Not Being Smart Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Winning and being smart is not all that required, but the fulfillments of the Christian race brings peace ,joy to the mind and soul. — Jerry Y. Sarkw.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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