Kamasi Washington Quotes

I was smart, to tell you the truth. I'm not really bright, but I'm not stupid.

I am not that smart.

I know I'm not smarter than a 10-year-old.

I'm rarely asked to play the smartest man in the room.

I'm no genius, sure, but I'm no dum-dum.

Just because I don't have a college degree doesn't mean I am not smart!

I'm not terribly intelligent - I have no university degree, you know.

I hate to be smart.

My generation is so intelligent.

You know, I'm, like, a smart person.

Everyone's brain works in a different way. I didn't feel smart in school; I just didn't get it. I thought I was an idiot. Until I got out.

Education is no substitute for intelligence.

Actually, most people don't think I have too much sense because I would rather be fairly intelligent and act dumb instead of not having any sense at all and try to act smart.

There is a difference between people who are educated and people who are smart.

Get smart and nothing can touch you.

I don't know what good it is to know so much and be smart as whips and all if it doesn't make you happy.

I’ve seen how you can’t learn anything when you’re trying to look like the smartest person in the room.

If being smart is what you say it is, I will remain a fool my entire life.

Wise is what you want to be. Smart is easy compared to wise.

The smart ones ask when they don't know. And, sometimes, when they do.

I’ve always found that the better the book I’m reading, the smarter I feel, or, at least, the more able I am to imagine that I might, someday, become smarter.

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

If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart.

A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils.

No, everybody's gotta learn, nobody's born knowin'. That Walter's as smart as he can be, he just gets held back sometimes because he has to stay out and help his daddy. Nothin's wrong with him. Naw, Jem, I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.