Famous Quotes & Sayings

Beth Henley

But when I got to SMU and decided to take a playwriting class, I said this isn't a bad idea. IfI write characters, they could be as dumb as me, and I don't have to be very smart.

Beth Moore

Cynicism is carnality that thinks its smart.

Bill Watterson

Calvin: I'm a genius. I can't believe how smart I am. ...I've got more brains than I know what to do with. Hobbes: So I've noticed.

Bob Harper

Jessica Alba to me is on the top of the food chain. She's gorgeous, she's smart, and she really takes care of herself. I think that she looks great. I think that as Jennifer Aniston gets older, she looks better and better, and I really like that.

Biz Stone

The most rewarding thing for me has been this affirmation for me that people are basically good and smart, and if you give them a simple tool that allows them to exhibit that behavior, they'll prove it to you every single day.

Biz Stone

I haven't been paying attention to politics long enough to have really smart opinions.

Bette Midler

Make sure your life is a rare entertainment! It doesn't take anything drastic. You needn't be gorgeous or wealthy or smart, just very enthusiastic!

Benji Madden

Don't let anyone make you feel like you're not good enough, smart enough or cool enough. Do your own thing.

Bill Gates

If you're smart, you often want a feedback loop so you know if what you've done is... is right.

Bill Gates

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.

Bill Gates

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.

Bill Gates

[Smart] is an elusive concept. There's a certain sharpness, an ability to absorb new facts. To ask an insightful question. To relate to domains that may not seem connected at first. A certain creativity that allows people to be effective.

Bill Gates

The key for us, number one, has always been hiring very smart people.

Bob Schieffer

But here's the deal: If I were smart, I could figure out curling. If I were even smarter, I could figure out why people would actually watch other people doing it. I have tried. I can't. I can't even figure out the object of the game. Is it like darts? I just don't get it.

Charlie Rose

There's a great appetite for smart television. Every day I get up and there are interesting stories I want to do.

Charlie Sheen

I believe in detox. I think detox is smart. You've got a guy who's in an opiate cycle or a dope cycle or something, and he can't get out of it. You shut him down long enough so at least his body can start working for itself again.

Aisha Tyler

Am I going to complain about being typecast as smart? I don't think so.

Aisha Tyler

I love it when I come across a word I don't know. And I would never treat my audience like they weren't smart enough to come along with me.

Aimee Bender

We're all getting too smart. Our brains are just getting bigger and bigger, and the world dries up and dies when there's too much thought and not enough heart.

Aidan Quinn

I don't care. I mean, I've been stupid in the past, and I've learned from that. Some actors actually think about what they're going to talk about during the interview--they read up and meditate and plan quotes and get all inspired. It's very smart, but it's so planned. I never think to do that.

Bob Woodward

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.

Blake Shelton

I'm not that smart, but I'm smart enough to know that if Usher wants to help you, you let him.

Billy Eichner

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.

Billy Joel

What if she figures out you're not very smart?

Bill Rodgers

Always take the long term view and train and race smart, with a bit of caution.

Bill Russell

I've been fortunate to meet and work with a lot of really smart people. The thing that strikes me most about them is how they continue to explore and learn every day. I have tried to apply that approach in my modest career as well.

Bill Joy

Not all smart people work at Sun Microsystems.

Bill Joy

There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.

Bill Keller

Whether or not Twitter makes you stupid, it certainly makes some smart people sound stupid.

Jami Attenberg

Smart, sharp, and hilarious, Slaughterhouse 90210 is the perfect pick-me-up and never-put-me-down book.

Janine Benyus

Life solves its problems with well-adapted designs, life-friendly chemistry and smart material and energy use.

Janet Napolitano

Smart businesses do not look at labor costs alone anymore. They do look at market access, transportation, telecommunications infrastructure and the education and skill level of the workforce, the development of capital and the regulatory market.

Burt Rutan

Usually the wacky people have the breakthroughs. The smart people dont.