When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then the smartest person in the world. One by one my delusions got shut down. Now I just see myself as the lamest guy in the world.

- Jack Black

I think Jews are the smartest people in the world.

- Rob Reiner

I'm an evangelist for the idea of being ultrafit if you want to be the best of breed. Getting into world-class physical condition is one of the smartest moves you can make.

- Robin S. Sharma

I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest.

- Paul McCartney

If you can find a way that your principles are actually the strategically smartest thing to do, you've kind of figured it out.

- Oscar Isaac

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

- Muhammad Ali

Probably the best caddies are the smartest ones and the ones that are switched on mentally more than some of the others maybe.

- Lee Westwood

Bill Gates wants people to think he's Edison, when he's really Rockefeller. Referring to Gates as the smartest man in America isn't right... wealth isn't the same thing as intelligence.

- Larry Ellison

Keeping your private life as private as possible is the smartest thing.

- Kate Mara

Under the right circumstances, groups are remarkably smart - smarter even sometimes than the smartest people in them.

- James Surowiecki

I am the smartest comedian in the history of the world.

- Andy Kindler

I was never the smartest guy in the room. From the first person I hired, I was never the smartest guy in the room. And that's a big deal. And if you're going to be a leader - if you're a leader and you're the smartest guy in the world - in the room, you've got real problems.

- Jack Welch

I'm rarely asked to play the smartest man in the room.

- Gary Oldman

My philosophy is to always find the smartest people you can. Hire people smarter than you.

- Donny Deutsch

I think it's always great to not be the smartest person in the room because I don't want to ever feel like I can't improve upon what I'm doing. I just want to surround myself with people that are better actors than me and better singers and dancers and see what happens.

- Drew Seeley

Another person who's smarter than I. What a relief to not have to be the smartest guy anymore.

- Dave Winer

I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is to take a medication if it helps, but don't do only that. You also need to train your mind.

- Daniel Goleman

If I'm the smartest guy in the room, I'm in the wrong room.

- Chad Stahelski

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

- Cary Fukunaga

Some of the smartest people I know are metal fans.

- Corey Taylor