Johannes had once said that violence and cruelty were just a stupid person’s way of making himself felt, because it was easer to use your hands to strike a blow than to use your brain...

It is true that from a behavioral economics perspective we are fallible, easily confused, not that smart, and often irrational. We are more like Homer Simpson than Superman. So from this perspective it is rather...

Real smart begins when you quit quoting other people.

Galinda didn’t see the verdant world through the glass of the carriage; she saw her own reflection instead. She had the nearsightedness of youth. She reasoned that because she was beautiful she was significant, though...

He thinks you’re pretty.” Genevieve yawned. “Guys always think you’re pretty.””Well people think you look like me,” I responded.”They’re only being nice.” Her voice was hurt as she curled closer to me.”They aren’t being nice....

Clare’s been called a lot of things- smart and funny, driven and talented- but memorable certainly isn’t one of them. The most important things about her- the ones she’s most proud of- are apparent only...

Having more women in company boards, in senior management, supervisory positions and workers in the formal sector is not only the right thing to do, but the smart thing to do. It’s good for the...

Nobody is smarter than you are. And what if they are? What good is their understanding doing you?

I don’t believe in process. In fact, when I interview a potential employee and he or she says that ‘it’s all about the process,’ I see that as a bad sign. The problem is that...

The U.S. Congress can do a lot to support America’s workplaces and the family. By working together in a bipartisan fashion, we can ensure our constituents get jobs they need while helping employers make smart...

Our Fly Smart philosophy is about investing only on those points of differentiation that pay for themselves, that earn a revenue premium commensurate with what it costs us to provide that product or service.

I would much rather be considered wise than smart. But, I still think it is wise to get an education.

Why, he was so handsome and brave that no one would ever have suspected that he was bookish!

Love the people who love you back.

I am always up to steal secrets from smart people.

When somebody tells you they’re not very smart, they’re saying exactly the opposite.

I am not gonna say that a guy’s looks make him have to try harder in any way. I don’t believe that at all. I think if he is funny, smart and cool, he’s all...

The Howard Stern Show is a big hit because it entertains dumb and smart people at the same time for different reasons.

Alan Moore’s writing is almost novelistic. It’s very intricate and wordy and smart.

Most folks don’t have but a few days to a week’s worth of food in their houses at any given time. When they run out, they’ll have to forage. Only the fools will forage in...

I need to work smarter, harder, faster, and longer than you. And if I still don’t come out in front, then simply changing directions will correct that.

In a certain sense, this guy – who is one of the most evil people in the book – he’s not really that bad at running the show, because he knows what he’s doing, he’s...

It was the day he learned that smart, witty girls were brighter than sunlight.

The Republican Party would be really smart to absorb as much of the Tea Party movement as possible.

Why are so many very smart people not also rich? I guess they are too busy calculating risks rather than getting into action.

When I’m out and about, I’ll text or email myself from my phone. A smart phone is a great tool for a writer.

Yes, he had made a good choice after all when he had chosen the God of the green pasture and the still waters! He was very powerful, and the fact that He expected you to...

Even the most analytical thinkers are predictably irrational; the really smart ones acknowledge and address their irrationalities.

I think Chris Brown gets kind of dismissed as a gay writer, and I think Chris’s books are really, really smart. I wish his books sold a little more widely.

I think up until the point when we started in the business, which was in the early ’70s, most of the humor was political. The smart humor was political satire.

I love my fans because they’re smart, dude.

Especially if you don’t have a job that’s providing fulfillment in your technical expertise, there is a lot of reward to working on a very smart and demanding community that will respect you and will...

If you think you’re smart,think twice to be smarter.

I’d had years of practise looking dumb when people threw out Greek names I didn’t know. It’s a skill of mine. Annabeth keeps telling me to read a book of Greek myths, but I don’t...

There were lots of smart black people at Harvard before Barack Obama, but none of them ever got to head up the law review. There has been a history of discrimination.

I had read once that dumb people didn’t know they were dumb. They thought they were just as smart as anybody else. That was a very unsettling thought. What if I was really dumb and...

I love characters who are clever and smart, and you have to run to catch up with. I think there’s something very appealing and rather heroic in that.

We reach for the same brand not because we trust its quality but because we want to reassure ourselves that we made a smart choice the last time we bought it.

I like to play smart, three-dimensional women. I also like to play roles where the women are a little crazy. I just have a feel for crazy people.

You don’t need to look smart for the one who loves you a lot

Playing nuts is a game like any other, neither better than tops, nor worse than cards. The game is played in various ways. There are ‘holes’ and ‘bank’ and ‘caps.’ But every game finishes up...

Doing better is creativity, doing faster is creativity, doing smarter is creativity, doing right is creativity.

I’m a human being and I’ve got thoughts and secrets and bloody life inside me that he doesn’t know is there, and he’ll never know what’s there because he’s stupid. I suppose you’ll laugh at...

Kids are smart: don’t underestimate their bull detector. Contemporary kids have access to a lot of information, so don’t even try to fool them. I have never been more nervous about my research than when...

Plans never go as planned, ever; that’s just how life is. People spend way too much time dreaming about a future they should be having more nightmares warning them against. But that doesn’t mean you...

What a piece of garbage this smart car is. There’s a commercial – the smart car has zero percent interest for six years. Well, good, I got zero percent in six years in buying this...

I’m looking for smart friends all the time.

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 –...

Smart people think. Brave people talk. Great people act.

If I go to an awards ceremony, I wear a suit, of course I do. I am proud to be there. If there are young kids looking at pictures of me, I want them to...