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And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the smartest of all.

Socrates

He's turned into the smartest player in the league during those last 30 seconds. Even with the pressure, he had the presence of mind to run a pick-and-roll with his money man. He looked for the right guy.

Steve Ketchum

I want people to challenge me. I want them to feel they can step up and bring ideas. I insist on not being the smartest guy in the room. But if I hear everything, then I can help craft the smartest idea in the room. Here's the thing: Phil was a genius. I'm not a genius, so I need other people to help me do genius things.

David Lubars

These are good kids. They are talented, smart and understand the game. This will be one of the smartest teams I've had.

Kris Hubbard

Austin Meier has to be one of the smartest, toughest fourth-quarter players in the state. He just makes play after play down the stretch. His decision-making and timeliness on big plays on both ends have been lifesaving for us.

Lance Randall

It's not just collecting data. It depends on brainpower. Anheuser-Busch is the smartest in figuring out how to use it.

Harry Schuhmacher

He's real close to being like Marshall. The one thing about Marshall was that he was the smartest player I've ever been around. He's a guy who knew what everybody in the offense was supposed to be doing on every play. I'm not just talking about the running backs. I'm talking about everybody.

Lamar Gordon

This is probably the smartest group I've been around, ... So there's a lot you can do with them. Those type of guys, they're going to improve.

Wade Phillips

[But even the smartest IT security staff is no match for user ignorance.] User education is paramount, ... They need to learn to look at the Internet as a city. You can move into the wrong neighborhood and it can ruin your life. You need to learn where to park or walk and where not to park or walk.

David Michael Perry

She's the oldest one, she's the most mature, she's the smartest. She's just Jessica, you know, J-Mac.

Claire Coggins

A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, big or small, young or old. He doesn't care if you're not smart, not popular, not a good joke-teller, not the best athlete, nor the best-looking person. To your dog, you are the greatest, the smartest, the nicest human being who was ever born. You are his friend and protector.

Louis Sabin

Great cover corners are hard to find. He's a very intelligent football player, probably the smartest I've coached in 18 years.

Jeff Weachter

Bill Gates wants people to think he's Edison, when he's really Rockefeller. Referring to Gates as the smartest man in America isn't right... wealth isn't the same thing as intelligence.

Larry Ellison

Maybe the smartest player we have.

Antonio Pierce

The smartest man in the world.

Adeel Iqbal

The smartest or luckiest thing UAL did was stay in bankruptcy for three years. Had they rushed to confirm a plan, they would likely have needed a return visit to Chapter 11.

William Rochelle

He always yells at guards for that. Guards are usually the smartest players and he figures those are the guys that he can pick on the most.

Todd Leary

She's absolutely the smartest player I've had the privilege to coach. You almost don't notice what she does until you look at the stats at the end of the game. She is what has made us the king we have become.

Joyce Walker

Never for a second did I think of myself as the sexiest guy in the world. When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then the smartest person in the world. One by one my delusions got shut down. Now I just see myself as the lamest guy in the world.

Jack Black

Those two guys are two of the smartest young men in the country, and it's much better to be copied by people that smart.

Charles Munger

I don't necessarily think we were playing our worst but I don't think we were playing our smartest. You have to play a little smarter than harder and I think we did that.

Vern Fiddler

Jeff is the glue to my team. I'd say he's the smartest player I've ever had the privilege of coaching. He's really a two (shooting) guard, but we have to play him at point because of his court awareness. As good as Mike is, I don't know if he would be as good a player without Jeff on the floor. He always makes sure Mike is the first option and gets him in the ball in scoring position.

Hosea Graham

He's arguably one of the smartest kids on the team. He kind of quarterbacks the defense and has done a terrific job with it.

Bill Tracey

Another person who's smarter than I. What a relief to not have to be the smartest guy anymore.

Dave Winer

They just look the smartest (in black), ... Black's just the way to go in swimwear right now. It always looks good.

Todd Oldham

Nikki is probably one of the smartest players I've coached. She knows how to play the game and how to make things happen.

Ron Messick

He may be the smartest out of all of us as far as the amount of time he has been in the system. He has picked it up as quick or quicker than anybody. I think he's got real good football smarts.

Jordan Palmer

In two short weeks The Colbert Report has seamlessly paired itself with The Daily Show to form one of the smartest and funniest hours of television.

Lauren Corrao

That probably would be the smartest thing, but it depends on how I feel. If I feel like I'm ready to go, I will go.

Stephon Marbury

I think she's the smartest player we have.

John Grandy

Basically, they're going to get caught. They aren't the smartest criminals.

Melvin Ely

We're going to have to restore our business community. We're a very vibrant people. We're the strongest, smartest people in the world and we will rebuild that infrastructure that was lost.

Alan G. Hevesi

I fell in love with him. I really did. And he was the smartest man I'd ever met. I mean, he was this genius in so many ways, and the things I learned from him and the lessons ... He was always trying to make me a better person and make me understand things.

Heidi Fleiss

I think if you talk to the guys in the minors you'll find out it usually a matter of timing. Without a doubt, at 18, he was the smartest player I ever had. He knows the game.

Stan Luketich

Our goal is to make running genuine Zebra RFID supplies on Zebra printer/encoders the 'smartest' smart media solution for our customers, so they get the cost-effective results they need.

Bob Cornick

Okay, you're the smartest kid in class, now can I have my veal, please, with about half the fuss?

William Bradley

Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.

Will Rogers

I stopped trying to post up. I realized posting up against 7-footers was not the smartest thing to do. I started trying for short-range or mid-range jumpers or driving. That allowed me to use my jumping ability to get by players.

Marcus White

I encourage everybody to apply, not just the smartest and brightest.

Kathy Anderson

He was one of the greatest pitchers of all time. He (was) the smartest pitcher I've ever seen.

Honus Wagner

Harvard studies have proven that wrestlers are the smartest of all athletes, they just hide it. Well Devan isn't hiding it.

Jack Maughan

I think Arthur was, without question, one of the smartest human beings I ever met. He had total recall. He was like a sponge.

Maurice Ferré

I would describe Stephen then pretty much as I would describe him now. He is a very serious person. He obviously enjoys his policy and his public policy musing. He's reserved, fairly quiet. There is no question of his smarts. He was often in a room full of persons and he was the smartest of them all.

Goldy Hyder

Ray is one of the smartest basketball players I have been around. He has a very good sense on the floor and makes other players better.

Juno Pintar

The smartest thing that she did was remain calm through the whole situation.

Rich Sehl

The smartest, most sincere, unselfish person I've ever met. She was one of the dearest friends I've ever had.

Carrie Mahon

This is not somebody who is full of himself or has to show he's the smartest guy in the room.

Frederic Mishkin

He's one of the smartest people in Russia.

William Browder

He's a clown when it's time to be funny, but he's as serious as a heart attack every day. He's not the smartest or the prettiest, but he's steady and has a huge heart.

Terry Delaney

I think Jews are the smartest people in the world.

Rob Reiner

Kevin is usually the smartest guy in the room and if he's not, he gets smart very quickly. He might not know some of the things under his umbrella, but he will get very smart if he doesn't know it.

Jim White

One of the smartest coaches I've been around.

Gerald Griffin

He has done a great job of progressing along as a coach. He was one of the smartest kids that I had, and very competitive.

June Jones

You could sense that, even though he was a lowly freshman like the rest of us, he had something special that you knew would take him to rare places. He's always the smartest guy in the room.

Jim Pugh

Everybody's always giving Jay credit because he's the smartest guy of the bunch.

Jeff Noechel

He's just the smartest football player I've ever been around. He was checking off all over the place. He saw everything. He knows what is going to happen before it happens.

Stephen Neal

Hes the smartest dog Ive ever had.

Peter Gould

The kid is the smartest baseball player I've ever coached. He has a great instinct and a great feel for the game. He makes things happen for us.

Brian Joros

I wanted the person with the Southern accent to be the smartest person in the room.

James Duff

We determined we could move forward at a quicker pace by rehabilitating fewer entries and doing less construction on the way in. I believe we have the smartest, most talented people in the industry working as hard as they can to get the men out safely.

Ben Hatfield

I might not be he smartest on where to go [on the field], but I will get there no matter what.

Jon Chapman

She is one of the smartest people I know. Michelle loves this community and knows it well. Her knowledge and passion will make us stronger, ... Michelle cares deeply about readers. She wants the newspaper to be indispensable.

Steve Silberman

He's one of the smartest players I've ever been around. When we were in A-ball together, he taught us all how to play.

John Kruk

To save energy, the smartest thing a homeowner can do is to get their heating system tuned up.

Tom Silva

This wasn't the smartest thing for the guys to organize, but my client didn't do that. It was really blown out of proportion.

Earl Gray

Even the dumbest stem cell is smarter than the smartest neurobiologist in growing adequate concentrations of cells.

Evan Snyder

She is one of the smartest, most perceptive people we've had in journalism.

Ellen Mickiewicz