Quotes by Smart I had to run away from home in order to be a musician. Because I came from a family of... my father was a health inspector; my mother was a social worker. And I was pretty smart in school. So they expected me to be some kind of academic - schoolteacher, or doctor, lawyer - and they were very disappointed when I told them I wanted to be a musician. Hugh Masekela smartmotherrunning What I have noticed which I'm not nuts about that the trend that a lot of shows are hiring the American Idol type of talent without real training and real technique and I think that audiences are smart and sometimes seeing that things are not as high caliber as they were before. Hugh Panaro smartrealthinking With the indiscriminate nature of modern military technology (no such thing as a "smart bomb," it turns out) all wars are wars against civilians, and are therefore inherently immoral. This is true even when a war is considered "just," because it is fought against a tyrant, against an aggressor, to correct a stolen boundary. Howard Zinn smartmilitarywar Sustainability: It's the right thing to do, it's the smart thing to do, it's the profitable thing to do. Hunter Lovins sustainabilityenvironmentsmart I think that trade is an important issue. Of course, we are 5 percent of the world's population; we have to trade with the other 95 percent. And we need to have smart, fair trade deals. Hillary Clinton issuessmartthinking I'm lucky to have worked in theater all over the world, but there's something magical about Broadway. The audiences are smart, they're educated. They go in ready and they're up for it, they're up for the party. It's a whole different atmosphere. Hugh Jackman atmospheresmartparty We are living in dangerously weird times now. Smart people just shrug and admit they're dazed and confused. The only ones left with any confidence at all are the New Dumb. It is the beginning of the end of our world as we knew it. Doom is the operative ethic. Hunter S. Thompson confusedsmartour-world I have the charisma of the chipmunk. I never have thought I was smart. I thought the people I dealt with were dumb. Hyman Rickover smartdumbpeople As a writer, you get to play, you get alter time, you get to come up with the smart lines and the clever comebacks you wish you'd thought of. Iain Banks smartcleverplay I have not the smarts or patience for political office. Henry Rollins smartofficepatience The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong. Ian Caldwell smartstrongweak I'm not a conservative or a republican but I know that there's conservative republicans who I probably vigorously disagree with but I also am smart enough, or something enough, to understand that they really think that they're right, and they're looking at me like I'm crazy. Henry Rollins smartcrazythinking Men are intimidated by smart women. They make us want to kick up our game more. Ian Somerhalder smartgamesmen My grandmother was this unbelievably smart, phenomenally cool woman and [soap operas] were just always on in her house. I just realized that I live in a soap opera, and it's awesome. Ian Somerhalder grandmothersmarthouse I think you have to find how the machine can work for you. That's what I mean by "attaching yourself to the machine," 'cause the machine is going to be there, and you can rage against the machine, which is cool, but there's ways that you can benefit off the machine if you're savvy enough and you're sharp enough, smart enough. We all got to live and eat. Ice Cube smartmeanthinking I have great people, smart people that are around me and we love the challenge. I guess it's like climbing a mountain or building a building. It's a challenge but you love every challenge that it brings or presents itself. Ice Cube climbingsmartpeople There's a lot of potential that goes unused in places like South Central L.A., a lot of brilliant, smart people who just don't have that chance to show it. Ice Cube brilliantsmartpeople 'Smart power' is the use of American power in ways that would help prevent and resolve conflict - not just send our military in. Hillary Clinton smartmilitaryuse Rude people will now & then ask me why I think I know so much about Politics. I tell them it's because I'm Smart... But that is a lie: The real reason is because I'm an incurable Gambling addict. Hunter S. Thompson smartreallying I don't think that strategically it is smart to begin cutting your options when the other side does not move at all. Hillary Clinton smartcuttingmoving«4950515253545556575859»
