Smart - Quotes
God [...] made men and women smart enough to land on the moon but stupid enough to have to learn there was no such thing as forever.
It is far better to endure patiently a smart which nobody feels but yourself, than to commit a hasty action whose evil consequences will extend to all connected with you.
The history of philosophy is in large measure the history of very smart people making very tempting mistakes, and if you don`t know the history, you are doomed to making the same darn mistakes all over again.
We all ought to understand we`re on our own. Believing in Santa Claus doesn`t do kids any harm for a few years but it isn`t smart for them to continue waiting all their lives for him to come down the chimney with something wonderful. Santa Claus and God are cousins.
Not that smart. Not that hot. Not that nice. Not that funny. That`s me: I`m not that.
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can`t lose.
Smart people believe weird things because they are better at rationalizing their beliefs that they hold for non-smart reasons.
Paradoxically, the best way for a group to be smart is for each person in it to think and act as independently as possible.
You don`t have to be brave or a saint, a martyr, or even very smart to be an atheist. All you have to be able to say is "I don`t know".
Smart is when you believe half of what you hear. Brilliant is when you know which half.
We must respect the other fellow`s religion but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.
I`m intelligent enough to survive happily and be compassionate. If I were too smart, I would realize all the ills of the world.