“Vladimir Putin is a smart guy. I don't like him, smart guy. He is going to advance the cause of Russia until he hits a brick wall. He's hit a brick wall in a few areas. I think we need to make it clear that your growth of the former Soviet Union is over. You can be a great power that's respected. Fine. But this is not going to be the old Soviet Union.” ThinkingGuyGrowthWallSmartOver YouSovietSoviet UnionGreat PowerBrick Wall Author:Adam Kinzinger
“Whenever you show up on a set where you haven't been from the beginning - at least myself - I'm kind of quiet. I just watch the politics and how everything unfolds. It's kind of like going to a new high school. You want to see who everyone is before you introduce yourself, really, to kind of make friends. I think any smart person does that in social situations” ThinkingKindSchoolSituationQuietSmartHigh SchoolIntroducing Author:Walton Goggins
“I don't think I'm a witty person. To me, a witty person is a funny person who is also a smart person. My friend David Rakoff, who died a few years ago, he was a witty person. Fran Lebowitz is a witty person. I don't think there are that many witty people around, so you tend to notice them when they do come around. I don't consider myself to be that.” PeopleThinkingSmartWitty Author:David Sedaris
“Here`s a guy who says he`s a great businessman. But it seems like a lot of Trump's business is built around stiffing small businesses and workers out of what he owes them, work they`ve done. He thinks that`s cute or smart or funny to basically not pay somebody who`s done work for him and say go ahead and sue me because I`ve got more money than you and you can`t do anything about it.” ThinkingDoneGuySmartCuteBusinessmanSmall BusinessGreat Business Author:Barack Obama
“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
“We like to think about how smart we are. But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it's all there, at least the basic elements of it. You can't change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed.” ThinkingHardLeftTalentElementsSmartCan't ChangeLeft Handed Author:Stephen King
“I think the smart people will get even smarter, and the dumb people will get even dumber. But I think they all will enjoy A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila, no matter how you slice it. You know, we keep eating it up. Some of the most intelligent people I know cannot get enough of it. That's a dangerous thing.” PeopleThinkingEnoughEnjoyDangerousEatingSmartIntelligentDumbSmart PeopleTequilaDumb People Author:Joel McHale
“To get large groups of people to dance, there needs to be something accessible about the music. The beat can't be too esoteric, but unless we're talking about prog or etherealist composition, I think there's something simplistic about most music. What's completely insane to me is that people would consider music that's simple to be dumbed-down. Couldn't simplicity be a deliberate, smart choice? Those people aren't really listening; they're judging a song off of a beat, off of a pulse.” PeopleThinkingSongChoicesSimpleJudgingListeningSmartSimplicityInsaneComposition Author:Dan Deacon
“I saw Nader shortly before the election and - I voted him the time before, because I liked the sort of long-term strategy of building a viable third party. So, okay, we'll get enough votes, you get a little bit more money, and maybe, if there's continued growth, then maybe eventually there's hope for a viable, legitimate third party. I think the reason why I didn't vote for him last time was because we tried that and it didn't work. Ralph Nader is a very smart guy, and I think he's got a lot of good ideas.” ThinkingReasonEnoughGuyGrowthPartyBuildingSmartOkayVoteElectionStrategyLast TimeVery Smart Author:Aaron McGruder
“I've done my share of reading about Abraham Lincoln, throughout my life, and he wasn't always carved in stone. He was a human being. He was a very thoughtful, self-educated, complex, magnanimous human being, who was very, very strong, very smart and very canny, with a very strong sense of what was right and what was wrong. Through all that, he's become an icon, over the years, and some of his warmth and humanity has been lost. You don't tend to think of Lincoln as this warm, funny person, but he was.” ThinkingDoneHumanityReadingStrongShareSmartThoughtfulWarmthVery StrongVery Smart Author:Billy Campbell
“Once you've created an intelligence so smart, the real job of that intelligence is to protect itself from other intelligences becoming more intelligent than it. It's just kind of like human beings. The way you look at money or the way you look at the success of your child, you always want to make sure that as far as it gets, it can protect itself and continue forward. So I think any type of intelligence, no matter what it is, is going to have this very basic principle to protect the power that it has gained.” ThinkingKindChildrenRealProtectSmartIntelligentOur ChildrenYour Children Author:Zoltan Istvan
“Some people think they are such geniuses and just thought of that. They think they are so smart, like they say "All this talk about Kurt Vile and no one asks him where he got his stupid name from," or, "No one asks where he stole his name from." And I'm like, "Oh, you're a genius."” PeopleThinkingStupidGeniusSmart Author:Kurt Vile
“Most of the people I know who smoke marijuana are not very bright and what they talk about when they're stoned, they think they're being really smart and insightful, but they just sound idiotic.” PeopleThinkingSmartInsightfulBeing RealMarijuanaIdioticReally Smart Author:Andie MacDowell
“I think being sexy and comfortable in your body is a wonderful thing, and I don't mind being acknowledged for it or appreciated for it. I know what I'm capable of. I know that I'm a relatively smart girl - I'm clever - and I feel like the sexy image only stands to make me a more powerful human being.” ThinkingMindGirlPowerfulWonderfulCapableSmartSexyCleverAppreciatedSmart Girl Author:Megan Fox
“The kids are really smart. They are sharp and they're not yet bent over by the system. I think there's a wonderful intelligence in today's youth, and it's a part of growing up.” ThinkingKidsGrowing UpWonderfulYouthSmartReally Smart Author:Tobe Hooper
“Nastassja Kinski is a sweetie. She's very quiet. But smart. I hung out with her mother more than Nastassja. I think Nastassja was more worried about Paul Schrader and doing the part in The Cat People, so her mom and I kind of became friends.” PeopleThinkingKindMotherMomQuietSmartCatWorriedHung Author:John Heard
“I think that most successful artists - not always, but a lot of them, in any field - have business savvy as well and have some sense of marketing acumen. I think the key is to be good enough at it that it doesn't overwhelm your aesthetic interests, but have just enough that you make smart decisions.” ThinkingEnoughArtistInterestDecisionSuccessfulSmartMarketingBe GoodGood EnoughAestheticSavvy Author:Teddy Wayne
“I think that a lot of women get out of the business because it's so not family-friendly. And so women that could be in there making good women-roles don't do it, 'cause they're smart and get out. But I think there is a consequence to that. I think us gals need to stay in and just change the way it works, so men aren't being workaholics and avoiding life and relationships, and they can make films in a reasonable amount of time, so you can have a family and a life outside of work. And have more balanced, content-driven, enjoyable movies.” ThinkingMenFilmSmartConsequenceAvoidingEnjoyableWorkaholicGood Woman Author:Joan Cusack
“Most people define "street smarts" as some innate ability to make savvy decisions, or one that has developed as a result of a person being confronted with very challenging circumstances in the past. I think another common term that is used is one who has amazing "business acumen." But, whatever we call it, it is always associated with some mysterious ability, only a few possess, that allow them to make better decisions than the rest of us.” PeopleThinkingPastTermChallengesAbilityDecisionCommonCircumstancesSmartMysteriousSavvy Author:Justin Menkes
“When I worked with Chevy Chase, Michael Ritchie would say, "Just ad lib and try to break me up. Just insult me. Anything." When we were doing his close-up, or when my back was to the camera, I would come up with jokes or quips or anything, to get a real reaction out of him. He was smart enough to know that was gold. So it was great fun working with him and Michael, and getting to see how the two worked together. I think Fletch and Clark Griswold were Chevy's two best roles. He's so incredibly talented and still vastly underused.” ThinkingTryingRealEnoughTogetherFunBreakSmartJokesGoldInsultQuip Author:Tim Matheson
“Sure, some employers are are afraid of letting older workers go because they think they're going to get sued. And they probably will get sued. But the reality is, you could get sued at any time by any kind of worker. I think its incumbent on an employer, if they want to be smart, to figure out what is the benefit of keeping this employee or letting them go. Do the calculation and just go ahead and either keep them or let them go based on what's good for the business.” ThinkingKindRealitySmartEmployeeBeing Smart Author:Nick Corcodilos
“I do think it's smart to see a marriage as "a garden and a gardener who constantly swap roles." You really have to switch from one to another. Being the gardener would be the more active role in the situation. Being a garden would be more passive. You've got to be both the one who gets help and the one that's helping. That's the circulation in a couple. You should switch from one position to another. I think it's good to be always aware that love can fade. There's something I really like about that sentence. It's as if love should be seen as work...because it is.” ThinkingHelpingSituationCoupleSmartGardenPassiveGardener Author:Carla Bruni
“A Republican establishment member in the media would be David Brooks in the New York Times, the so-called conservative columnist. He's basically a moderate. He favors big government if run by the people he thinks are smart. He's not crazy about conservatives.” PeopleThinkingRunningCrazyRepublicanSmartConservativeBig Government Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think, if you can only talk about your stuff in a jargonistic way, you're not as smart as you think. You're alienating people who deserve to have a conversation, or a place in the conversation. If you take the complete inverse and are staunchly anti-intellectual, then I think there's a certain amount of resentfulness in that. There's something about that standpoint that feels a little bit insecure.” PeopleThinkingSmartDeserveInsecure Author:Daniel Lopatin
“I think musicals are a lowbrow, populist art form. And I don't mean lowbrow in a condescending way at all - they are designed to create delight, wonder, joy, surprise. And what becomes really interesting is when innovative or challenging or smart people take it and use the easy runway that the form allows to take people to another planet, or another place. Or subvert it in some way.” PeopleThinkingMeanArtJoyEasyChallengesInterestingWonderSmartSurpriseInnovativeReally InterestingSmart PeoplePopulistCondescending Author:George C. Wolfe
“If you see that your sport is changing, you need to change yourself and think about it and work with people around you who are really smart in what they do, whether as a coach or as a managing director.” PeopleThinkingSportsSmartCoachesChange YourselfReally Smart Author:Sven Nys
“I'm not saying that I don't experience people in life as evil, but writing is not a place of alienation; writing is the place where we can try to be human. I think there are some artists whose works are misanthropic. When I see this kind of stuff, I think, they're smart, but I don't need art to tell me people are assholes. I can just go into the streets.” PeopleThinkingWritingTryingKindArtArtistEvilSmartAlienationMisanthropic Author:Etgar Keret
“There are a few people that I always say, "Hey, what do you think of this?" The minute that you know that you want this particular person to hear it, you know that you're pretty much done - although you're doing it to hear some feedback. It's a smart move to know whose ears you want.” PeopleThinkingDoneMovingSmartFeedback Author:John Cale
“I think that we can all learn from what smart companies are doing. My objective is to demonstrate what's possible, even during tough economic times. This is a period of great business dislocation, but that means it's also the time to try new things. This will be a challenge for existing companies. But the behaviors of smart companies can be learned.” ThinkingTryingMeanChallengesEconomicBehaviorSmartToughGreat Business Author:James A. Champy
“I only do what my gut tells me to. I think it's smart to listen to other people's advice, but at the end of the day, you're the only one who can tell you what's right for you.” PeopleThinkingEndsAdviceSmartGutsThe End Of The Day Author:Jennifer Lopez
“Find your self-respect now. Don't dumb yourselves down. Think of yourself as capable and worthy of finding a guy who is going to respect you, too. It's so important, I mean, and the confidence you get from feeling smart and tackling something like mathematics, which is a challenge, right? Math is hard.” ThinkingMeanImportantSelfHardFeelingsGuyChallengesFindingsCapableSmartMathematicsIntelligenceWorthyMathDumbSelf RespectTackling Author:Danica McKellar
“A lot of girls think they have to choose between being the smart geeky type or the beautiful bimbo.” ThinkingBeautifulGirlTypeSmartIntelligence Author:Danica McKellar
“I think to be a successful comic, you have to be exceptionally smart and exceptionally perceptive.” ThinkingSuccessfulSmartComic Author:Christopher Meloni
“Eating smart is all about having an awareness of your body. The most obvious way to do that is by seeing it. So when you're trying to lose weight, spend more time wearing less. I don't think I could eat a plate of nachos naked could you?” ThinkingWayTryingBodyLosesSeeingAwarenessEatingSmartWeightObviousYour BodyNakedMore TimePlatesLose WeightNachos Author:Marisa Miller
“I feel we live in the kind of culture now where you have to be very smart to navigate the right way, and I just don't have those smarts. I think with age and time it will change, but I can't obsess about it.” ThinkingWayFeelsKindI CanAgeCultureSmartAgingIntelligenceBirthdayRight WayNavigate50th BirthdayVery Smart Author:Sienna Miller
“Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?” ThinkingLoveForgetLearningSmartCleverRelatableThink Of YouMissing YouTime To ThinkBumperBumper StickerThinking Of YouThinking MindWinni The PoohFunny Bumper StickerFunny One LinerTao Of PoohPooh Bear FriendMind ThinkingCute Winnie The PoohWinnie The Pooh InspirationalThinking LoveJust Thinking Of YouI Will Remember You Author:A. A. Milne
“I'm a big fan of 'Glee.' I think it's really smart. And I think it's well-timed. But you can't not be surprised at the reception this show's received. It's really something else.” ThinkingWellsShowsBigsFansSmartReceptionGleeReally Smart Author:Cory Monteith
“The problem is that at a lot of big companies, process becomes a substitute for thinking. You're encouraged to behave like a little gear in a complex machine. Frankly, it allows you to keep people who aren't that smart, who aren't that creative.” PeopleThinkingLittlesProblemBigsProcessCompanyCreativeSmartMachinesComplexesBehaveSubstitutesGearsBig Companies Author:Elon Musk
“You could go crazy thinking of how unprivate our lives really are - the omnipresent security cameras, the tracking data on our very smart phones, the porous state of our Internet selves, the trail of electronic crumbs we leave every day.” ThinkingSelfStatesOur LivesCrazySecurityInternetSmartCamerasPhonesDataTrailsVery SmartCrumbsTracking Author:Susan Orlean
“Don't ever criticize yourself. Don't go around all day long thinking, 'I'm unattractive, I'm slow, I'm not as smart as my brother.' God wasn't having a bad day when he made you... If you don't love yourself in the right way, you can't love your neighbour. You can't be as good as you are supposed to be.” IfsThinkingWayLongMadeBrotherSmartSupposed To BeMy BrotherCriticizeLove YourselfRight WayBad DayNeighbourUnattractiveHaving A Bad Day Author:Joel Osteen
“They think that, if we were just smart enough, we'd be able to understand their policies. And I so want to tell 'em, and I do tell 'em, Oh, we're plenty smart, oh yeah - we know what's goin' on. And we don't like what's goin' on. And we're not gonna let them tell us to sit down and shut up.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantEnoughAblePolicySmartDown AndYeahPlentyEmsShut Up Author:Sarah Palin
“Hollywood views regular people as children, and they think they're the smart ones who need to tell the idiots out there how to be.” PeopleThinkingNeedsChildrenViewsSmartHollywoodIdiot Author:Trey Parker
“I think I've got my business notions and my sense for that sort of thing from my dad. My dad never had a chance to go to school. He couldn't read and write. But he was so smart. He was just one of those people that could just make the most of anything and everything that he had to work with.” PeopleThinkingWritingSchoolChanceDadSmartNotionMy DadJust OneAnything And Everything Author:Dolly Parton
“I think one of the reasons that we like conspiracy theories is I think that we like to feel like there is a group of people who are so smart and powerful that they can pull the wool over an entire country or in fact even an entire world's eyes. That certainly makes us feel like somehow we're protected, even if it's not in our best interest.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldFeelsCountryReasonFactsEyeInterestPowerfulGroupsTheorySmartConspiracyProtectedConspiracy TheoryWool Author:Jason Ritter
“Athletes and musicians make astronomical amounts of money. People get paid $100 million to throw a baseball! Shouldn't we all take less and pass some of that money onto others? Think about firefighters, teachers and policemen. We should celebrate people that are intellectually smart and trying to make this world a better place.” PeopleThinkingWorldShouldTryingMillionsTeacherThis WorldAmountMusicianSmartBaseballPaidAthleteCelebrateRock N RollBetter PlacePolicemenFirefighter Author:Kid Rock
“Obscenities... I think a lot of dumb people do it because they can't think of what they want to say and they're frustrated. A lot of smart people do it to pretend they aren't very smart - want to be just one of the boys.” PeopleThinkingWantLiteratureBoysSmartIntelligenceDumbJust OneFrustratedSmart PeopleVery SmartObscenityDumb People Author:Andy Rooney
“I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.” ThinkingPersonsArtDoneTodayFilmRealizingSmartSakeArt FilmsSmart Person Author:Halle Berry
“I'd like to say I was smart enough to finish six grades in five years, but I think perhaps the teacher was just glad to get rid of me.” ThinkingYearsEnoughFiveTeacherSixSmartGladFive YearsGrades Author:Alan Shepard
“I mean, I think a healthy country is a country where people are healthy physically, and a smart country is a country where people are educated.” PeopleThinkingMeanCountryHealthySmartEducated Author:Anna Deavere Smith