Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mario Cuomo

A judge can manipulate the law. A smart lawyer can keep a killer out of jail.

Mario Batali

The Gulf Coast has the potential to create a culinary raw ingredient paradise that smart cooks can capitalize on.

Mario Batali

Just because you eat doesn't mean you eat smart. It's hard to beat a $1.99 wing pack of three at a fast-food restaurant - it's so cheap - but that wing pack isn't feeding anyone, it's just pushing hunger back an hour.

Michael K. Williams

I don't dabble in politics too much. I'm really ignorant to the world of politics. I'm not that smart, I'm not that cunning, it's just too much smoke and mirrors for me. I just don't want to play that game.

Freddie Stroma

If my dramatic career doesn't work out, I will go on to research and find cures for Alzheimer's or Parkinson's and other motor neuron diseases. It's a very exciting field of research. But I'd like to continue in drama, so it wouldn't be very smart of me if I blew this amazing opportunity with an inappropriate lifestyle.

Freddy Adu

It doesn't matter what size you are. It matters how big your heart is and how smart you are.

Frank Ocean

My grandfather was smart and had a whole lot of pride. He didn't speak a terrible amount, but you could tell there was a ton on his mind - like a quiet acceptance of how life had turned out.

Chris Rock

You only know that you're smart because you're around dumb people from time to time!

Chris Rock

Smart is knowing if you're dumb. Knowing when to shut up and to listen to people that are smarter than you.

Chris Rock

If your work is so smart that only smart people get it, it's not that smart.

Chris Murphy

So sophisticated and smart, but our eyes tell us lies, or at best the truth in part.

Chris O'Donnell

I think I'm pretty smart on what I spend my money on. I still don't have a new car, I drive my old car that I've had forever. But I bought a house in downtown Chicago.

Chris Martin

I have to brush my teeth before I go on stage otherwise I don't feel smart enough.

Chris Matthews

In light of Jeb Bush`s recent fumbles on Iraq , maybe the Clinton campaign is making the smart move here by not saying.

Chris Matthews

People do have a - people, unlike politicians, are allowed to change their minds. People are allowed to look back and say, you know what, all things considered, I don't think that was the smart move.

Frances Mayes

Where is it written that houses must be beige? Any dun colored house would look better if painted pineapple, cream, ochre, or even a smart sage.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

You have to realize that most of these guys get in there and fight on heart. I fight with smarts. There is no fighter that is smarter than me. Most of these fighters are ABC, 1-2-3. I am like 4-5-6 levels above them; that's why I'm able to beat them.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

It's about being smart, taking your time, keeping your composure, just going out there and being the best that you can be

Fran Lebowitz

We live in a culture where everyone is perfectly willing to do this [to make a lot of money], and they're just looking for the opportunity. Obviously, a person who is really dumb is not gonna make a zillion dollars. But for a person who is really smart, really smart, it's a boring pursuit. It's not endlessly fascinating.

Fran Lebowitz

The truth is that most families have no smart ones and no pretty ones. Most families are a bunch of unattractive dopes. And it turns out that the Bush family, like most families, has no smart ones. I was not surprised to see this.

George Meyer

I have no idea how it got so big. I was just trying to find something to do while I was living in Boulder, Colorado, which isn't really a funny town. There are a lot of smart people there, but comedy isn't at the forefront of their minds.

G. Hannelius

With the Internet and social media being a huge part of today's culture, I think it's super important to promote staying smart online.

John P. Kotter

In terms of getting people to experiment more and take more risk, there are at least three things that immediately come to my mind. Number one, of course, is role-modeling it yourself. Number two is when people take intelligent, smart risks and yet it doesn't work out, not shooting them. And number three, being honest with yourself. If the culture you have is radically different from an experiment and take-risk culture, then you have a big change you going to have to make—and no little gimmicks are going to do it for you.

John P. Kotter

This is true even in organizations that are very focused on analysis and quantitative measurement, even among people who think of themselves as smart in an MBA sense. In highly successful change efforts, people find ways to help others see the problems or solutions in ways that influence emotions, not just thought.

Norman Granz

You’re probably smarter than you present yourself.

Noah Baumbach

I've always felt some kind of connection to people who are kind of over-smart. People who over-think things to the point of some sort of paralysis, and I think that certainly can be me on any given day.

Mitch Albom

No matter how smart she appeared, she was fragile at her core.

Mike White

I started out writing when I was young; stuff about exposing the truth about how people are not what they appear, about how they are much more dysfunctional than they seem. Pulling back the curtain - that felt smart. But as I got older, exposing how frail people can be seems less and less deep.

Mike Tyson

Some people are faster than others; I'm just figuring it out later, that's all. I'm getting smart too late and old too soon.

Mike Tyson

Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon...smart too late.

Rick Riordan

Percy, we're going to Polyphemus' island! Polyphemus is an S-i-k...a C-y-k..." She stamped her foot in frustration. As smart as she was, Annabeth was dyslexic, too. We could've been there all night while she tried to spell Cyclops. "You know what I mean!

Jonathan Groff

My grandfather used to say 'Eat the biggest crabs first, that way you're always eating the biggest crabs.' In making a TV show, that means if you have a big funny or smart idea for an episode or a scene or a joke, go for it. Don't save it for another season or another episode, because you may not have the right time again. It's good advice for television, but truly stellar advice for eating crabs.

Jonathan Haidt

Congress is full of good, decent, smart people who have devoted their lives to public service.