#mart

To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is. ↗

— Bruce Lee

#arts #aspect #closer #easy #easy way

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

#grace #ludwig-wittgensten #smart #imagination

I imagined Martha Stewart trying to take over Pops kitchen. That would be better than Godzilla vs. Mothra" -Piper Kerman, Page 200 ↗

— Piper Kerman

#martha-stewart #imagination

Life will defend itself no matter how small it is. ↗

— Yann Martel

#martel #of #pi #yann #life

Being smart as a whip includes knowing when not to crack it. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#smart #timing #whip #inspirational

A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#cleverness #intelligence #smart #stupidity #understanding

Always be smarter than the people who hire you. ↗

— Lena Horne

#always #hire #people #smarter #than

In pursuit of happiness, smart people often end up dumbing down themselves. ↗

— Erol Ozan

#happy #intelligence #pursuit-of-happiness #smart-people #intelligence

I’m so smart that I make everyone around me smarter. I do this by being dumber than everybody.
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— Jarod Kintz

#intelligence #iq #smart #smarter #intelligence

Yet human intelligence has another force, too: the sense of urgency that gives human smarts their drive. Perhaps our intelligence is not just ended by our mortality; to a great degree, it is our mortality. ↗

— Adam Gopnik

#humans #ingenuity #intelligence #mortality #smarts