Smartness Quotes

“A stupid person can make only certain, limited types of errors; the mistakes open to a clever fellow are far broader. But to the one who knows how smart he is compared to everyone else, the possibilities for true idiocy are boundless.”
― Steven Brust, Iorich

“I lack formal education. So I'm left with the feeling that I'm smarter than everyone around me but that if I ever got around really smart people—people who went to universities and drank wine and spoke Latin—that they’d be bored as hell by me. It’s a lonely way to go through life.”
― Gillian Flynn, The Grownup

“Sometimes I shock myself with the smart I say & do. Then there are times where I try to get out of the car with my seat belt still on.”
― Skylar Blue

“I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.”
― John D. Rockefeller

“If you think that you're so smart and holy, that means you haven't yet realized that a part of what we experience today...is a result of our stupidity and wickedness in the past.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“Envy is the first emotion fools experience whenever they see a genius.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Sometimes what looks intelligence to you is just a common sense for someone smarter than you.”
― amit kalantri, Wealth of Words

“What separates stupidity and smartness is just a tittle of pride and overconfidence.”
― Sinario Vesta, Shambala Sect

“Against a soft fool, try and change him; against a hard fool, turn away.”
― Picazo Basha, Shambala Sect

“Debates are just intelligent entertainment.”
― Thomas Vato

“Nobody is born with a brain full of knowledge and wisdom. All you can be born with is an intention for learning.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mucize Insan: When The World is Family

“Pure intellect without emotion is like a knife without a handle - does more damage than good.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hometown Human: To Live for Soil and Society

“Individual differences in general cognitive ability is the single most important variable for understanding how well students … learn academic material.”
― Frisby

“Have faith in what you know is wrong and no one will be able to manipulate you.”
― Lorelei Balansa

“Smartness is not enough. I have seen smart people crumble like a pack of cards. Riches are not enough. I have seen rich people who are miserably sad. Power is not enough. I have seen powerful people dethroned and humiliated. So, what is enough? I'll vote for a robust relationship with God; a life driven by a divine perception and purpose; a focus on the family; an enthusiastic lifestyle; and a good network of friends. If I may add this - doing what you love and loving what you do. And if I may add yet another, it will be: doing things that touch others or, simply, making others happy.”
― Abiodun Fijabi

“I once had a teacher who told me I'd be twice as smart if I was half as smart as I thought I was. I'm still trying to figure that one out.”
― Louis Sachar, The Cardturner: A Novel about a King, a Queen, and a Joker

“Only the fools resist change; rest go ahead and join the revolution.”
― Sukant Ratnakar, Quantraz

“In today’s world, there are a lot of smartphones, mainly owned by not-so-smart people.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Before You Doubt Yourself: Pep Talks and other Crucial Discussions

“If you work hard now and postpone instant gratification and play very little; then time will come when everybody will be working very hard and wondering how comes you enjoy life, work a little and play very hard.”
― Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Hold a flashlight on the street and it brightens your way, but hold it smack right into your eyes and you see nothing - the same is with intellect - too much intellect takes away your humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hometown Human: To Live for Soil and Society

“Pure intellect without emotion is like a knife without a handle.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hometown Human: To Live for Soil and Society

“You haven't even asked what I'll pay you," Rapunzel said innocently.
"You don't have enough," Flynn promised. Then he turned to Gina and said in a theatrical whisper, "This is where she offers her necklace, or a bracelet, or some other rich girl trinket I couldn't pawn even if I wanted...."
"How about a crown?" Rapunzel suggested.
Flynn grew very, very still.
"Uh-oh," Gina said with a wicked grin.
"What, um-- what crown?" Flynn asked casually.
"The one that you stole. The one that the Stabbingtons want back. The one that you hid, rather obviously, in a tree hollow," Rapunzel said smugly, crossing her arms. "Diamonds, pearls, about my size... You know, that crown?"
"That's my crown! Give it back! I stole it fair and square!" Flynn, cried, leaping up.
"You mean you stole it from the castle, or you stole it from the Stabbingtons?" Gina asked interestedly.
"Doesn't matter," Flynn said, crossing his arms and setting his jaw childishly. "It's mine now."
"Well, no, it's mine," Rapunzel said. "At least until you take me to see the lanterns, and home again. Then it's yours."
"You must have seen me hide it! In the tree!"
"Déduction très brillante," Rapunzel said archly.”
― Liz Braswell, What Once Was Mine

“Those who work hard, work alone.
Those who work smart, work as a team.”
― Utibe Samuel Mbom, The Event Usher’s Handbook

“Arguments are a wrestling sport for some. They will smartly drag you into their rink and defeat you effortlessly. The only way to win in their rink is to stay silent.”
― Sukant Ratnakar, Quantraz

“History made by smartness alone, is no more than caves of silicon.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım

“Unmoderated intellect often is an impediment to character.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World

“We need a guy--a good, brave guy, a guy with no nerves, and balls the size of Cadillac hubcaps, a tough, smart, shrewd guy, a James Bond guy, but Russian--to get into the basement and stop this Klimov.”
― Stephen Hunter, The Day Before Midnight

“It’s not the horoscope; it’s the hard work with a smart mind that matters”
― Chintha Sai Bhargav Reddy

“Some things, such as guns and smoking, are seen as bad. But really, it's just how some people view things. Some people love guns, but they would never desire to kill another person. Some people love smoking, but they would do it out of enjoyment, not out of an addiction. You have to think for yourself to see if some things are truly as bad as some people say they are.”
― Lorelei Balansa

“In the world, there are, by far, more people who think they are smart than those who actually are.”
― Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu