“Smart people sometimes get stupid, but stupid people never get smart.”
Don Winslow (1953) American writer
Source: The Long Hard Road Out of Hell
“Smart people sometimes get stupid, but stupid people never get smart.”
Don Winslow (1953) American writer
“Stupid people go to college but"smart people own them"….”
Chetan Bhagat (1974) Indian author, born 1974
Source: Revolution 2020: Love, Corruption, Ambition
“I've been called a termagent, but people BELIEVE in me. I'm a BIG personality.”
Taubie Kushlick (1910–1991) South African actor and director
Sunday Times interview (1980s)
Helen Clark (1950) 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand
Quoted in " 'I have the skills for the job' - Helen Clark on bid for top UN job https://www.radiolive.co.nz/WATCH-I-have-the-skills-for-the-job---Helen-Clark-on-bid-for-top-UN-job/tabid/504/articleID/117913/Default.aspx" (5 April 2016)
Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America
Council Bluffs, Iowa, quoted in * 2016-09-29
Donald Trump's Bizarre Speech: 'You Are The Smartest People'
Leading Britain's Conversation
https://www.lbc.co.uk/politics/us-election/donald-trump/donald-trumps-bizarre-speech-smartest-people/
2016, September 2016
Douglas Coupland book JPod
I considered this. “I think I come from the everybody’s smart category. But they don’t apply their smarts to… larger picture pursuits. That includes me.”
JPod (2006)
“Better stupid and safe that smart and dead.”
Cate Tiernan (1961) American novelist
Source: Sweep: Volume 1