“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
“[10 Things I Hate About You] is a smart and grounded film about a real, well-rounded girl. I think the only other teen film that came close to getting that right was Can't Hardly Wait.” ThinkingWellsRealFilmHateGirlWaitingSmartI HateGroundedWell RoundedThings I Hate Author:David Krumholtz
“I think what you expect of every candidate and ultimately of a president is to listen to the facts and to deal with things in a way that's smart and direct. I'm confident that's exactly what President [Donald] Trump will do.” ThinkingWayFactsPresidentDealsTrumpSmartDirectCandidates Author:Chris Christie
“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
“It was a very cool thing to be a smart girl, as opposed to some other, different kind. And I think that made a great deal of difference to me growing up and in my life afterward.” ThinkingKindMadeDifferentGirlDifferencesDealsGrowing UpGrowingSmartDifferent KindsCool ThingsVery CoolSmart Girl Author:Elena Kagan
“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 think that trade is an important issue. Of course, we are 5 percent of the world's population; we have to trade with the other 95 percent. And we need to have smart, fair trade deals.” ThinkingWorldNeedsImportantCoursesDealsIssuesSmartPercentFairsTradePopulationImportant IssuesFair Trade Author:Hillary Clinton
“Take the self-driving car and the smartphone and put those together and think about how to manage a smart grid because suddenly you have all of this data coming from those two mechanisms that allow for a much higher level of allocating energy much more efficiently.” ThinkingTwoSelfTogetherEnergyLevelsCarHigherSmartDrivingManageDataMechanismHigher LevelGridsSmartphonesDriving Cars Author:Jonathon Keats
“I think that as a society as well, we need to be smart about what technologies we take up and how construe progress.” ThinkingNeedsWellsTechnologyProgressSmartBeing Smart Author:Jonathon Keats
“I honestly don't even really want to think about it; I'd rather focus on how wonderful she is. Hillary Clinton is such a formidable candidate. I think we're lucky to have someone as smart and capable and strong as she is wanting to be our president.” ThinkingWantStrongPresidentFocusWonderfulLuckyCapableSmartClintonHonestlyCandidatesFormidable Author:Natalie Portman
“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
“To put all of your eggs in one basket is silly. We did that for a long time and I don't think it's very smart.” ThinkingLongLong TimeSmartSillyEggsBasketsVery SmartEggs In One Basket Author:John Kasich
“I will not support putting American soldiers into Iraq as an occupying force. I don't think that is in our interest, and I don't think that would be smart to do. In fact, I think that would be a big red flag waving for ISIS to reconstitute itself.” ThinkingFactsBigsWould BeForceInterestSupportSmartRedSoldierIraqFlagsIsisBeing SmartAmerican SoldierRed FlagsFlag Waving Author:Hillary Clinton
“I still think we are smart enough to not destroy planet Earth, our only home.” ThinkingStillsEnoughHomeEarthPlanetsSmartPlanet Earth Author:Jane Goodall
“If you're a smart guy, you should really try to find out what women are thinking. I mean, we are 51 percent of the population.” IfsThinkingShouldTryingMeanGuySmartPercentPopulationSmart Guy Author:Karin Slaughter
“I don't think Mitt Romney is a smart person. I never have thought he was a smart person. But the Mormons are very smart people.” PeopleThinkingPersonsSmartRomneySmart PeopleVery SmartSmart Person Author:Donald Trump
“I still think Brooke Shields is aces. She's really smart, interesting, doesn't feel that her time is more valuable than anyone else's. Really hardworking. And I knew that if she was the star of the show, it's going to be a good experience. And it was.” IfsThinkingFeelsStillsShowsStarsInterestingSmartValuableShieldsHardworkingReally SmartAcesGood Experiences Author:Judd Nelson
“Obviously you want to be smart enough to take other people's advice and take that into consideration, and obviously try to surround yourself with people that are smarter than you. As far as sticking to your guns, I think there is no better advice than to just find something that you really give a s - about and then go do it.” PeopleThinkingWantGivingTryingEnoughAdviceSmartGunConsiderationSurroundSmarterBeing SmartSurround YourselfSurround Yourself With People Author:Chelsea Handler
“I think that you could design a terrible logo for a good company with great people and they could build it into a great program. Alternatively you could design what seems to be a brilliant logo for people who are not smart or energetic or are incapable of associating with anything positive and it would become a terrible logo.” PeopleThinkingSeemsCompanyDesignTerribleSmartProgramBrilliantIncapableGreat PeopleEnergeticLogosGood Company Author:Michael Bierut
“I think that people are able to see that I am working hard, that I am striving openly, honestly and sincerely to achieve the results the results our country needs. I think that they are also able to see that not all goes well. Our people are smart and sharp-sighted. Yet, I believe that the main thing is to sincerely aspire to achieve the maximum, so that the country feels more secure and people live better. That's precisely how I am trying to go about my work.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFeelsTryingBelieveWellsCountryHardAbleI BelieveResultsAchieveSmartStriveHonestlyOur CountrySecureAspireMaximumSincerely Author:Vladimir Putin
“If you were making poetry out of convictions - trying to convince other people - you were in the territory of rhetoric, and that wasn't the territory of poetry. I think that's pretty smart. I think that it doesn't need to be altogether true, but that was my starting place.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsTryingSmartStartingConvictionConvinceTerritoryRhetoric Author:Robert Hass
“Topher Grace is a really smart guy, and he really thinks about [acting].” ThinkingGuyActingGraceSmartReally SmartSmart Guy Author:Diane Keaton
“A brain is a society of very small, simple modules that cannot be said to be thinking, that are not smart in themselves. But when you have a network of them together, out of that arises a kind of smartness.” ThinkingKindSaidTogetherSimpleBrainSmartIntelligenceAriseSmartnessSmall Simple Author:Kevin Kelly
“I think we knew that this would be just like raising the kids together, this would be a fun thing to do in partnership. And you know, we're so lucky because we get to hire in very smart people. We get to partner with governments like the Canadian Development Organization - CIDA, USAID - tonnes of scientists doing this work. This is fascinating.” PeopleThinkingKnowsGovernmentWould BeKidsTogetherFunDevelopmentLuckySmartOrganizationScientistPartnersThings To DoFascinatingPartnershipSmart PeopleSo LuckyVery SmartFun ThingsUsaid Author:Bill Gates
“I used to bug all of the comedians for interviews, and when people want to talk to me, sometimes I'm very receptive and sometimes I say no. Sometimes if I say no, I think, "If they're smart, they'll figure out how to not accept this no."” PeopleIfsThinkingWantSometimesUsedAcceptingFiguresSmartComedianInterviewsBugsTalk To MeReceptive Author:Judd Apatow
“The White House, as Warren Harding said, and I think accurately, is an alchemist. We find out the strengths, the weaknesses and the smarts and the dumbs of whoever those occupants are under the pressure of the presidency.” ThinkingSaidHouseWhiteSmartWeaknessPressureWhite HousePresidencyAlchemistHardingWarren Harding Author:Mark Shields
“There's an argument that maybe [The Grinder] was better suited for streaming or cable. I don't know. I still like to think there's a place for smart, subversive, original comedies on networks.” ThinkingKnowsStillsComedySmartArgumentOriginalsCablesSubversiveStreamingGrinder Author:Rob Lowe
“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
“I do think it's dangerous when you are overly secularizing, and sometimes you get very smart, and sometimes [you] gain a lot of smarts, but you lose a lot of wisdom.” ThinkingSometimesLosesDangerousSmartGainsVery Smart Author:Van Jones
“John Cryan and I worked together at UBS, and I think John is one smart, hardworking individual, and I wouldn't bet against John. I wish him well.” ThinkingWellsTogetherIndividualWishSmartHardworking Author:Ken Moelis
“I don't think we need to have an either/or debate about the use of military force - I think you can be both tough and smart.” ThinkingNeedsUseForceMilitarySmartToughDebateMilitary ForceEither Or Author:Hillary Clinton
“[John Larroquette] is one of the smartest men I've ever met. He's very cerebral and book-smart. He would say things and I'd have to go look them up, thinking, "That can't be true!" And they'd be true.” ThinkingMenLooksBookMetsSmartBeing TrueCerebral Author:Julie Benz
“In the end, the truth always wins out. It always does, no matter how many times you tell a story that isn't true. In the end, the truth comes out. There's either video evidence or photographic evidence. I think the American people are smart consumers.” PeopleThinkingDoeEndsMatterStoriesWinningSmartEvidenceVideoConsumersTruth Comes Out Author:Gayle King
“The idea of social performance, that we're always performing identities, is something I got fairly obsessed with. I think it's probably because I am a person who went to 15 different elementary and middle schools. I moved all the time, often having to run out in the middle of the night because my mom couldn't pay the bills. There were schools where I'd be the poor loser kid. There were schools where I'd suddenly be the smart kid or the cool kid, although that was very seldom.” ThinkingPersonsIdeasDifferentRunningKidsSchoolNightSocialPoorPayMiddleIdentityMomSmartPerformancesBillsMovedMy MomPerformingObsessedLoserMiddle Of The NightMiddle SchoolCool KidSmart Kid Author:Robert Greene
“I don't even really understand that concept of someone being 'smart' or someone else being 'smarter.' I think that except for the obvious special cases, we're all equal.” ThinkingCasesSpecialEqualSmartConceptsObviousSmarterBeing Smart Author:Ab-Soul
“My advice would be to whoever is going after judges by name, whether it's the president or anybody else, I think it's a terrible idea. I don't think it's a very smart thing to do a Muslim ban.” ThinkingIdeasWould BeNamesPresidentAdviceJudgingTerribleSmartThings To DoBansVery Smart Author:Alex Kozinski
“Honestly, Think Like a Man was the first romantic comedy that I liked. I'd kind of avoided them for awhile because I never felt that any of them were really smart enough. But when I read this script, I genuinely fell in love with the characters, especially my own. So, I just wanted to be a part of it.” ThinkingMenKindEnoughCharacterComedySmartHonestlyReally Smart Author:Michael Ealy
“The only negative thing is that I got into acting thinking, "One day I'll be a cowboy, the next day I'll be an astronaut. Maybe I'll be a fireman." It seems that I'm destined to play smart people in suits. I'd rather have that than no niche.” PeopleThinkingActingOne DaySmartNegativeCowboyAstronautNicheSmart PeopleFireman Author:Joshua Malina
“One lesson I learned the hard way, early in my career, was that if I tried to write to be smart or to convey a theme or from some existing plan, the result was usually pretty boring. My intuitive move, whenever I'm considering writing something, is to steer towards what feels enjoyable. Another way of saying it is, you just try to avoid the "sucky." If you start to think of a story and a way to tell it, and your reaction is kind of like, Ugh, that's going to be hard, then you don't want to do that.” ThinkingWritingTryingKindMovingSmartBoringEnjoyableBeing Smart Author:George Saunders
“I prefer people to disagree with me because I really don't think I'm smart enough to know what all the answers are and I think the back and forth ... we have a lot of it in our office, strong personalities, big intellects, good ideas - I think that back and forth has produced better strategies and tactics for us than if I sat in my office and decided we're doing those 10 things and that's the end of it.” PeopleThinkingEnoughStrongPersonalityOfficeSmartStrategyIntellectSatDisagreeStrong PersonStrong Personality Author:Rob Manfred
“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
“I do think that my generation is really smart and wants to have political conversations, and so I hope that we can continue spreading our ideas and being able to change how our systems work. So, I guess being an all-American to me is being someone who questions things.” ThinkingPoliticalSmartReally Smart Author:Amandla Stenberg
“Think bigger than society lets you think. And find mentors. My life is filled with people who knew me when I was 19 and had a horrible South African accent and bleach-blond hair and who believed in me in a way that was brutal. They were just unbelievable and consistent and smart. Find mentors who, every time you're with them, you're being schooled. Just absolutely schooled.” PeopleThinkingSmartHorribleConsistentMentorBrutalSouth AfricaUnbelievableFind MeThink Big Author:Charlize Theron
“There are a lot of smart people being really thoughtful and writing really interesting things, but that isn't what I want to do. It's never felt like what I've been called to do. And I have to risk sounding really arrogant when I say that because I've gone to Ivy League schools and been privileged in all these ways in the world of ideas, but I'm not as smart as you think. I'm not really depending on what I learned in college to write my books. Those were just parts of my life experience.” PeopleThinkingWorldWritingBookSchoolInterestingRiskCollegeSmartLeagueThoughtfulBeing RealLife ExperienceArrogantReally InterestingSmart People Author:Ottessa Moshfegh
“I feel like it's a lot easier to parody Democrats just because they take themselves so seriously. I think Republicans have a little bit more of an open mind as to how ridiculous they are. Democrats pride themselves in being the highbrow, smart, right choice.” ThinkingMindChoicesPrideRepublicanSmartDemocratRidiculousOpen Mind Author:Michael Che
“You know, I personally think that gentrification happens long before you start seeing white people in formerly people-of-color neighborhoods. It starts happening when we start telling the young, hard-working, quote-unquote "smart" kids that they need to measure success by how far they get away from our communities.” PeopleThinkingLongKidsCommunitySmartNeighborhoodGet AwayMeasure Of Success Author:Majora Carter
“I think that "Gilmore Girls" did so many things well, and it was a very feminist show in a time when that wasn't really being portrayed at all. The show made it cool to be a smart girl. That certainly wasn't happening at the time - you were surrounded by beauty shows and teen soap operas. "Gilmore Girls" felt very apart from everything else that was happening.” ThinkingGirlSmartFeministSmart Girl Author:Liza Weil
“If Putin and those around him had been smart enough to go in a different direction... The country was ready. The conditions were extremely favorable - with oil prices as high as they were, it was possible to do anything. It was possible to solidify democracy. After the Yeltsin years people began to think that democracy is a disaster, that democracy equals misery. Putin got a lucky break - and he used it the KGB way. He turned out to be a wily KGB man, not a wise statesman.” PeopleThinkingMenDifferentCountryEnoughBreakDemocracyWiseLuckySmartMiseryDisaster Author:Vladimir Voinovich
“A lot of times, when you're acting, you have to explain things to the audience, and it's boring work to do that. It's really hard to make that interesting. I like the discovery of characters. I think people are smart. Audiences are intelligent and can figure things out by just watching behaviors.” PeopleThinkingCharacterInterestingActingAudienceBehaviorSmartIntelligentBoring Author:Andie MacDowell
“Today's clunky smart glasses will be replaced by smart contact lenses. We'll command them by voice, blinking, or even thinking, to interact visually in 3-D with the Internet.” ThinkingInternetSmartReplaced Author:Michio Kaku