My first-grade teacher told
My first-grade teacher told me I was the dumbest student she ever had. She did me a favor. If she told me I was very smart, I wouldn’t have tried to improve. Ernest Gallo
Very Smart
I’ve been pretty lucky
I’ve been pretty lucky – or slothful – in that I’ve never been a career builder, I take the jobs that come along that feel right, and that’s left me fairly open to all genres, really. But with Caprica, the complex, dark and very smart script was the draw. Eric Stoltz
My fellow students there
My fellow students there were very smart, but the really novel thing was that they actually seemed to put a lot of effort into their school work. By the end of my first semester there, I began to get into that habit as well. Eric Allin Cornell
I loved working with
I loved working with him [Justin Chadwick]. He was very smart in how he assembled the people around him and had a crew that he knew very well. He was very comfortable on the set and I never felt that I was working with a first-time filmmaker. Eric Bana
Even very smart people
Even very smart people can try to shoehorn new information that just doesn’t fit into an existing paradigm.For a long time the story that we’ve been telling ourselves is that humans are just another animal. We evolved from other animals and our place in the universe isn’t particularly special. What I’m trying to convey in … Read more
He [Earl Scruggs] was
He [Earl Scruggs] was really cool because he was very quiet, and he wouldn’t say much, but then he would come out with a quip that was like so perfect and so brilliant, very smart. Earl Scruggs
If my dramatic career
If my dramatic career doesn’t work out, I will go on to research and find cures for Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s and other motor neuron diseases. It’s a very exciting field of research. But I’d like to continue in drama, so it wouldn’t be very smart of me if I blew this amazing opportunity with an … Read more
I never met anyone
I never met anyone who didn’t have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood? Fran Lebowitz
Every great business leader
Every great business leader I’ve ever met, in addition to being very smart, very driven, they have this, ‘Why not me? Screw it, I deserve it, let’s go.’ And if you don’t have that, you can’t achieve greatness. Donny Deutsch
Ridley Scott obviously an
Ridley Scott obviously an iconic director, he’s made some fantastic films. Obviously a very smart, very tasteful, thoughtful guy. So yeah, I’m in good shape; got Ridley Scott with The Cartel. Don Winslow