Dan Pena Quotes

I'm lucky: I've got great photogenic eyes. You're up and running if you've got that and one brain cell to attach it to.

Luck ran out, but smart was for life.

Luck, bad if not good, will always be with us. But it has a way of favoring the intelligent and showing its back to the stupid.

What a grand thing it is to be clever and have common sense.

I hate clever-cleverness, but I love good honest cleverness.

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

I'm not too unintelligent.

The more wit the less courage.

You cannot fashion a wit out of two half-wits.

People may say that what I do is very clever, but it's not really at all. It's not Swift.

I think there is a basic comfort in clever people who know things.

Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.

I had the benefit of experiencing a hundred times more than the average kid. I don't look back with regret at all. It was the best life ever.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

There are plenty of people smarter than you by a long way. I just got lucky.

With luck on your side, you can do without brains.

I'm a real common sense guy who caught a lot of good breaks and who has been very, very fortunate.

I think it's cool to be smart, and I think it's sexy to be smart.

Ed Norton is probably one of the smartest people I've ever met.

'Tis better to be fortunate than wise.

The smartest geek I know.

I've always thought I haven't ever had much of a lucky break.

I'm intrigued by smart people.

I believe in smart people.

do you think it is better to be clever than to be good?” “Good for what?” asked the Doctor. “You are good for nothing unless you are clever.