#smarts

And pity--people who inspire it in you are actually very powerful people. To get someone else to take care of you, to feel sorry for you--that takes a lot of strength, smarts, manipulation. Very powerful people. ↗

— Deb Caletti

#manipulation #people #pity #powerful #smarts

He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it. ↗

— James Boswell

#complain #lash #provoked #smarts #who

You have to have conviction and completely question everything and anything you do. No matter how much you study, no matter how much you know, the side of your brain that has the smarts won't necessarily help you in making art. ↗

— Maya Lin

#art #brain #completely #conviction #everything

You can be obsessed with makeup and hair products and, you know, your appearance and still be absolutely making smart life decisions and work on your smarts, develop your smarts by studying something like math. Then you'll make much better decisions on the brands of clothing that you buy or whatever it is that you want. ↗

— Danica McKellar

#appearance #better #brands #buy #clothing

I was a Sedgewick without the smarts. It infused its way into me and I feel like it formed my character in a big way because of what I was exposed to. ↗

— Rob Morrow

#big #character #exposed #feel #formed

I have not the smarts or patience for political office. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#office #patience #political #political office #smarts

The poor North has much to do with slavery. It staggers under its load and smarts under its lash. ↗

— Gerrit Smith

#load #much #north #poor #slavery

Im an animal love, but I don't have the smarts to be a vet, or the heart to have been a vet cause I cry over any wounded animal. ↗

— Julie Gold

#any #been #cause #cry #heart

Some years ago I read a book that brought Einstein's theory of relativity down to an eighth grade level. This convinced me that any subject can be made easy. In other words, always beware of anyone who tells you a topic is above you or better left to experts. This person may, for some reason, be trying to shut you out. You CAN understand almost anything. ↗

— Richard J. Maybury

#easy #intelligence #knowledge #smart #smarts

I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things.” – Associated Press interview, 12-7-11 ↗

— Walter Mosley

#science-fiction #smarts #writing #love