Smart Quotes

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Vera Nazarian
“Being smart as a whip includes knowing when not to crack it.”
Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

Vera Nazarian
“The cactus thrives in the desert while the fern thrives in the wetland.

The fool will try to plant them in the same flowerbox.

The florist will sigh and add a wall divider and proper soil to both sides.

The grandparent will move the flowerbox halfway out of the sun.

The child will turn it around properly so that the fern is in the shade, and not the cactus.

The moral of the story?

Kids are smart.”
Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

Sarah Dessen
“Maybe if I'd agreed to do the debutante thing like she wanted. Or taken up pageants instead of riding jump bikes with a bunch of grungy boys. I'd always tell her, why can't I do both? Who says you have to be either smart or pretty, or into girly stuff or sports? Life shouldn't be about the either/or. We're capable of more than that, you know?”
Sarah Dessen

Markus Zusak
“Well, this is basically the end, so the answers should be in these next few pages. I doubt they will surprise you, but you never know. I don't know how smart or thick you are. You could be Albert Einstein for all I know, or some literary prizewinner, or maybe you're just middle of the road like me.”
Markus Zusak, Underdog

Julie Berry
“Smart means knowing when to talk and when to shut up”
Julie Berry, Lovely War

Dejan Stojanovic
“Now that we are all so smart, we don’t easily find resolutions.”
Dejan Stojanovic, The Sun Watches the Sun

Saira Viola
“Everyone knew what the night would bring lots of D and A plenty of T and A”
Saira Viola

Ziad K. Abdelnour
“I may not be the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick the smartest people to do business with and size them up very fast.”
Ziad K. Abdelnour, Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics

“Watson represents merely a step in the development of smart machines. Its answering prowess, so formidable on a winter afternoon in 2011, will no doubt seem quaint in a surprisingly short time.”
Stephen Baker, Final Jeopardy: Man vs. Machine and the Quest to Know Everything

K.C. Crowne
“And you know this for a fact?"
"No..."
Annabeth rolls her eyes. "Here's a crazy idea. How about instead of assuming, you talk to her?”
K.C. Crowne, My Ex-Best friend's Daughter

“Gary Tolan doesn’t just read people — he disarms them. With wit as sharp as strategy and a mind honed by the 48 Laws of Power, he draws out true colors like a master pulling truth from shadows.”
Gary Tolan aka King Tolan

“Read the room, formulate the craft, smile, then execute with relentless focus.”
Gary Tolan aka King Tolan

Laura Kasischke
“I'm not as dumb
as they think I am

but neither am I wise.”
Laura Kasischke, Dance and Disappear

“I am kind, but not a fool. I protect my peace, not my pride.
I give respect, but I don’t beg for it.
I walk with strength, speak with truth, and stay true to myself.
Not everyone gets access to me — and that’s power, not pain.”
Gary Tolan aka King Tolan

“The ideal mind of a thief is the state of mind of a successful thinker who knows what he does and labels not his actions but reproof the coward poor thinker”
Ben Jr Grey
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“Being smart can get you into all kinds of trouble that being stupid won't.”
Djamila Morani, The Djinn's Apple

Gift Gugu Mona
“It is not easy to succeed, but determination makes it possible. You have to work smart and overcome every obstacle.”
Gift Gugu Mona, The Kind of Substance You Need For Your Success

“Be beautiful enough to understand the meaning behind beauty and how it’s not defined by appearance.”
Dominic Riccitello

“We are allowed to be “smart” so long as our smartness doesn’t disrupt anything that matters.”
Egbearor Favour

Stacy Schiff
“The Armenian king was neither a fool nor a philistine; he wrote histories and intricate speeches. For years he had shrewdly played Parthia and Rome off against each other. True to tenacious form, he approached but would neither sink to his knees before her nor acknowledge her rank. Instead he addressed her by name. All coercion was futile; though treated harshly, no member of the Armenian royal family would prostate himself before the queen of Egypt.”
Stacy Schiff, Cleopatra: A Life

“If Iron Man trusted AI to fly his suit, why not let AI drive your car? – AIinCars”
AIinCars

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“Independence doesn't mean doing whatever you want; it means doing what you know is right.”
Barbara Cool Lee, In Deep Water

George Orwell
“What are we, some kind of 1984?”
George Orwell

Shamail Aijaz
“The smartest organizations don’t wait for failure they rehearse recovery.”
Shamail Aijaz, The Art of Risk: How Smart Businesses Prevent Chaos Before It Happens

Ljupka Cvetanova
“All my life I’ve been going in circles. I bypass zeroes.”
Ljupka Cvetanova, Yet Another New Land

Gary Shteyngart
“Being smart is one of the few things I have that I can be proud of."

"You're not proud of the fact that you're kind and curious and pretty?”
Gary Shteyngart, Vera, or Faith

Ursula K. Le Guin
“They are afraid of dragons, because they are afraid of freedom.”
Ursula K. Le Guin, Why are Americans Afraid of Dragons?

“The clever explain later”
Abyssino