Smart Quotes

• We are growing the economy in smart ways and rebuilding our infrastructure and investing in science and development and that we stay true to those values that helped to get us here.

  

  Barack Obama
  • True
  • Science
  • Growing

• I wonder if I ever thought of an ideal reader... I guess when I was in my 20s and in New York and maybe even in my early 30s, I would write for my wife Janice... mainly for my poet friends and my wife, who was very smart about poetry.

  

  Kenneth Koch
  • Friends
  • Wife
  • Wonder

• I can get my head turned by a good-looking guy as much as the next girl. But sexy doesn't impress me. Smart impresses me, strength of character impresses me. But most of all, I am impressed by kindness. Kindness, I think, comes from learning hard lessons well, from falling and picking yourself up. It comes from surviving failure and loss. It implies an understanding of the human condition, forgives its many flaws and quirks. When I see that in someone, it fills me with admiration.

  

  Lisa Unger
  • Up
  • Good
  • Character

• Anytime I write something that's trying to be too smart, it doesn't work.

  

  Emeli Sande
  • Work
  • Trying
  • Smart

• Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart.

  

  Adrian Edmondson
  • Smart
  • Sassy

• Without theater, I don't think I would have thought I was a smart person or excelled at anything.

  

  Audra McDonald
  • Smart

• A smart man isn't necessarily one who knows all the answers, but knows where to find them.

  

  Kenny Rogers
  • Smart

• I want young people to see me and think you can be feminine and smart and successful, all at the same time.

  

  Portia de Rossi
  • People
  • Time
  • Smart

• Smart financial planning - such as budgeting, saving for emergencies, and preparing for retirement - can help households enjoy better lives while weathering financial shocks. Financial education can play a key role in getting to these outcomes.

  

  Ben Bernanke
  • Help
  • Education
  • Financial

• 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
  • Enthusiasm
  • Themselves
  • Excel

• Much of India that we dream of still lies ahead of us: housing, power, water and sanitation for all; bank accounts and insurance for every citizen; connected and prosperous villages; and, smart and sustainable cities.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • Power
  • Dream
  • Water

• I love John Madden because he makes me feel smart.

  

  Frank Caliendo
  • Smart

• I actually thought, like, I was sure 'Get Smart' and, like, 'James Bond' movies, I was sure that that's what real life was like.

  

  Bruce Eric Kaplan
  • Life
  • Real
  • Smart

• It would be better to be recognized first for music, but people go with what they like. If I'm here because I'm recognized more so as a style icon, then, if I'm smart enough, I will use this opportunity to share more insight about my music.

  

  G-Dragon
  • People
  • Music
  • Opportunity

• Only stupid men trying to seem smart need to be with dumb women. Only weak men trying to look strong are attracted to compliant women.

  

  Orson Scott Card
  • Men
  • Women
  • Trying

• Additionally, Smart Irrigation Month serves to recognize advances in irrigation technology and practices that produce not only more but also higher quality plants with less water.

  

  Jim Costa
  • Technology
  • Water
  • Quality

• Would a good friend, a smart friend, encourage you to do something as dishonorable as not pay a bill you're morally and legally obligated to pay? I don't think so.

  

  Dave Ramsey
  • Good
  • Friend
  • Smart

• Comedy is only as stupid as you are smart.

  

  Brian Celio
  • Comedy
  • Stupid
  • Smart

• I'm an owner that tends to absolutely be supportive of a coach and his vision if it's a real sharp and smart vision. I really believe in that.

  

  Jeffrey Lurie
  • Believe
  • Real
  • Vision

• Every sport has its dangers. I've been pretty lucky, knock on wood. But I've had really confident, brave and smart horses growing up, which I think is important when you're young. You are working with massive animals over big fences, and especially at this top level, there is really no room for error.

  

  Jessica Springsteen
  • Up
  • Important
  • Pretty

• When you become famous, people can have a powerful yet illusory idea of who you are. You want to live your life, but still, you don't want to let anyone down. I know Ed Vedder, Kurt Cobain, Jerry Cantrell, all those guys felt it. They're smart, real, and all of a sudden, they're put on a pedestal.

  

  Ann Wilson Heart
  • People
  • Life
  • Live

• Daniel Patrick Moynihan is the archetypal extremely smart person who went into politics anyway instead of doing something worthwhile for his country.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Country
  • Politics
  • Doing

• Everyone can get a little sloppy with cash and it's smart to notice. But what's squeezing you is the big stuff you ladle onto your credit cards.

  

  Jane Bryant Quinn
  • Smart

• One man to live in pleasure and wealth, whiles all other weap and smart for it, that is the part not of a king, but of a jailor.

  

  Thomas More
  • Men
  • Pleasure
  • Wealth

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