![We live in a culture where everyone is perfectly willing to do this [to make a lot of money], and they're just looking for the opportunity. Obviously, a person who is really dumb is not gonna make a zillion dollars. But for a person who is really smart, really smart, it's a boring pursuit. It's not endlessly fascinating.](/assets/img/quote-photos/we-live-in-a-culture-where-everyone-is-perfectly-willing-to-do-this-to-make-a-lo.jpg)
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smarter
He's got to be smarter with his pitches. David Daniels
smart throwing
He wasn't overpowering like he usually is. He wasn't throwing as hard, but he pitched a smart game. Mel Gardner
smart crow taught
Crows are incredibly smart. They can be taught five things on the drop. Robbie Coltraine
smart winter expression
He had no idea where the stereotype of dumb giggly blondes came from. Ever since he'd met Annabeth at the Grand Canyon last winter,when she'd marched toward him with that Give me Percy Jackson or I’ll kill you expression, Leo had thought of blondes as much too smart and much too dangerous. Rick Riordan
smart stupid school
I was stupid when I was 17 or 18. My thought process was that I thought that I was legitimately a hyper-genius, and so I wanted to go to the hardest academic school I could to see if I was really as smart as I thought I was. Tucker Max
smart hard-work mean
Politicians are interesting people, most of them are smart and hard-working-I mean, they keep schedules no one else would think of keeping. Some of them live down to the caricature, but most of them are good people and they are charming. Tucker Carlson
smart eye thinking
I think I have a good eye for talent. I think I'm smart enough to figure out what the mission is and achieve it. I achieve it by hiring good people. Roger Ailes
smart thinking long
I was proud of 'House, MD,' and I think it was good for what it was and remarkably smart for a television show. I loved Hugh Laurie and was proud to be by his side that long and to be trusted by him. Robert Sean Leonard
smart thinking jason
He wasn't smart enough to see it, said Jason Bourne. He couldn't think geometrically. Robert Ludlum
opportunity
He didn't really get a shot. They didn't give him much opportunity in the pre-season. Chris Murray
opportunity
He's going to play now because we're out of outfielders, ... This is an opportunity to salvage the season. Dusty Baker
opportunity performed prove seniors
I'd like to give the seniors another opportunity to prove that we're better than we performed tonight.
opportunity people risk
You don't want too much fear in a market, because people will be blinded to some very good buying opportunities. You don't want too much complacency because people will be blinded to some risk. Ron Chernow
opportunity amazing-opportunities impact
It feels like an amazing opportunity to positively impact the world. That's what I hope to do. Tyler Oakley
opportunity careers fortunate
I've been very fortunate to have had the opportunities to have the career I've had. Travis Tritt
opportunity artist rocks
This Classic Rock 'n Blues Tour / Hippiefest roster promises a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see some of the best, legendary artists of our lifetime. I can't wait to be a part of it. Rick Derringer
opportunity satisfaction permit
The constant petty behests of life permit few opportunities for major satisfactions, and when one is offered it should be seized. Rex Stout
opportunity two years
I missed so many opportunities along the way to do what I wanted to do because I didn't have the confidence to tell myself, much less anybody else, 'Yes, this is the business I wanted to be a part of, and not feeling that I had the talent... and letting it go all the way through Notre Dame and then through two years of Navy service. Regis Philbin
dumbest guess hope meetings nascar
I guess the NASCAR meetings haven't been enough for some people. I have no idea what he was thinking. That was one of the dumbest things I've seen. I hope I don't find him. Brian Vickers
dumb hell
If there were a hell for dumb decisions, Mark E. Smith
dumbest regret undo
It was probably one of the dumbest things I ever did, ... If I could undo it, I would.
dumber profitable unpopular
It's frustrating in the sense that we look dumber than we really are, ... We own a lot of unpopular but profitable stocks.
dumb stories way
I know of three ways to recognize another writer: Writers are shamelessly nosy. Writers tell good stories, even about dumb old, daily things. On most writers, the earmarks of thrift, if not outright povery, are evident. Joyce Thompson
dumb drug goes-on
I had a lot of it in my day, but I don't like it. It's a dumb drug. Your whole concentration goes on getting the next fix. I find caffeine easier to deal with. John Lennon
dumb emotional hard hurt
It's just an emotional game. There's no hard feelings. I know I've done dumb things, too, in my time, things that hurt the team. You get frustrated. It's just part of the game.
dumb good penalties
There were some good penalties and there were some dumb penalties.
dumb words-of-wisdom injustice-and-oppression
Thus, cases of injustice, and oppression, and tyranny, and the most extravagant bigotry, are in constant occurrence among us every day. It is the custom to trumpet forth much wonder and astonishment at the chief actors therein setting at defiance so completely the opinion of the world; but there is no greater fallacy; it is precisely because they do consult the opinion of their own little world that such things take place at all, and strike the great world dumb with amazement. Charles Dickens