The danger from computers is not that they will eventually get as smart as men, but that we will meanwhile agree to meet them halfway. Bernard Avishai I had an epiphany a few years ago where I was out at a celebrity party and it suddenly dawned on me that I had yet to meet a celebrity who is as smart and interesting as any of my friends. Moby, quoted on CNN.com, March 2005 Beanie Well, let me be the first to say congratulations to you man you have one vagina for the rest of your life. Real smart man. Old School No matter how smart you are, you spend much of your day being an idiot. Scott Adams I?m good enough, I?m smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me. Al Franken, Stuart Smalley in Saturday Night Live, catchphrase An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it. Laurence J. Peter The danger from computers is not that they will eventually get as smart as men, but we will meanwhile agree to meet them halfway. Bernard Avishai Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic jams. Mary Ellen Kelly New capabilities emerge just by virtue of having smart people with access to state-of-the-art technology. Robert E. Kahn None of us is as smart as all of us. Phil Condit People who are smart get into Mensa. People who are really smart look around and leave. James Randi Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known. Garrison Keillor Im good enough, Im smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me. Al Franken On this planet, there are people with talents and people with flaws. The smart ones learn to use their talents, but the happy ones learn to accept their flaws. Dick Solomon, 3rd Rock From the Sun Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five years. George Burns If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions? Scott Adams If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask Do they get smart just in time to ask questions Scott Adams No matter how smart you are, you spend most of your day being an idiot. Scott Adams, The Dilbert Future A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them. John C. Maxwell Even he, to whom most things that most people would think were pretty smart were pretty dumb, thought it was pretty smart. Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt, p. 205
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