Quotes by Smart You know what i can't understand? You have all these people telling you all the time how great you are, smart and funny and talented and all that, i mean endlessly, i've been telling you for years. So why don't you believe it? why do you think people say that stuff, Em? Do you think it's a conspiracy, people secretly ganging up to be nice about you? David Nicholls smartnicebelieve There are days when you might enjoy being an editor a little less, due to one crisis or another. It is absolutely vital, to me, in a period of technological evolution and sometimes financial stress that I and my colleagues not only put out a fantastic magazine and Web site and all the rest, but also that we are smart enough about what we are doing. David Remnick smartstressevolution Smart drafting is a wonderful thing. A smart free-agent signing is a wonderful thing. Smart trades are a wonderful thing, and that's a function of management. David Stern agentssmartmanagement Most of the shows I want to do I'm not smart enough to figure out how to watch. David Spade smartwantwatches Hugh consoled me, saying, "Don't let it get to you. There are plenty of things you're good at." When asked for some examples, he listed vacuuming and naming stuffed animals. He says he can probably come up with a few more, but he'll need some time to think. David Sedaris smartanimalthinking 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 smartfunnyschool 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. David Tennant smartcleverrunning I think my journalism is for readers who are smart and know that most people are lying to them, or being patronizing... David Weigel smartlyingthinking Twitter is a much more dangerous cauldron of group-think than happy hours or dinners. On Twitter, the reward comes from agreeing or loudly disagreeing with the joke, or the "smart take." In person you hash things out. David Weigel dinnerrewardssmart We walk the brink of racial suicide because we were smart enough to make atomic bombs and stupid enough to use them. David Zindell smartrealsuicide 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. David Zucker smartbusinessthinking It is curious, isn't it, that things you know well never look dirty and dilapidated-other people's old furniture looks shabby and moth-eaten. “I would never have that horrible old couch in my room,” you say. But your own old couch is every bit as bad and you are not disgusted with its appearance; it is your friend, you see, and you remember it when it was new and smart. Friends that you have known for a long time and love very dearly never seem to grow old. D.E. Stevenson smartlongdirty Speed eliminates all doubt. Am I smart enough? Will people like me? Do I really look all right in this plastic jumpsuit? David Sedaris smartdoubtpeople I don't think I'm a witty person. To me, a witty person is a funny person who is also a smart person. My friend David Rakoff, who died a few years ago, he was a witty person. Fran Lebowitz is a witty person. I don't think there are that many witty people around, so you tend to notice them when they do come around. I don't consider myself to be that. David Sedaris smartwittythinking We have a lot of limiting beliefs that we're not even conscious of. Maybe your family taught you you weren't good enough or you weren't smart enough. Perhaps we're taught that this religion is good and all other religions are bad. It's endless. Deborah King limiting-beliefstaughtsmart If smart people are parodying it, that's a sure sign that some less smart people are believing it. David Levithan smartbelievepeople A chorus of tough southern belles whispered, You need a loyal husband around here. Loyal to you, loyal to your family, loyal to your land. I added, Good in bed, smart, and romantic. Politically, socially, and religiously compatible. And he had to want children. Deborah Smith smarthusbandchildren Advocates of dumbing down should note the wonderfully perverse fact that 'University Challenge' and 'Mastermind' were watched by millions who could hardly even understand the questions, let alone ejaculate the answers. Maybe they just liked to watch smart people sweating. Declan Lynch smartchallengespeople Marathons are extraordinarily difficult, but if you've got the training under your belt, and if you can run smart, the races take care of themselves. When you have the enthusiasm and the passion, you end up figuring how to excel. Deena Kastor smartpassionrunning Sometimes, I'm too smart for my own good. Dee Snider my-ownsmartsometimes«2728293031323334353637»
