People are trying to be smart - all I am trying to do is not to be idiotic, but it's harder than most people think.
Sometimes people think you’re smart if you question the status quo, if nothing else.
The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward.
When we praise children for their intelligence, we tell them that this is the name of the game: Look smart; don't risk making mistakes.
Even brute beasts and wandering birds do not fall into the same traps or nets twice.
The smart ones ask when they don't know. And, sometimes, when they do.
On the Internet, everybody has an opinion about everything, but if you're smart, you know when to keep your mouth shut.
Articulateness is not the only way that intelligence manifests itself.
Book learning, or intelligence of one sort, doesn't guarantee you intelligence of another sort.You can behave just as stupidly with a good college education.
