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I never cut class. I loved getting A's, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought being smart is cooler than anything in the world. — Michelle Obama

Being a black woman, there's so many different sides of us. We are funny, silly, romantic, professional, smart, and we have good jobs. — Lauren London

Sometimes love isn't about being smart. Sometimes it's about being stupid together. — Laurell K. Hamilton

He was smart, but he had to be smarter. No points for second place. — Kenneth Eade

Working hard, and being thoughtful, and generous, and smart; it's a path to a better life. — Ashton Kutcher

For being book smart, I thought he (A. Barlett Giamatti) had a lot of street smarts, which is tough to find sometimes. — Whitey Herzog

You need not apologize for being brilliant, talented, gorgeous, rich, or smart. — Marianne Williamson

We get so worried about being pretty. Let's be pretty kind. Pretty funny. Pretty smart. Pretty strong. — Britt Nicole

Being smarter than you look is better than looking smarter than you are. — Jeremy Clarkson

I'm really about as good at relaitionships as I am at being a vampire. I'm kind of a smart but surprisingly inept kind of girl. — Chloe Neill

When you quit school at an early age, I think you have a lifelong need to show the world - and maybe yourself - that you're really smart after all. — George Carlin

The problem with being a really smart prick is, end of the day, you're still a prick. — Dana Haynes

When I was a kid, I would be watching TV shows like, you know, like 'Get Smart' and be like, 'That's what being an adult is.' — Bruce Eric Kaplan

It's about being smart, taking your time, keeping your composure, just going out there and being the best that you can be — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Now is a time for, dare I say it, kindness. I thought being extremely smart would take care of it. But I see I have been found out. — Margaret Edson

Being with someone who is smart and gives good advice adds tremendously wonderful elements to your life. — Patricia Cornwell

Be smart, be thoughtful, be generous. — Ashton Kutcher

I don't think I ever got proper credit about being smart about the game. — Rickey Henderson

Intelligence is a burden not many are willing or able to carry. — Darnell Lamont Walker

You think being mean is enough. Being mean and being smart is better — Penny Reid

Being smart can make happiness elusive. Being REALLY smart can help you find it in more places than most. — Brandon Mull

Usually when people see me, they see me as more of the soft-spoken one rather than being the witty, smart-tongued character. — Amy Acker

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

It's always taken a lot out of me, being smart. — Eudora Welty

Why can't a girl be smart without it being explained away as a rare supernatural phenomenon? — Cat Winters

If you can't be yours while being mine, maybe you aren't as yours as you'd like to convince yourself that you are. — Aleksandra Ninkovic

I have to admit, Tanner can be a smart kid. You know, when he's not too busy being completely useless.
(Ryland Ascunse) — Douglas Pershing

Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person. — Seth Godin

But, as Andy pointed out, if being a smart-arse was an offence, the Laundry would not exist in the first place. — Charles Stross

I was lucky. I grew up knowing that hard work and smart work has a greater impact on results than being passionate about something. — Mark Cuban

The way an Ugnaught gets to be an old Ugnaught is by being smart. — Timothy Zahn

The sweet spot for smart decisions, then, comes not just from being a domain expert, but also from having high self-awareness. — Daniel Goleman

Being smart spoils a lot of things, doesn't it? — Thomas Harris

I'm used to being surrounded by really smart 22-year-old students who have no problem saying that something I suggested is not a very good idea. — Harold E. Varmus

Always give your reader credit for being smart enough to figure out what you want to say. — Daniel Schwabauer

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. — Plato

Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb. — Yul Brynner

E smart, don't be a retard. — Eminem

If you can't be smart or funny, be brief. — J.A. Konrath

I was ridiculed in public school for being smart. A teacher's pet. — Julia Glass

Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. — Laurence J. Peter

Writing is good, thinking is better. Being smart is good, being patient is better. — Hermann Hesse

You work hard because you're smart and you know you can do it, don't let some idiot bully you into being less than you are. — Justin Robinson

Stop being smart and logical. It's annoying. — Kristen Ashley

The image of a community is fundamentally important to its economic well-being. If all places look alike, there's no reason to go anywhere. — Ed McMahon

With the Internet and social media being a huge part of today's culture, I think it's super important to promote staying smart online. — G. Hannelius

Being a Southern person and a blonde, it's not a good combination. Immediately, when people meet you, they think of you as not being smart. — Reese Witherspoon

If being smart is what you say it is, I will remain a fool my entire life. — Masashi Kishimoto

Being one point ahead at the end - that's all that matters. — Erinn Smart

I don't know if you're being smart or not, but I know that being smart doesn't always lead to being happy. And I'd rather be happy than anything else — Ryan Winfield

Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about. — Solomon Short

You know what lasts longer than beauty? Being smart. — Gabrielle Union

Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important. — Eugene McCarthy

I love working with smart people and being challenged. I also like working on stuff that's relevant. That's my adrenaline shot. — Anders Hejlsberg

So the smart brain must be balanced with a warm heart, a good heart -a sense of responsibility, of concern for the well-being of others. — Dalai Lama

You want to be as smart as you can about being stupid. — Mel Brooks

When you have somebody that's smart and you're not so smart, to me that's modern day slavery because you're being dictated to. — Bernard Hopkins

Nothing is wrong in being stupid however being smart and insists that you are is the biggest stupidiy one can fall into. — Hisham Fawzi

What's the point in being smart enough to read, if everything you read makes you dumb?"

- Fatts - Coffee and Sugar — C. Sean McGee

I think you can be smart and directed and focused, without being obnoxious, and get plenty done. — Bill De Blasio

There's no logical connection between being smart and having money. — Christopher Langan

Give your kid some credit for being smart - just because they read about something doesn't mean they will do it. — Lauren Myracle

Being smart was key; being careful was critical.
Being lucky didn't hurt. — Kate Brady

Sexuality is part of being a woman, it's part of what empowers us when we're smart enough to know how to use it. — Halle Berry

In grade school I was smart, but I didn't have any friends. In high school, I quit being smart and started having friends. — David Spade

Teachers started recognizing me and praising me for being smart in science and that made me want to be even smarter in science! — Steve Wozniak

She was smart and funny and vulnerable and just so goddamned beautiful, the kind of beautiful that was worth being shot down over. — Jonathan Tropper

Smart people don't learn ... because they have too much invested in proving what they know and avoiding being seen as not knowing. — Chris Argyris

No matter how smart you are, you spend much of your day being an idiot. — Scott Adams

Maybe the only significant difference between a really smart simulation and a human being was the noise they made when you punched them. — Terry Pratchett

I guess if you're smart enough, you can do and say what you like and people just call you eccentric. It's like being old."
"Or rich," Alex said. — David Walton

The best gift we can have is living in the present moment and really enjoying it for what it is; and, not being in our heads and getting sidetracked. — Amy Smart

You want to know the hardest thing about being smart?
What?
I pretty much always know what's going to happen next; there's no suspense. — Billy Bob Thornton

Everyone always says how I'm so smart, but they don't know what it's like being me. always feeling like you could do better. — Susane Colasanti

The typical rock fan is not smart enough to know when he is being dumped on. — Frank Zappa

The trick to being smart is knowing when to play dumb. — V. Alexander

Because being a smart-ass is always preferable to being a dumb-ass. — Arlaina Tibensky

It's better to be wise than to be smart. — Alan Alda

I think my journalism is for readers who are smart and know that most people are lying to them, or being patronizing. — David Weigel

Be smart, but never show it. — Louis B. Mayer

Are there moments when our brains are not exercising?" I questioned. "That would be almost like being brain dead... — Vann Chow

Never apologize for being smart. — Anita Diamant

Consumers never complain about ads being too smart. — Lee Clow

Being drunk leads smart people to do stupid things, which is what is so interesting. — Kit Williamson

In terms of being smart, Libby is very, very pretty. — Jen Lancaster

I don't want to be smart, because being smart makes you depressed. — Andy Warhol

There are only stupid decisions waiting for me here. But I've never cared all that much for being smart. — Cora Carmack

Being smart takes patience. Being wise takes pain. Being apathetic takes practice. Being in love takes everything ... away. — Dave Matthes

I didn't get to be this smart by not being stupid — Allison Mackie

A lot of girls think they have to choose between being the smart geeky type or the beautiful bimbo. — Danica McKellar

I am a big theater fan. It's mostly just being pretentious, I think, and trying to look smart. — Brian K. Vaughan

... if you're going to be a smart ass you should start with being smart, otherwise, you're really just an ass. — Christine Zolendz

He knew he could always be smart later, if that turned out to be a better strategy. But once you admitted to being smart, there was no going back. — Orson Scott Card

Generally, I like to appear smart. I don't admit being stupid when there's any hope I'm not. — Michelle Sagara West

Being brave alone does not make us smart. — Caragh M. O'Brien

Being smart as a whip includes knowing when not to crack it. — Vera Nazarian

Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid. — Carl Sagan

For a being more advanced than I am, he sure has a hard time answering a simple question — Rick Yancey

The big trouble with dumb bastards is that they are too dumb to believe there is such a thing as being smart. — Kurt Vonnegut

We take turns being smart for each other; I think it's part of the job description of being a couple. — Laurell K. Hamilton