Being Smart Quotes
![Alan Alda quote: "Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better..."](/pic/2945/600x316/quotation-alan-alda-be-as-smart-as-you-can-but-remember-that-it-is.jpg)
![Garson Kanin quote: "I want everybody to be smart. As smart as they can be. A world..."](/pic/379477/600x316/quotation-garson-kanin-i-want-everybody-to-be-smart-as-smart-as-they-can.jpg)
I remember the revelation it was to me when I realized I'd rather be smart in the way Elvis Presley was than in the way, say, Ludwig Wittgenstein was. The thing was, you could imagine you could be smart like Wittgenstein by just thinking hard enough, but Elvis just had it. It was almost spiritual. A kind of grace.
Richard Hell
![Terry Prachett quote: "Don't be smart. Smart is only a polished version of dumb. Try..."](/pic/301360/600x316/quotation-terry-prachett-dont-be-smart-smart-is-only-a-polished-version.jpg)