Steven Brust Quotes

If I'm smart then I'll run away, but I'm not so I guess I'll stay

Here's a good rule of thumb; too clever is dumb.

Question is, are you bozos smart enough to feel stupid?

But clever people all make one mistake. They all think everyone else is stupid. And everyone isn't stupid. They just take a bit more time, that's all.

Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.

I'm not the dumbest guy that ever lived.

I'm a bordering genius.

I'm not dumb, I just wasn't educated.

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

I can always tell how stupid someone is by how certain they are about what they're saying.

Capable people do not understand incapacity; clever people do not understand stupidity.

I never tell anyone exactly how clever I am. They would be too scared.

Nonsense! The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise.

You want to be as smart as you can about being stupid.

I was always the best athlete, people don't know that. But I was successful at everything I ever did and then I run for president, first time - first time, not three times, not six times. I ran for President first time and lo and behold, I win. And then people say oh, is he a smart person? I'm smarter than all of them put together, but they can't admit it. They had a bad year.

I'm not stupid!" In Bean's experience, that was a sentence never uttered except to prove its own inaccuracy.

A pity about the people! they are brave enough comrades, but they have heads like a soapboiler's.

People are stupider than anybody.

When intelligent people pride themselves on not understanding, it is quite natural they should succeed better than fools.

Most fools think they are only ignorant.

The only thing I want to say is, I know I'm not Einstein, but I'm not the queen of the imbeciles either.

A lot of people don't know that Dad was quite a scientist, and he was so clever.

People don't like when you point out to them and remind them that they're not very smart.

Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.

I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest!