“Life is tough when you are always talking to people smarter than you.”

“There is parody, when you make fun of people who are smarter than you; satire, when you make fun of people who are richer than you; and burlesque, when you make fun of both while taking your clothes off.”

P. J. O'Rourke (1947) American journalist

“Decide that you like college life. In your dorm you meet many nice people. Some are smarter than you. And some, you notice, are dumber than you. You will continue, unfortunately, to view the world in exactly these terms for the rest of your life.”

Lorrie Moore (1957) American writer

“You know horses are smarter than people. You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people.”

Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer

“When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you”

Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American motivational speaker

“People don't get better, they just get smarter. When you get smarter you don't stop pulling the wings off flies, you just think of better reasons for doing it.”

Stephen King book Carrie

“Intelligent people tend to have less friends than the average person. The smarter you are the more selective you become.”

Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) Serbian American inventor

“Life is sometimes tough when you do not fit the “standard” profile.”

Robert T. Kiyosaki (1947) American finance author , investor

“I never trusted you one minute
Tellin' people that I'm finished
Number one in twenty countries
But to you I'm still nobody
When I'm around you, life gets harder
But when you're sleepin', E gets smarter”

Eamon (singer) (1984) American singer

“But hardly anybody ever finds out that their actions really, actually, hurt other people! People don’t get better, they just get smarter. When you get smarter you don’t stop pulling the wings off flies, you just think of better reasons for doing it.”

Stephen King book Carrie