Phrase info

be smart

Examples

Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important. Eugene McCarthy

Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart. Alan Alda

Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known. Garrison Keillor

Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid. Carl Sagan

Among the rich you will never find a really generous man even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egotistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it. G. K. Chesterton

If I was a billionaire, I'd be smart with my money. Bruno Mars

Words in the phrase

Close letter words and terms