Everyone who knew [Barack] Obama from being in Hyde Park knew he was the smartest guy in any room he walked into; a decent, compassionate, lovely person; pragmatic, middle-of-the-road and ambitious.
I've always tried to do the smartest and best thing.
Castro, without question, is one of the smartest politicians that's ever walked.
The smartest person in the room, is the room.
To prepare adequately for the challenge of global warming, we must acknowledge both the good and the bad that it will bring. If our starting point is to prove that Armageddon is on its way, we will not consider all of the evidence, and will not identify the smartest policy choices.
The single most important factor to getting rich is getting started, not being the smartest person in the room.
Be the smartest at the table and you can wear whatever you want.
The smartest thing is knowing that I don't know it all and that there's more to learn.
Self-sabotage is the smartest thing you can do if you're sabotaging a self that is not really you.
(The Weakest Link) is fascinating program. They ask a bunch of people questions and they keep getting rid of the dumbest person, so just the smartest person is left. It is kind of the opposite way we elect a president.
I said I was the greatest, not the smartest.
I'm rarely asked to play the smartest man in the room.
The smartest thing we can do to create high-wage jobs and grow our economy is to keep our focus on education.
Hillary's never been anything but the Smartest Woman in the World. I've talked about this I don't know how many times. I know Republicans and conservatives scared to death of this woman, scared to death. And it isn't because they think she's not sophisticated. It isn't because they think she's stupid. But she gets into trouble enough or she fails enough, like when she does poorly in a primary, what do they chalk it up to? Sexism, like Don Lemon did. Sexism.
We must question why the smartest students don't choose to become teachers.
If you're the smartest person in the room, it can sometimes be hard to learn to delegate - the person to whom you're delegating will do the task worse than you would - and it will annoy you!
I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest -- sometimes not even the most diligent. But they are learning machines; they go to bed every night a little wiser than when they got up. And, boy, does that habit help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you.
The smartest person in the room is never as smart as all the people in the room.
A real feminist doesn't apologize for her beauty. You can be a sexy, beautiful woman and be the smartest person in the room.
We're all learning here; the best listeners will end up the smartest.