Quotes on Smart People

In the real world, the smartest people are people who make mistakes and learn. In school, the smartest people don't make mistakes.

I love experienced people. I love people who are phenomenally talented. I love people who've worked so hard and been so courageous and are the leaders in their fields. For me to meet somebody like that and learn from them and share words with them -to me that's magic.

Don't expect smart people to listen to you without proof.

In the real world, very smart people fail and mediocre people rise. Part of what makes people fail or succeed are skills that have nothing to do with IQ. Also, the idea that intelligence can be gauged by an IQ test is erroneous.

Smart people believe weird things because they are skilled at defending beliefs they arrived at for non-smart reasons.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked.

You can tell how smart people are by what they laugh at.

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.

When the world is predictable you need smart people. _x000D_ When the world is unpredictable you need adaptable people.

I recognize that many physicists are smarter than I am-most of them theoretical physicists. A lot of smart people have gone into theoretical physics, therefore the field is extremely competitive. I console myself with the thought that although they may be smarter and may be deeper thinkers than I am, I have broader interests than they have.

Only dumb people try to impress smart people. Smart people just do what they do.

A man only learns by two things; one is reading and the other is association with smarter people.

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.

It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies.

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people.

I am convinced that nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day you bet on people, not on strategies.

I like my job because it involves learning. I like being around smart people who are trying to figure out new things. I like the fact that if people really try they can figure out how to invent things that actually have an impact.

A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.