Smarter Quotations

Economists tend to think they are much, much smarter than historians, than everybody. And this is a bit too much because at the end of the day, we don't know very much in economics.

We know that a smarter Australia means a stronger Australia. An Australia able to grasp the opportunities of the Asian Century. A skilled workforce and a strong, productive and resilient economy. We know we'll only win the economic race in the Asian Century if we win the education race.

The more knowledge you get, the more questions you ask. The smarter you get, the more you realize that everything can be possible.

Think about what caused the injury and how it can be prevented next time; that way, you will become a smarter athlete and less likely to repeat the same mistakes.

As technology progresses, and as it advances, many of us assume that these advances make us more intelligent, make us smarter and more connected to the world. And what I'd like to argue is that that's not necessarily the case, as 'progress' is simply a word for change, and with change you gain something, but you also lose something.

I think we're much smarter than we were. Everybody knows that abstract art can be art, and most people know that they may not like it, even if they understand there's another purpose to it.

If you're living off credit-card advances and ramen noodles, a buyout offer might be too hard to resist. And you'll be even smarter the second time around.

Everybody that I was in school with had an uncle or father in the law, and I started to realize that I was going to end up writing briefs for about ten years for these fellows who I thought I was smarter than. And I was kind of losing my feeling for that.

All evidence shows that we are actually getting smarter. Roughly we are getting 10 IQ points smarter every decade. The speed of innovation is also faster.

I think after a time there won't be anything left to be interesting for mankind. Computers are about to do everything for us. Cellphones are smarter than we are. We'll embrace spirituality because we'll be bored of everything else.

I trained as hard as I could, I ran as much as I could, I sparred hard, I did everything right. I did everything I could possibly do at the age when I could fight. You have to be realistic; you can't say, 'Oh, I am smarter now, older and I can punch harder.' You think you can, but you can't.

Keeping a lid on taxes is not just good for the taxpayer. It's a powerful way to force government to be more accountable, set priorities and spend smarter. Let me repeat that: more accountable, set priorities and spend smarter - that's what we need to be about.

Laying the groundwork for smaller, smarter government, especially at the federal level, is going to be tough. But it is essential for getting us back on the path to long-term prosperity.

Eisenhower was less deferential to the military than he seemed likely to be, Kennedy was not at all beholden to the pope, George W. Bush was smarter than portrayed and Barack Obama has not led a charge from the left - least of all on behalf of the civil liberties that have eroded since September 11, 2001.

But I believe the older I get, I'm wiser and I train smarter.

Women are smarter by basic instinct and by what we have to do to multitask at home and at work. My mother did that 50 years ago, but it wasn't called multitasking or stress back then. She had a job, two kids and the meals to make with no cook or maid. My father would come home every day and expect lunch. He was a nice guy, but he was clueless!

Make no mistake: business forces, if used long-sightedly, are the tools for leveraging new consumer behaviors, new and smarter ways of production, and for accelerating the transition to a sustainable world.

Are kids smarter than adults? All evidence points to that being true.

Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you. Pick people who are interested in what you're interested in.

I had a lot of experience with people smarter than I am.

The more injuries you get, the smarter you get.

Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.

It is smarter to borrow from nature than to reinvent the wheels.

I worked hard and smarter than most people in the businesses I have been in.

Do I catch flak because I'm so much smarter than everyone else? I don't know.

I can't spell or do grammar, but I'm smarter and more serious than people think. I'm no featherweight when it comes to digging deep and being involved. So many stars I know do so much. It's our duty to give back.

We need to get smarter about hardware and software innovation in order to get the most value from the emerging Internet of Things.

Humanity is smart. Sometime in the technology world we think we are smarter, but we are not smarter than you.

There are plenty of people smarter than you by a long way. I just got lucky.

I love hearing people who are smarter than me talk about my comics. It makes me feel smarter.

When my wife gets mad at me, I remind myself that she is much smarter than I am and so I probably deserve it, even if I don't really understand it!

Hire people who are smarter than you, and don't be afraid to work with them as partners. Make it clear that you plan to learn from them, not just the other way around. The right, smart, motivated people respond very well to that approach, particularly coming from a younger manager like I am.

Every check-in should mean something. Foursquare should get smarter every time that you continue to check in. We should be able to offer special deals that you may be interested in, and we should be able to offer recommendations for the type of things you should do next.

Your audience is a lot smarter than you realize.

If there's one thing that 'No Child Left Behind' has proven, it's that more academics don't make for smarter children - or even higher test scores. And yet we somehow refuse to accept this reality.

For everyday clothes, I love North Face and Rohan, and for smarter options, I like Whistles and Agnes b on Marylebone High Street.

I thought I was so much smarter than everybody. And I'm not.

The science can tell you that the thousands of pseudo-scientific parenting books out there - not to mention the 'Baby Einstein' DVDs and the flash cards and the brain-boosting toys - won't do a thing to make your baby smarter. That's largely because babies are already as smart as they can be; smarter than we are in some ways.

I made a decision not to work out because I'm lazy and also, the character is not a superhero. I didn't want him to be a buff guy with Jackie Chan moves because the point is he's smarter than your average Joe.

I just like Forrest Gump. Maybe I'm a little smarter than him, maybe I'm not. Probably because of the whole Southern aspect of his character and for some reason I always wind up on the better end of all deals... I've just kind of got the old silly boy luck!

My number one goal as a thriller writer is to entertain you. But I've got a chance to not only entertain people, but have them close my book and be smarter having read it.

I think as women, the smarter and more powerful we are, the more it can be threatening and alienating to other people, more than with men. That's something we need to support each other with.

I actually don't think that I'm that much smarter than anybody else. It's just that I frequently just seem to know what to do, and I think that's wisdom.

'Stupidity' defines the mental state wherein we acknowledge that we've never been smarter as individuals and yet somehow we've never felt stupider. We now collectively inhabit a state of stupidity.

The most fun I ever had on a movie was working with Albert Brooks. He's the caviar of comedy. I mean, nobody's funnier; nobody is smarter than Albert Brooks.

I pulled back on the divorce because there is no rush for it. For medical decisions and a ton of other things, it's just smarter that it's put on hold.

We still want to control the clock. Hopefully we're a smarter team now.

We started hustling to the ball and making smarter decisions with the ball. And finishing is the big key. You can have chances, but you if you don't (put the ball) in the net...

Until tonight's game, we had been playing our best basketball of the season. Defensively, I thought we grew up this season. We played smarter and better as the season went on.

We're making the currency safer, smarter and more secure,

We're going to have to be a smarter basketball team the last three or four minutes. If it comes down to it, we have confidence in our free throws. Against Newark I don't think we played good defense. Against Lancaster we didn't handle the ball well or make good decisions.

We're just smarter on defense now. We made a lot of mistakes last season because we weren't communicating that well, but now we've really come together. We all understand where we're supposed to be and it shows.

We're being smarter with the football now. Our defense has played well all year, but the biggest difference is we're running the ball. That makes everything much easier.

With the self-service option at our dining centers, there's unlimited amounts of food. Having nutritional values available means students are less likely to overeat. Having the values available helps them make smarter food choices.

We know we have to sharpen up a lot. We've got to play smarter and not make stupid passes." ()

With today's advanced technology, ad networks can be a lot smarter about how they deliver ad impressions than they were four to six years ago.

With this expansion, the company's manufacturing facilities will total approximately 700,000 sq. ft., and we believe will make it possible for us to continue to meet the needs of electronics manufacturers as they respond to customer demand for smaller, smarter mobile devices.

Work ethic is something that's conferred by example. Kids are much smarter than we give them credit for; it's about what they see.

We're starting to get smarter as the season goes on. We handled things down the stretch. I'm pleased with that.

We've got be smarter and hopefully we'll be smarter when we get into league play.

Whoever makes you smarter a little earlier in life makes you better

Go to bed smarter than when you woke up.

Hire people smarter than you are and encourage them to bloom.

With good parody, you have to be smarter that the people you’re parodying.

We ran ourselves out and took the bats out of some hands in a few innings. We made outs at bases we shouldn't have, trying to be too daring. If we would have played a little smarter we could have ended the game in five and saved some pitching. We wanted to take some chances going to second not third and home and we made some obvious misreads.

We hope we are smarter than that, ... That's one thing about Vanderbilt; you got some pretty smart guys over here.

The process is designed to stimulate creative thinking and challenge conventional beliefs. In the end, it will allow us to work smarter and better as we secure America's transportation system.

When I entered the market, I was rejected because the elite say that you have to sell things at a certain price point. My position was that the consumer is smarter than that. Who cares if it's $200, not $2,000?

We were coming off the field on Tuesday, and (wide receiver) Dante Hall said to me, 'Gun, they're smart, a lot smarter than they were a year ago. It's all the little things,'

Luckily, I don't have to do that anymore. We've all wised up, got smarter and don't have a problem with that anymore like we once did.

So it's based on the formula that you can only get smarter by playing a smarter opponent. Who is the ultimate opponent? Yourself.

So look at the funds you own or ones you're considering buying. All that information can only make you a smarter investor.

Oh yeah. I took all the tests and realized the guy knocked some sense into me. I am actually smarter than I was before.

She came around so quickly at the end of the year that she didn't have time to catch up to herself. And now she has. She is a stronger, smarter and calmer filly.

Since she was 3 she has been smarter than me.

She makes a coach look smart. She makes me look smarter than I am.

My friends, all Hispanic girls, we went to school with the kids from North, Central and Alhambra, and we discovered we were not attuned to their level. 'Are they smarter than us?' we asked, ... I learned later about the arts and grammar. I don't want our kids to feel at a disadvantage when they reach high school.

One of the things not mentioned above that I'm most excited about is the work we've put into the Spaces platform itself which will enable us to innovate faster and smarter over the next few months and years. This is just the beginning of a wave of coolness.

No one is smarter or better than this guy, and if this man says there's no evidence to substantiate the charge, then I feel the charge should be withdrawn.

My dad is a very good sounding board. He's very, very smart. Both of my parents are very, very sharp, much smarter than I, I'm happy to acknowledge.

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can not get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.

I'm a lot smarter upstairs now, ... I don't check out in the middle of the points.

I'm a lot smarter than I was a year ago.

I feel that we've grown every game. Our chemistry has gotten better. We're just being smarter basketball players.

I find that I am smarter and I realize that I don't need to be playing my best tennis to close out a match. I have so many tools and weapons now that I don't need to hit the ball as hard as I can to beat my opponent.

If Brittany's shot falls and we play smarter on the defensive end, this game was over at the half.

I found a nanny/child care position in Beverly Hills taking care of a 3-year-old and a 17-year-old. They had a large, wealthy house. I learned that I liked the way rich people lived. I learned that they were not smarter than me.

Frankly I think this is one of the smarter funds Oppenheimer has developed.

If it comes down to just soccer, we feel pretty good about our chances, that we can pretty much play with anybody. But you have unknown factors in a game, be it officials, crowds, other players. Those are things you gotta be smarter about, mature about, and still play within what we say we're going to do.

He would just live in denial. He didn't think there was anybody including an attorney who was smarter than her.

He felt like an outsider. He felt angry, and he felt his brilliance was being overlooked. And he felt much smarter than the people around him.

He might be our best shooter right now and he is one of the smarter players in our program. We have been real fortunate to have him in our program and would love to have him back. He's been a quiet leader for us and is starting to get the hang of things.

This wasn't a no-logging-versus-lots-of-logging kind of battle. It was people asking them to take some new, smarter approaches to logging. We're saying, do it smarter. Don't go into these places that shouldn't be logged, like right next to a salmon stream.

We just have to hit smarter shots. We're hitting out too much, not challenging the block. We're making too many errors on our side of the net.

We just have to be smarter, and hopefully we will be smarter in league play.

We took a lot of dumb penalties. That was our downfall in this series. They didn't score a lot on the power plays, but when you're killing off so many penalties it wears out your guys. That was the difference; they had legs and we didn't. And they played smarter than we did. That's why this series is over.

We've got to go back to work and become a more disciplined and smarter team and do all the things it takes to win games. We have a lot of work to do because our opener is right around the corner. I'm convinced that we can get to where we need to be.

What would a smarter person than me do? Then do it!

He's always been able to penetrate, but now he's smarter about it. His footwork is amazing. He stops, pivots and up fakes, and (is) getting shots off guys who have him by 2 to 3 inches.

He's got to be smarter with his pitches.