSmartCautiousStubbornnessDonkeyVery SmartCautiousness Author:Bonnie Jo Campbell
“Where you go to these really good schools, and it's all about preparing for the next step of success. That was never even on my radar. My job is to explore the world, because this is my one life, you know? That's totally how I see it. But I came to Yale just being like, Yeah, now I get to explore this place and meet all these people who are really smart. And I was just excited to be surrounded by people who were as smart as me or were probably smarter. And I just did not expect the level of competition and bitterness and anger, and, the tearing each other down.” PeopleKnowsWorldSchoolJobsNextLevelsStepsSmartYeahCompetitionExcitedBitternessJust BeingSmarterPreparingNext StepsRadarYaleReally SmartGood School Author:Larkin Grimm
“I kind of like social media, and I like hearing from people. I don't like the ugly stuff, but there are some people - smart people - who have a very different perspective, and I'll get a backlash from them. And this isn't necessarily a bad thing.” PeopleKindDifferentSocialStuffMediaPerspectiveSmartUglySocial MediaHearingBad ThingsSmart PeopleDifferent PerspectiveBacklash Author:Paul Bloom
“If there's a theme in my work, it's that I like to focus on smart people who are facing oppression and who are fighting back against it.” PeopleIfsFightingFocusSmartOppressionThemeWorking ItSmart PeopleFighting Back Author:Molly Crabapple
“MacGyver of course, that's probably my favorite show of all time, because it was a guy who was so, so smart and could use his wits, and his technical know-how could get him out of any situation. There's something about the adventurer aspect of that show that I loved, that he went on all these great missions and saved people without having to use guns or anything like that. And I think that show might even be coming back, too.” PeopleThinkingKnowsUseShowsMightGuyCoursesSituationKnow HowSmartGunAspectMy FavoriteMissionsSavedWitAll TimeComing BackAdventurerMacgyver Author:Rhys Darby
“As I said in my State of the Union address ensuring the security of the United States and the safety of our people demands a smart, patient and disciplined approach to the world.” PeopleWorldSaidStatesUnitedUnited StatesSecurityDemandApproachSmartSafetyUnionsPatientAddresses Author:Barack Obama
“I mean when the book first came out it was not a bestseller, but it got good reviews and at that point I was done writing about Andy, done talking about Andy....but now, I kind of love it. All these smart, attractive young people think I'm cool! So here I am a guy in his sixties with all of these interesting friends in their twenties. It's very stimulating and keeps me very much in the present.” PeopleThinkingWritingFirstsKindMeanBookDoneYoungGuyInterestingTalkingSmartTwentiesAttractiveReviewsSixtyHere I AmKinds Of Love Author:Bob Colacello
“When I was trying to figure out why lives have improved so much in the last 300 years, where we've gone from a third of kids dying before 5 to - by 1990 it was down to 10% - now it's down to 5%. And saying why, over all history, there were smart people, but that number didn't change. Average life span didn't change. What's magical about what's been deemed the Industrial Revolution? It's really energy intensity.” PeopleTryingYearsKidsLastsEnergyNumbersGoneDyingFiguresRevolutionSmartThirdsAverageIntensitySmart PeopleIndustrial RevolutionLife SpanAverage Life Author:Bill Gates
“Politicians are enormously smart and rational. They don't have the same interests as businessmen ... But a man rises to the top of the United States. He's clawed his way out of 330 million people. OK. He didn't do that because he was dumb, or lucky, or something like that. He understands power. And he understands how to take it. And he understands how to keep it.” PeopleMenWayStatesInterestUnitedMillionsUnited StatesPoliticianLuckySmartRationalDumbBusinessman Author:George Friedman
“I am increasingly convinced that people who have power are not necessarily smarter than others. Beyond a certain level of intelligence and level in the hierarchy, everyone is smart. What differentiates people is their political skill and savvy.” PeoplePoliticalCertainLevelsSkillsSmartConvincedSmarterHierarchyDifferentiateSavvy Author:Jeffrey Pfeffer
“The investigation of consciousness has come to be regarded suspiciously by most smart people and by most scientists. That's a legacy that began with the Inquisition, which considered non-Christian spiritual inquiry as blasphemous.” PeopleChristianSpiritualConsciousnessSmartScientistLegacyInvestigationInquirySmart PeopleInquisition Author:David O. Russell
“I have no idea how it got so big. I was just trying to find something to do while I was living in Boulder, Colorado, which isn't really a funny town. There are a lot of smart people there, but comedy isn't at the forefront of their minds.” PeopleTryingMindIdeasBigsComedySmartTownsNo IdeaSmart PeopleColoradoBoulders Author:George Meyer
“They [Chinese] have very smart, experienced people. I don't want to paint them all with the same brush. There was a little bit of a feeling that the stock market, which went from something like $4 trillion in valuation to $10 trillion, that the Chinese wanted that.” PeopleWantLittlesFeelingsWantedBitsLittle BitSmartPaintChineseBrushesVery SmartValuation Author:Jamie Dimon
“Advice is not really very useful. People gave me terrible advice, and I guess I was just smart enough to ignore some of it.” PeopleEnoughAdviceTerribleSmart Author:Travis Morrison
“As television is learning some of the movies' great tricks, movies are taking what's good from TV. Maybe it will all become one big thing, with smart, talented people who love a thing, helping each other be better.” PeopleHelpingBigsTelevisionTvsSmartTricksBig ThingsHelping Each Other Author:Akiva Goldsman
“I've done a number of studies with speed dating and Match.com and what's interesting is that you know we still walk into a speed dating event, you know, thinking about what it is we're looking for in a mate and so you ask people, like women will say "I'm looking for somebody who is really kind and sincere and smart and funny."” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindStillsDoneAsksWalksInterestingNumbersStudyEventsSmartDatingSpeedSincereMatesSmart And Funny Author:Sheena Iyengar
“I don't see what the alternative to risk management is. If it's just getting rid of the models and instead using the smart people who can figure it out? How do you train them? What do you teach them? Do you just put them in a cockpit and let them stumble for 10 years of their life and then after that they're good at it?” PeopleIfsYearsTeachRiskFiguresModelsSmartManagementTrainAlternativesRisk ManagementSmart PeopleCockpit Author:Robert F. Engle
“I've seen that phenomenally successful people believe they can learn something from everybody. I call them 'mavericks with mentors.' Richard Branson, for instance, is a total maverick but he surrounds himself with incredibly successful, smart people and he listens to them.” PeopleBelieveSuccessfulSmartInstanceSurroundMentorSuccessful PeopleSmart PeopleMaverick Author:Brendon Burchard
“I would imagine, a very large percentage of people who get something for art and they do something else, and they have some excess resources. And they trade those resources with artists whose work makes them feel good, or feel better, or question. And the artist, if they're smart, they use it to buy the most expensive thing in the world: time to make more. The more that come, the better it is for these people, their children, the people they care about, fills the society with a real constant thing.” PeopleIfsWorldFeelsChildrenArtRealUseCareArtistImagineSmartResourcesTradeConstantFeel GoodExpensiveExcessFeel BetterPercentages Author:Lawrence Weiner
“The problem with Salafis is that they are religiously sincere and politically naïve. And they allow themselves to be supported by people who have no religious sincerity but who are politically very smart, especially when it comes to their economic interests.” PeopleProblemInterestReligiousEconomicSmartSincereSincerityVery Smart Author:Tariq Ramadan
“I've never dated anyone because they were vegetarian, just like I'm gay but don't only go to gay bars. I hang out with people because they are fun, smart, and kind, and if they happen to be veg I'm thrilled.” PeopleIfsKindHappensFunGaySmartBarsHanging OutVegetarian Author:Dan Mathews
“It was a time of turmoil at colleges and universities. And I saw some very smart people and very privileged people behaving irresponsibly. And I couldn't help making a contrast between some of the worst of what I saw on the campus and the good sense and the decency of the people back in my own community.” PeopleHelpingCommunityMy OwnSawsWorstCollegeSmartUniversityContrastPrivilegedDecencyGood SenseTurmoilCampusSmart PeopleVery SmartColleges And Universities Author:Samuel Alito
“People ought to shop smart and really think about what they are buying.” PeopleThinkingOughtSmartBuyingShops Author:Allen Crawford
“I studied Sanskrit for many years, and I've got all the coursework for my Ph.D. And a lot of what's going on in American Yoga is just made-up stuff. Smart people, even good people, Western therapists, Yoga therapists and other things, Western healthcare practitioners who love Asana and say, "Let's make up yoga therapy."” PeopleYearsMadeStuffSmartYogaWesternTherapyGood PeopleHealthcareTherapistsSmart PeopleAsanaSanskrit Author:Gary Kraftsow
“I love the complication of the kids in the characters' lives. I love that these two people are very capable in all these ways. They're so trained. They're kind of deadly. They're smart and vicious at times, but I love that they're undone by a teenager, like we all are. We're all incensed and undone by the ungratefulness of a child, and I love that it matters so greatly to them, in a way that it matters to every parent. Teenagers are going to do that no matter where you live or who you are.” PeopleWayKindChildrenTwoMatterCharacterKidsParentCapableSmartWho You AreTeenagerViciousUndoneComplicationWhere You Live Author:Keri Russell
“I think a smart guy can learn. Some guys learn - it's just like all of us - some guys can learn electronics, some of us can't. Some people can learn something else, some of us can't. I mean, we're all wired differently.” PeopleThinkingMeanGuySmartElectronicsSmart Guy Author:Bill Belichick
“I know is that the response [for Difficult People ] has been really great. I think it's for smart people. I think it's for people who obviously care about pop culture or know about it, even if it's to a fault. I think it's for outsiders.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsHas BeensCareCultureDifficultSmartFaultsResponsePopsOutsidersReally GreatPop CultureSmart People Author:Billy Eichner
“In my teaching and consulting practice, I encourage people to learn to experiment with confidence and to see themselves as scientists in the laboratory of their lives, continually trying new ways to pursue what matters most to them and to the people who depend on them. Smart, small wins are crucial to this approach, as is devoting time and attention to reflecting on what works and what doesn't.” PeopleWayTryingMatterWinningAttentionPracticeTeachingDependsApproachSmartScientistExperimentsPursueCrucialNew WaysWhat MattersReflectingLaboratoryConsultingSmall Wins Author:Stewart D. Friedman
“I think it's important for people to say look, what does each party and each candidate have to offer for you. If you want a better future that is going to be reliant on making smart economic policies, compare my husband's eight years with Ronald Reagan's eight years. 23 million new jobs, more than seven million people lifted out of poverty.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantYearsLooksDoeImportantJobsPartyPovertyMillionsEconomicPolicyOffersHusbandSmartSevenEightCompareCandidatesMy HusbandBetter FutureNew JobEconomic Policy Author:Hillary Clinton
“If I want to do something powerful or special, then I contact people I think are smart, educated, inspiring and I'll say, "What are you doing? How can I help?"” PeopleIfsThinkingWantHelpingPowerfulSpecialSmartContactEducated Author:Zendaya
“I ran for president. I ran for governor twice. And I've been the governor now for nearly seven years. I find that the people who are my best advisors are the people who are smart enough to give me really good advice and smart enough to keep their mouths shut about what advice they give me. And so if I want advisors that way, that's the kind of advisor I'm going to be for Donald Trump.” PeopleIfsWayWantGivingYearsKindEnoughPresidentAdviceTrumpSmartMouthsGive MeSevenRanGovernorsSeven YearsGood AdviceAdvisors Author:Chris Christie
“Being in writers' rooms turns you feral. You are swearing, you are going to very dark, mean places. You start out in the room with all these smart people, and you're all well-read and well-educated and the humor is really erudite. And then over the course of the year, after the production schedule grinds you down, it is just so mean and stupid.” PeopleYearsWellsMeanTurnsCoursesDarkRoomsStupidSmartProductionsEducatedSchedulesGrindSmart PeopleSwearingWell EducatedErudite Author:Maria Semple
“If people are attracted to me, I like to think it's because I'm an interesting person, fairly smart, well-rounded, with a good sense of humor. I would like to think that's what I am. I would like to think people see it.” PeopleIfsThinkingWellsPersonsInterestingSmartSense Of HumorGood SenseWell RoundedGood Sense Of Humor Author:Rob Lowe
“There's all of the DVD extra material and all these other pieces of information that don't fit into a 90-minute experience, but it's still content and people still want to see it. It's being open to [the fact that] the business is changing and being open to how you can make money to afford you to stay in business to keep making new things. I think you just have to have an open mind and be really smart about stuff and not be so locked into the conventional way of how the process used to go.” PeopleThinkingWayWantMindStillsFactsUsedStuffProcessPiecesMinutesInformationMaterialsFitSmartMaking MoneyExtrasLockedNew ThingsConventionalOpen MindDvdsReally SmartConventional Ways Author:Alex Stapleton
“I don't know what my image is. I went to France to publicize Marvin's Room, and one really smart young woman journalist said to me, "You know, when I told people I was going to interview Meryl Streep they were so excited... all ze women in my office, they love you so much. But ze men - they are afraid of you."” PeopleKnowsMenSaidYoungRoomsLove YouOfficeSmartExcitedFranceJournalistInterviewsYoung WomenOld PeopleReally SmartMarvinLove You So Much Author:Meryl Streep
“I was always amused that people were either skeptical or surprised that I would choose a Hillary Clinton as a secretary of state. To my mind, having somebody smart, tough, capable with her own stature, who could travel around the world and command the stage, was a huge asset.” PeopleWorldMindStatesStageHugeCapableSmartToughClintonCommandAround The WorldAssetsSecretarySkepticalAmusedStature Author:Barack Obama
“A lot of really smart, wealthy people know that [slashing taxes on the wealthy hasn't worked.]” PeopleKnowsTaxesSmartWealthyReally Smart Author:Donald Trump